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W()man facing first-degree assaull, t0000Lrassment cn00arges
0000i,,egedly tried to kill neighbor
wit" a large kitchen knife
By KEVAN MOORE
A Mason County woman has
pled not guilty to first-degree as-
sault (DV) and felony harassment
with deadly weapon enhacment
charges in Mason County Superior
Court.
Donna Luella Homan, 40, of the
500 block of Simpson Road was
arrested at 10:49 p.m. on Febru-
ary 25. Deputies were advised of a
physical disturbance at the Simp-
son Road address about an hour
earlier.
Homan is alleged to have threat-
ened to kill her neighbor, Shirley
J. Cervantes, with a large kitchen
knife.
Homan was held on $40,000 bail
following her initial appearance on
February 28 when the court found
probable cause for the charges.
She pled not guilty on March 8
and future court dates were set.
Mason County Superior Court
Judge Amber Finlay also ordered
an exam, at the defense's request,
for an initial evaluation for dimin-
ished competency.
Homan was initially taken
into custody under investigation
of fourth-degree assault, but the
charges were enhanced after sher-
iffs office deputies were able to
paint a clearer picture of what had
transpired at the Simpson Road
address.
Homan's 19-year-old son called
police to report that his mom had
hit Cervantes. A short time later,
he flagged down the arriving depu-
ties who immediately noticed a
knife sticking into a truck's tire in
front of the residence.
Deputies contacted Homan and
said she appeared intoxicated and
emotionally distraught. She also
had a bloody left hand with a lac-
eration in the middle of it and was
too distraught to answer questions
appropriately.
Homan's son initially said he
saw his mom go outside with the
knife and that he tried to wrestle
it away from her, but a short strug-
gle ensued. He said he was able to
eventually wrestle the knife out her
hand, but was struck by the blade
on his right hand and was unwill-
ing to provide a further statement.
Homan blew a .084 (BAC) on a
portable breath test, was arrested
and taken ito custody for fourth-
degree assult and transported to
Mason General for treatment.
Deputies later learned, though,
that Homan had allegedly come
out of the home's kitchen with the
large knife yelling at Cervantes.
Homan then allegedly walked
straight toward Cervantes when
her son intervened, a brief struggle
ensued, and he was able to get the
knife away from her.
According to a police report, "Cer-
vantes said Homan approached her
aggressively and said, 'I'm going to
kill you b .... ,' with the large kitch-
en knife in her hand. (Cervantes)
said that (Homan) came within six
feet of her and she was in fear for
her life."
Cervantes also said that if
Homan's son had not intervened,
"Who knows what would have hap-
pened?"
Homan then allegeldy took pos-
session of the knife once more,
went outside and stabbed the knife
into the truck's tire.
Police said that Homan and
Cervantes had also been fighting
throughout the day before things
escalated and the incident with the
knife occurred.
Iton man gets stiff sentence for :;ix E UI
By KEVAN MOORE
A Shelton man with an ex-
tensive history of drunk driv-
ing was sentenced this week in
Mason County Superior Court
to three and a half years in
prison.
Robert Charles Warman,
62, of the 100 block of Sun-
set Drive was arrested by the
state patrol near Highway 101
and the Purdy Cutoff Road
at 2:20 p.m on November 10,
2010 for driving drunk on a
suspended license.
A driver's check by the
trooper at the scene indicated
that Warman already had four
prior DUI convictions and one
prior reduced DUI conviction.
Twelve days later Warman
pled not guilty to felony DUI
and first-degree driving while
license suspended/revoked. A
Mason County jury, though,
convicted him on both counts
on February 25 following a
two-day trial.
Warman was sentenced this
week to 43 months on the first
count, 365 days with 275 days
suspended on the second count
and 24 months of community
custody.
Dispatchers reported a pos-
sible DUI on Highway 101
near Wallace Kneeleand Bou-
levard on the day in question
before a trooper spotted the
maroon Nissan pickup truck
near Calitbrnia Road and
turned around and attempted
to overtake it.
The trooper caught up to
the vehicle as it pulled to the
shoulder near Purdy Canyon.
But after the trooper pulled in
behind the truck, it immedi-
ately re-entered the roadway.
Warman then crossed over
the fog line multiple times
before quickly exiting the
highway onto to Purdy Cutoff
where he eventually stopped
while almost entirely in the
roadway.
The arresting trooper noted
in his report that he could smell
the odor of intoxicants com-
ing from Warman and saw an
open can of beer on the bench
seat of the pickup Warman
was driving. The trooped also
noted slurred speech and that
Warman said he didn't have a
license when asked.
Warman reportedly had dif-
ficulty standing after he exited
the truck before the trooper
started some field sobriety
tests. Warman appeared too
unsteady on his feet to con-
tinue without falling before
the trooper placed him under
arrest.
vlan gets five years for violating no-con:act or( er
By KEVAN MOORE
An Olympia man will spend 60 months
in prison following sentencing this week
in Mason County Superior Court.
Danny Lee Richards, 45, of the 6400
block of 103rd Ave. in Olympia was ar-
rested at 7:14 p.m. on January 24 in the
100 block of N. Valley Drive in Shelton
for a felony violation of a no-contact order
(DV).
Richards pled not guilty on January 31
but changed his plea to guilty on Febru-
ary 28.
With an offender score of 9, Richards
faced a standard range of 60 months in
prison and 12 months of community cus-
tody, which is the sentence he received.
Police were contacted at about 6:20
p.m. on January 24 and told by a third
party that Richards had been seen enter-
ing the residence of Debra,Doering. She
answered the door and told two deputies
that Richards was not ins{de and that
they could not enter the residence.
Deputies cleared the scene but re-
turned a short time later following a sec-
ond call.
When deputies again knocked on the
front door, according to court documents,
"Debra pointed to the back bedroom and
said 'He is in there.' Debra did not want
to make a statement and left the scene."
Deputies had already learned that a
valid order was issued in Superior Court
prohibiting Richards from coming within
1,000 feet of or contacting Doering. A dep-
uty announced three times that his K-9
partner was going to search the house,
but got no response.
Richards was found a short while later
hiding under a pile of clothes in the back
bedroom closet, where he was taken into
custody without further incident and
transported to the jail.
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By NATALIE JOHNSON
Shelton City Commissioner Dawn Pan-
nell announced her candidacy for mayor in
the November 2011 election in a Monday
press release.
"I am looking forward to the challenges
that face the mayor, as well as the entire city
commission and staff," Pannell said.
Pannell, who has served as a city com-
missioner since 2001, is the Commissioner
of Streets and Public Improvements for the
city.
Pannell says that she is running for may-
or in order to further help the city in its eco-
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funding as a top priority.
"Consistency is very important, espe-
cially as we recover financially," she said.
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