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Sentencings:
: i::,:A 23-year-old man who admit-
he participated in the beating
I
alother man outside a Shelton
: W::e at:rnaah eta°Pif e dr 7ee
' | 26 in Mason County Supe-
: !Court. " " d of
i/BrYan Phdhp Redmon
tStt [ll?atur Street, Olympia, was
',_u | ed to 12 months for assault
|the third degree. With an of-
$tt Ier score of three, the sentenc-
|range is from nine to 12 months
5,a [e Mason County Jail, Deputy
: [tor Mike Dorcy said.
|:: Defense attorney Ronald Sergi
l'leested dmond
j R a 00id-range sentence.
l,|:"-r|e and Ivan was with his
Rodriguez, the
| of the assault. "They were
$$ | --COnsuming alcohol together
|t night and a melee broke out
for drunk who mixed it up
started treatment."
Judge Sawyer told Hoag: "You
can talk and talk and talk and it
never makes anything change.
The only thing that makes things
change is action."
Sawyer said the six-month sen-
tence would be consecutive to any
time Hoag is serving in the district
court matter. The judge said Hoag
would be on 12 months of commu-
nity custody and ordered him to
have a substance-abuse evaluation
within 30 days of his release from
jail. Sawyer imposed legal finan-
cial obligations of a $2,000 drug
fine, $500 to the crime victims'
fund, $450 in attorney-fee recoup-
ment and $471 in court costs.
* Virgil Lee Allen, 51, of 2320
East Lakeshore Drive, Shelton, re-
ceived concurrent sentences of five
why I'm going into inpatient treat-
ment," Rodriguez said.
Judge Sawyer ordered her to
have a substance-abuse evalua-
tion and to follow all recommended
treatment. He said she would be
on 12 months of community super-
vision and imposed legal financial
obligations of a $1,000 drug fine,
$500 to the crime victims' fund,
$450 in attorney-fee recoupment
for the county and $450 in court
costs.
• Nieole Marie Freeman, 22,
of Shelton, was sentenced under
the First-time Offender Sentenc-
ing Option for forgery and theft
in the second degree. She was re-
siding at 940 Fairmount Avenue
when she committed the offenses
at Wal-Mart.
Judge Sawyer imposed con-
Defense attorney Charles Lane
said his client had served 45
days prior to changing her plea
on January 29. "She was having
substance-abuse issues and she's
been able to get back on track,"
he added and asked the judge to
make "a determination of this be-
ing a drug-related offense."
"I'm very sorry to the commu-
nity for what I did. I take full re-
sponsibility. I was on drugs and I
know I wouldn't have done this if
I wasn't on drugs," Freeman said.
She said she had been reunited
with her daughter and was par-
ticipating in counseling.
Judge Sawyer said he would
find these offenses to be drug-re-
lated and ordered Freeman to
have a drug and alcohol evaluation
within 30 days and to follow all
child and how important it is for
you to be there. You need to reach
out and get help to maintain sobri-
ety," he told Freeman.
Sawyer imposed legal financial
obligations of $500 to the crime
victims' fund, $450 in attorney-fee
recoupment and $477.50 in court
costs. He ordered Freeman to have
no contact with any Wal-Mart
stores during her supervision.
• David Merrill Kohlstaedt,
33, of 100 East Wilson Street,
Shelton, received a sentence of
365 days with 335 suspended for
assault in the fourth degree.
Judge Sawyer ordered Kohl-
staedt to report to jail by 7 p.m.
March 3 to serve one day and to
make arrangements for electronic
home monitoring for the remain-
der of the sentence. He said Kohl-
at t} a dispute over someone's months for unlawful possession of current sentences of 45 days for recommended treatment. "I don't staedt would be on 24 months of
I rrty," he said. a firearm and possession of meth- each offense and gave Freeman know if you can truly appreciate community supervision and im-
d |Redmond's brother, Joseph Wil- amphetamine, credit for time served. The first- what you looked like when you posed legal financial obligations of
Hollowell, 27, of 565 East With an offender score of one, time offender option provides for came into court. It is not at all un- $772.50 in court costs, $500 to the
|elsen Road, Shelton, pled the sentencing ranges are from 24 months of community supervi- common for someone to come back crime victims' compensation fund
Jllty to third-degree assault and three to eight months for the fire- sion. and look good. You talk about your and a $300 fine.
