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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. 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