1 |q scheduled for sentencing on arm conviction and from zero to
;: 5 " '
| . There s no way you can six months for the drug conviction,
JY this crime by saying they Deputy Prosecutor Mike Dorcy Novel boosted library granted
, oJlad a drink together, Judge said. He recommended five-month
|'es Sawyer said. concurrent sentences. 9
|. fie told Redmond he would be Judge Sawyer said Allen would
$t[$12 months of community cus- be on 12 months of community A classic novel about moving "TIMBERLAND Reads To- rda. Even after 20 years,/imtonia
.=-ad imposed legal financial custody and ordered him to have to America is front and center as gether programs have really reso- continues to live in his imagina-
!._':. tions of $500 to the crime a drug-alcohol evaluation within news comes that the National En- nated in our communities," said tion. Jim eventually returns to
vins' compensation fund, $450 30 days of release and to follow dowment for the Arts has awarded Library Director Jodi Reng. "Talk- Nebraska and finds that/imtonia
attorney-fee recoupment for the
court costs.
;|ty and $773 in He
red Redmond to have no con-
;i'With Rodriguez for the next
Su ! seoar s"
L Al on Monday, February 26:
John David Hoag, 37, 201
Avenue, Shelton, was sen-
to six months for possession
' ethamphetamine. With an of-
tter score of two, the sentencing
r'ge is from zero to six months,
etRlty Prosecutor Dorcy said. He
*x/(_mended a mid-range sen-
woul00 00on00ecut0000e
ti00e Ho00g for a
ilw'mle adjudicated in Mason Coun-
Jbistrict Court.
befense attorney Andrew Ru-
all recommended treatment. The
judge imposed legal financial obli-
gations of a $1,000 drug fine, $500
to the crime victims' fund, $450 in
attorney-fee recoupment and $471
in court costs.
• Erica Lynn Rodriguez,
26, of 21 East Sea Vista Lane,
Grapeview, was sentenced to four
months in jail for possession of
methamphetamine. She was not
accepted into drug court.
Deputy Prosecutor Dorcy said
the sentencing range is from zero
to six months based on aft offender
score of zero. He recommended a
mid-range sentence, noting that
Rodriguez faces new charges in
an offense she allegedly commit-
a $20,000 partnership grant to
the library system that operates
branches in Shelton, Hoodsport
and Belfair.
Funds from the Big Read grant
will help the library system ex-
pand Timberland Reads Together,
a regional reading program. Big
Read is a new national program of
the NEA that encourages reading
by asking communities to come
together to read and discuss one
book.
Timberland Reads Together
programs promote reading and
community through the distric-
twide reading and discussion of
a single book throughout Mason,
Thurston, Lewis, Grays Harbor
ttein said Hoag is serving 275 ted after pleading guilty to this of- and Pacific counties. The first
ury, which had been suspended fense. She had been charged with two Timberland Reads Together
district court conviction for criminal trespass and second-de- programs revolved around two
g under the influence. "I'm gree theft, books: The Secret Life of Bees by
orry this happened. I recog- "I realized I do have three chil- Sue Monk Kidd and The Highest
, I have a disease I m power- dren out there that need me as a Tide by Jim Lynch. My Antonia by
: Over," Hoag said. "I want to mother, and they can't have one Wills Cather is the book selected
oback to changing my life. I had when I m in and out of jail. That s for community reading this year.
t aa-ttlll " " Y" g " " " " " "
Y
llt ent. since December. Deputy Pros- Betty went the other way and she
,ttain reading from her state- ecutor Schuetz addressed the fell where I couldn't see her. I
t, sh w e witness relatmnsh with her e 1
tt, e said she sa h r son " " "P " ask d her if she was all r'ght.
ietoathe house and throw the t:n :hs?ohe:e ad ,noOuther chl?ce UNDER CROSS-examination
.. ,e t a big-screen TV. Isaac q . . r: P . g by Schuetz, Wright said he had
JmL: mreatened to burn or have puncnes coaay oecause you non c ................
. ,, • • ,, no aISCUSSea ms esclmoty wlcn
', ne burn down my house, want him to get mto trouble? She ...... **,, UT;++.*..,.. ,^
reading from her state- responded: "I don't think I'm pull- knows I'm testifying. I told her I
ing any punches."
was going to tell what I saw. She
ing about good books with friends
and neighbors and enjoying all the
presentations brings communities
together and adds richness and
depth to the experience of read-
ing."
Librarians are encourajging
adults and teens to read My Anto-
nia starting this month and con-
tinuing through May. Cather's
classic novel will be the focus of a
number of special library events.
Copies of the book are available
at libraries and bookstores. Some
bookstores will offer a discount on
the book to customers who show
their Timberland library cards.
First published in 1918, My
yntonia chronicles the life of a
Bohemian immigrant as seen
has lived a hard life but remains
strong and full of courage.
"If you've already read this won-
derful book, read it again. It'll be a
new and richer experience," said
Tim Mallory, the former Shelton
librarian who is now coordinator
of adult services for the entire five-
county library system.
EDITIONS OF My ,ntonia are
available in regular print, large
print, audio form and Spanish. Il-
lustrated reader's guides are avail-
able at the branch libraries.
This year's program includes
group discussions of the book.
There will also be dramatic por-
trayals of Wills Cather by Betty
Jean Steinshouer, nationally rec-
ognized scholar who appears in
through the eyes of her friend Jim period costume. Also planned are
Burden. Jim becomes a successful performances by a professional
New York lawyer and reminisces readers' theater and live musical
about his boyhood in Nebraska, performances in the Bohemian im-
particularly his encounters with migrant styles of the era recalled
the spirited young/imtonia Shime- in the novel.
'"
Traffic trouble
Nancy Ness took this photograph of a vehicle collision
she spotted shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Fire
crews responded to the situation, which occurred on
State Route 3 about a mile south of the intersection
SAID her Schuetz called Morini back to emotional about it. That's with Johns Prairie Road.
t[t " SHE saw son the witness stand and asked him was
le ,_. a 1965 tan Dodge Dart if Ms. Wittenberg had ever men- why we didn't discuss it." i
'W "tear--".lt off, out the driveway." tioned Wright ass potential wit- He admitted that on June 28
.llUetz tried to pin down Ms. ness or said anything about him neither he nor Wittenberg were
berg as to the amount of being present on the day ofthe at- welcome at the Johns Creek resi- Man jailed for meth
to her property. She said
could be replaced, free or tack. The deputy responded that deuce.
, and old theft charge
.l)t $250. Actually "t s orth she hadnot. He said after he asked if Ms.
He also asked if Ms. Witten- Wittenberg was okay he walked
li-mlag, said Ms. Wittenberg. berg appeared to have trouble re- away from the house and then
aid her
the,her cS°n repaired the win- calling events when she made her Isaac Wittenberg picked him up
Use
r at his own expense.
the car at the house and it
when I got home."
attorney John Stan-
asked her why her testi-
Seven months after the in-
Was "markedly different"
the statement
:Ur of tile
made
within
incident. She said
.as "pretty
devastated" and
angry" when she made her
taent Morini and has had
to
!i:_ to reflect on the incident
: terms of the injuries to her
b.t, She said she tripped and fell
Pleaiedt,_ her son had thrown
"t the ground. "Moving me
o;_s ore accurate than what
$ :::d'tten in the statement,"
• 'd.
i SAID SHE came to Stan-
a office with a statement she
) on August 7. In it she said
' dow on her vehicle was al-
i$:,i,,danaged'Y and "I contribut-
ae breaking of the window."
so said the TV had a color
Wh
bich was out and a crack
statement to him. "I write every-
thing verbatim," he said, explain-
ing that he ha& her read through
the statement and sign it after he
completed it.
Wright testified for the defense.
He said he was at the residence
with Isaac on June 28 when Ms.
Wittenberg arrived home from
work. "She was mad that we were
there and told us to leave. Isaac
and her started arguing a little
bit," he said.
WRIGHT SAID Ms. Witten-
berg was "mad and yelling" at us
to "get the hell out" of her house.
He said at that point he left the
residence.
"Isaac was saying, 'Hold on.' He
told her to wait," Wright contin-
ued. He said a truck pulled into
the driveway and she came out
and wrote down the license plate.
"Then they both started yelling at
each other. I was in the driveway.
I didn't want to leave."
Wright said he saw Wittenberg
attempt to get into the Suzuki
which he had permission to drive.
in his car, the tan Dodge Dart.
Wright said he would not lie
for Isaac Wittenberg and that he
would not lie for Ms. Wittenberg.
"She acts like my morn. She helps
me. I love Betty," he said, again
denying he would lie for her.
MORINI RETURNED to the
stand as a rebuttal witness. He
said he was parked at the inter-
section of Johns Creek and Johns
Prairie Road waiting for backup.
"I remember seeing the Dodge
Dart pull up to the stop sign and
go on its way," he said, explain-
ing that the early-model vehicle
caught his attention "because
I restore old vehicles." He said
there was no passenger in the
Dodge when it passed in front of
his patrol car.
Members of the jury panel were
Morina Dustan, Mary Day, Rich-
ard Weston, Deborah Tracy, Jill
Tullar, Judith Woodburn-Free-
man, Rick Montgomery, Antho-
ny Choate, Don Hitchcock, Don
Welander, Roger Nance, Roberts
Mostyn and Lorraine Gorby.
(Continued from page 27.)
He was arrested February 20
by Deputy William Reed of the
sheriffs office after being detained
by Skokomish tribal officers on the
outstanding superior court war-
rant. Cacho reportedly fled on foot
but then came out of the brush
and the tribal officer told Reed he
saw Cacho throw two plastic bags
in a pile of wood. They contained
a small amount of a white crystal
substance which field-tested posi-
tive for meth, Reed reported.
Judge Sawyer appointed James
Gazori as defense attorney, set
bail at $5,000 and scheduled ar-
raignment for March 5.
By
Russ Denney
If you remove North Mason
from the hospital d00stnct, sawng
those taxpayers 300,000 ouus
tax dollars, will those of us who
are left have to pick up that cost
with a tax increase?
PANTORIUM
CLEANERS & TAILORS
Serving Sheton and
Mason County for 82 years
Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
215 South Second
426-3371
i
Thursday, March 1, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 29
Sentencings:
: i::,:A 23-year-old man who admit-
he participated in the beating
I
alother man outside a Shelton
: W::e at:rnaah eta°Pif e dr 7ee
' | 26 in Mason County Supe-
: !Court. " " d of
i/BrYan Phdhp Redmon
tStt [ll?atur Street, Olympia, was
',_u | ed to 12 months for assault
|the third degree. With an of-
$tt Ier score of three, the sentenc-
|range is from nine to 12 months
5,a [e Mason County Jail, Deputy
: [tor Mike Dorcy said.
|:: Defense attorney Ronald Sergi
l'leested dmond
j R a 00id-range sentence.
l,|:"-r|e and Ivan was with his
Rodriguez, the
| of the assault. "They were
$$ | --COnsuming alcohol together
|t night and a melee broke out
for drunk who mixed it up
started treatment."
Judge Sawyer told Hoag: "You
can talk and talk and talk and it
never makes anything change.
The only thing that makes things
change is action."
Sawyer said the six-month sen-
tence would be consecutive to any
time Hoag is serving in the district
court matter. The judge said Hoag
would be on 12 months of commu-
nity custody and ordered him to
have a substance-abuse evaluation
within 30 days of his release from
jail. Sawyer imposed legal finan-
cial obligations of a $2,000 drug
fine, $500 to the crime victims'
fund, $450 in attorney-fee recoup-
ment and $471 in court costs.
* Virgil Lee Allen, 51, of 2320
East Lakeshore Drive, Shelton, re-
ceived concurrent sentences of five
why I'm going into inpatient treat-
ment," Rodriguez said.
Judge Sawyer ordered her to
have a substance-abuse evalua-
tion and to follow all recommended
treatment. He said she would be
on 12 months of community super-
vision and imposed legal financial
obligations of a $1,000 drug fine,
$500 to the crime victims' fund,
$450 in attorney-fee recoupment
for the county and $450 in court
costs.
• Nieole Marie Freeman, 22,
of Shelton, was sentenced under
the First-time Offender Sentenc-
ing Option for forgery and theft
in the second degree. She was re-
siding at 940 Fairmount Avenue
when she committed the offenses
at Wal-Mart.
Judge Sawyer imposed con-
Defense attorney Charles Lane
said his client had served 45
days prior to changing her plea
on January 29. "She was having
substance-abuse issues and she's
been able to get back on track,"
he added and asked the judge to
make "a determination of this be-
ing a drug-related offense."
"I'm very sorry to the commu-
nity for what I did. I take full re-
sponsibility. I was on drugs and I
know I wouldn't have done this if
I wasn't on drugs," Freeman said.
She said she had been reunited
with her daughter and was par-
ticipating in counseling.
Judge Sawyer said he would
find these offenses to be drug-re-
lated and ordered Freeman to
have a drug and alcohol evaluation
within 30 days and to follow all
child and how important it is for
you to be there. You need to reach
out and get help to maintain sobri-
ety," he told Freeman.
Sawyer imposed legal financial
obligations of $500 to the crime
victims' fund, $450 in attorney-fee
recoupment and $477.50 in court
costs. He ordered Freeman to have
no contact with any Wal-Mart
stores during her supervision.
• David Merrill Kohlstaedt,
33, of 100 East Wilson Street,
Shelton, received a sentence of
365 days with 335 suspended for
assault in the fourth degree.
Judge Sawyer ordered Kohl-
staedt to report to jail by 7 p.m.
March 3 to serve one day and to
make arrangements for electronic
home monitoring for the remain-
der of the sentence. He said Kohl-
at t} a dispute over someone's months for unlawful possession of current sentences of 45 days for recommended treatment. "I don't staedt would be on 24 months of
I rrty," he said. a firearm and possession of meth- each offense and gave Freeman know if you can truly appreciate community supervision and im-
d |Redmond's brother, Joseph Wil- amphetamine, credit for time served. The first- what you looked like when you posed legal financial obligations of
Hollowell, 27, of 565 East With an offender score of one, time offender option provides for came into court. It is not at all un- $772.50 in court costs, $500 to the
|elsen Road, Shelton, pled the sentencing ranges are from 24 months of community supervi- common for someone to come back crime victims' compensation fund
Jllty to third-degree assault and three to eight months for the fire- sion. and look good. You talk about your and a $300 fine.
1 |q scheduled for sentencing on arm conviction and from zero to
;: 5 " '
| . There s no way you can six months for the drug conviction,
JY this crime by saying they Deputy Prosecutor Mike Dorcy Novel boosted library granted
, oJlad a drink together, Judge said. He recommended five-month
|'es Sawyer said. concurrent sentences. 9
|. fie told Redmond he would be Judge Sawyer said Allen would
$t[$12 months of community cus- be on 12 months of community A classic novel about moving "TIMBERLAND Reads To- rda. Even after 20 years,/imtonia
.=-ad imposed legal financial custody and ordered him to have to America is front and center as gether programs have really reso- continues to live in his imagina-
!._':. tions of $500 to the crime a drug-alcohol evaluation within news comes that the National En- nated in our communities," said tion. Jim eventually returns to
vins' compensation fund, $450 30 days of release and to follow dowment for the Arts has awarded Library Director Jodi Reng. "Talk- Nebraska and finds that/imtonia
attorney-fee recoupment for the
court costs.
;|ty and $773 in He
red Redmond to have no con-
;i'With Rodriguez for the next
Su ! seoar s"
L Al on Monday, February 26:
John David Hoag, 37, 201
Avenue, Shelton, was sen-
to six months for possession
' ethamphetamine. With an of-
tter score of two, the sentencing
r'ge is from zero to six months,
etRlty Prosecutor Dorcy said. He
*x/(_mended a mid-range sen-
woul00 00on00ecut0000e
ti00e Ho00g for a
ilw'mle adjudicated in Mason Coun-
Jbistrict Court.
befense attorney Andrew Ru-
all recommended treatment. The
judge imposed legal financial obli-
gations of a $1,000 drug fine, $500
to the crime victims' fund, $450 in
attorney-fee recoupment and $471
in court costs.
• Erica Lynn Rodriguez,
26, of 21 East Sea Vista Lane,
Grapeview, was sentenced to four
months in jail for possession of
methamphetamine. She was not
accepted into drug court.
Deputy Prosecutor Dorcy said
the sentencing range is from zero
to six months based on aft offender
score of zero. He recommended a
mid-range sentence, noting that
Rodriguez faces new charges in
an offense she allegedly commit-
a $20,000 partnership grant to
the library system that operates
branches in Shelton, Hoodsport
and Belfair.
Funds from the Big Read grant
will help the library system ex-
pand Timberland Reads Together,
a regional reading program. Big
Read is a new national program of
the NEA that encourages reading
by asking communities to come
together to read and discuss one
book.
Timberland Reads Together
programs promote reading and
community through the distric-
twide reading and discussion of
a single book throughout Mason,
Thurston, Lewis, Grays Harbor
ttein said Hoag is serving 275 ted after pleading guilty to this of- and Pacific counties. The first
ury, which had been suspended fense. She had been charged with two Timberland Reads Together
district court conviction for criminal trespass and second-de- programs revolved around two
g under the influence. "I'm gree theft, books: The Secret Life of Bees by
orry this happened. I recog- "I realized I do have three chil- Sue Monk Kidd and The Highest
, I have a disease I m power- dren out there that need me as a Tide by Jim Lynch. My Antonia by
: Over," Hoag said. "I want to mother, and they can't have one Wills Cather is the book selected
oback to changing my life. I had when I m in and out of jail. That s for community reading this year.
t aa-ttlll " " Y" g " " " " " "
Y
llt ent. since December. Deputy Pros- Betty went the other way and she
,ttain reading from her state- ecutor Schuetz addressed the fell where I couldn't see her. I
t, sh w e witness relatmnsh with her e 1
tt, e said she sa h r son " " "P " ask d her if she was all r'ght.
ietoathe house and throw the t:n :hs?ohe:e ad ,noOuther chl?ce UNDER CROSS-examination
.. ,e t a big-screen TV. Isaac q . . r: P . g by Schuetz, Wright said he had
JmL: mreatened to burn or have puncnes coaay oecause you non c ................
. ,, • • ,, no aISCUSSea ms esclmoty wlcn
', ne burn down my house, want him to get mto trouble? She ...... **,, UT;++.*..,.. ,^
reading from her state- responded: "I don't think I'm pull- knows I'm testifying. I told her I
ing any punches."
was going to tell what I saw. She
ing about good books with friends
and neighbors and enjoying all the
presentations brings communities
together and adds richness and
depth to the experience of read-
ing."
Librarians are encourajging
adults and teens to read My Anto-
nia starting this month and con-
tinuing through May. Cather's
classic novel will be the focus of a
number of special library events.
Copies of the book are available
at libraries and bookstores. Some
bookstores will offer a discount on
the book to customers who show
their Timberland library cards.
First published in 1918, My
yntonia chronicles the life of a
Bohemian immigrant as seen
has lived a hard life but remains
strong and full of courage.
"If you've already read this won-
derful book, read it again. It'll be a
new and richer experience," said
Tim Mallory, the former Shelton
librarian who is now coordinator
of adult services for the entire five-
county library system.
EDITIONS OF My ,ntonia are
available in regular print, large
print, audio form and Spanish. Il-
lustrated reader's guides are avail-
able at the branch libraries.
This year's program includes
group discussions of the book.
There will also be dramatic por-
trayals of Wills Cather by Betty
Jean Steinshouer, nationally rec-
ognized scholar who appears in
through the eyes of her friend Jim period costume. Also planned are
Burden. Jim becomes a successful performances by a professional
New York lawyer and reminisces readers' theater and live musical
about his boyhood in Nebraska, performances in the Bohemian im-
particularly his encounters with migrant styles of the era recalled
the spirited young/imtonia Shime- in the novel.
'"
Traffic trouble
Nancy Ness took this photograph of a vehicle collision
she spotted shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Fire
crews responded to the situation, which occurred on
State Route 3 about a mile south of the intersection
SAID her Schuetz called Morini back to emotional about it. That's with Johns Prairie Road.
t[t " SHE saw son the witness stand and asked him was
le ,_. a 1965 tan Dodge Dart if Ms. Wittenberg had ever men- why we didn't discuss it." i
'W "tear--".lt off, out the driveway." tioned Wright ass potential wit- He admitted that on June 28
.llUetz tried to pin down Ms. ness or said anything about him neither he nor Wittenberg were
berg as to the amount of being present on the day ofthe at- welcome at the Johns Creek resi- Man jailed for meth
to her property. She said
could be replaced, free or tack. The deputy responded that deuce.
, and old theft charge
.l)t $250. Actually "t s orth she hadnot. He said after he asked if Ms.
He also asked if Ms. Witten- Wittenberg was okay he walked
li-mlag, said Ms. Wittenberg. berg appeared to have trouble re- away from the house and then
aid her
the,her cS°n repaired the win- calling events when she made her Isaac Wittenberg picked him up
Use
r at his own expense.
the car at the house and it
when I got home."
attorney John Stan-
asked her why her testi-
Seven months after the in-
Was "markedly different"
the statement
:Ur of tile
made
within
incident. She said
.as "pretty
devastated" and
angry" when she made her
taent Morini and has had
to
!i:_ to reflect on the incident
: terms of the injuries to her
b.t, She said she tripped and fell
Pleaiedt,_ her son had thrown
"t the ground. "Moving me
o;_s ore accurate than what
$ :::d'tten in the statement,"
• 'd.
i SAID SHE came to Stan-
a office with a statement she
) on August 7. In it she said
' dow on her vehicle was al-
i$:,i,,danaged'Y and "I contribut-
ae breaking of the window."
so said the TV had a color
Wh
bich was out and a crack
statement to him. "I write every-
thing verbatim," he said, explain-
ing that he ha& her read through
the statement and sign it after he
completed it.
Wright testified for the defense.
He said he was at the residence
with Isaac on June 28 when Ms.
Wittenberg arrived home from
work. "She was mad that we were
there and told us to leave. Isaac
and her started arguing a little
bit," he said.
WRIGHT SAID Ms. Witten-
berg was "mad and yelling" at us
to "get the hell out" of her house.
He said at that point he left the
residence.
"Isaac was saying, 'Hold on.' He
told her to wait," Wright contin-
ued. He said a truck pulled into
the driveway and she came out
and wrote down the license plate.
"Then they both started yelling at
each other. I was in the driveway.
I didn't want to leave."
Wright said he saw Wittenberg
attempt to get into the Suzuki
which he had permission to drive.
in his car, the tan Dodge Dart.
Wright said he would not lie
for Isaac Wittenberg and that he
would not lie for Ms. Wittenberg.
"She acts like my morn. She helps
me. I love Betty," he said, again
denying he would lie for her.
MORINI RETURNED to the
stand as a rebuttal witness. He
said he was parked at the inter-
section of Johns Creek and Johns
Prairie Road waiting for backup.
"I remember seeing the Dodge
Dart pull up to the stop sign and
go on its way," he said, explain-
ing that the early-model vehicle
caught his attention "because
I restore old vehicles." He said
there was no passenger in the
Dodge when it passed in front of
his patrol car.
Members of the jury panel were
Morina Dustan, Mary Day, Rich-
ard Weston, Deborah Tracy, Jill
Tullar, Judith Woodburn-Free-
man, Rick Montgomery, Antho-
ny Choate, Don Hitchcock, Don
Welander, Roger Nance, Roberts
Mostyn and Lorraine Gorby.
(Continued from page 27.)
He was arrested February 20
by Deputy William Reed of the
sheriffs office after being detained
by Skokomish tribal officers on the
outstanding superior court war-
rant. Cacho reportedly fled on foot
but then came out of the brush
and the tribal officer told Reed he
saw Cacho throw two plastic bags
in a pile of wood. They contained
a small amount of a white crystal
substance which field-tested posi-
tive for meth, Reed reported.
Judge Sawyer appointed James
Gazori as defense attorney, set
bail at $5,000 and scheduled ar-
raignment for March 5.
By
Russ Denney
If you remove North Mason
from the hospital d00stnct, sawng
those taxpayers 300,000 ouus
tax dollars, will those of us who
are left have to pick up that cost
with a tax increase?
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