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HOWARD ARMFIELD, left, gets a big sendoff into retire-
ment from Sheriff Casey Salisbury.
Armfield retiring after
decades in police work
Chief Deputy Howard Arm-
field retired Friday after 36 years
of service in the Mason County
Sheriffs Office.
A veteran of the Vietnam War,
he served a three-year stint with
the Shelton Police Department
after three years as a reserve of-
ricer there.
His co-workers sent him off
with a party at the Colonial
House. At this celebration, they
showered him with gifts, in-
cluding a wooden box from the
Mason County Commission, a
medal from his fellow officers,
a life membership in the Olym-
pic Mountain Lodge 23 of the
Fraternal Order of Police, a ri-
fle and ammunition and even a
dry-erase board so his wife could
keep him hopping with a "honey-
do list."
He also received a copy of the
department's new mission state-
ment, which he helped compose,
plus a certificate commemorat-
ing his various promotions over
his years in the department. One
of his colleagues also performed
a skit in his honor.
A number of people who at-
tended the celebration spoke of
how he had positively impacted
their lives in one way or another.
Though officially retiring, Arm-
field will still help out in the
sheriffs office for a little longer
as newly elected Sheriff Casey
Salisbury makes the transition
to the office and implements
some changes there.
Veteran off to prison
for indecent liberties
A Shelton man who asSault-
ed a woman on a Shelton street
early in 2006 was ordered to
serve 68 months in prison on an
indecent liberties conviction in
Mason County Superior Court
last week.
Benjamin I. Tuckett, 25, of
2126 Beverly Boulevard, Shel-
ton, got a sentence at the top
of the sentencing range from
Judge James Sawyer, who said
he would have imposed a mid-
range sentence but for the fact
that Tuckett committed two
other crimes between the time
he was charged in Mason Coun-
ty and when he was tried. ,
Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca
Jones Garcia, in recommending
a maximum sentence, said, "The
defendant, while on release in
this case, was arrested and pled
guilty to two counts of lewd
conduct in Olympia Municipal
Court." She called his crime one
that "showed a certain amount of
planning and forethought. The
state would hope he will take
advaptage of programs avail-
able ht prison to get the help he
needs," Jones Garcia added.
TUCKETT WAS ACCUSED
of grabbing the breasts of a 22-
year-old woman and attempting
to unbutton her pants with his
other hand as she walked along
Olympic Highway South, and
was found guilty at trial.
His victim, Angela Atkins,
told the court Friday that Tuck-
ett "has changed my life in a
way I never thought it would he
changed at my age. I hope you
receive the help you need," she
said, addressing Tuckett direct-
ly. "I don't know why you did
what you did."
Defense attorney Ronald Ser-
gi asked tbr a mid-range sen-
tence based on a letter Tuckett's
father provided, and asked the
court tbr a mid-range sentence.
He and the judge both noted that
Tuckett's family was hurt by his
crime but believed his behavior
was affected by experiences he
went through during military
service in Iraq.
Tuckett, Sergi said, has never
admitted guilt, but is accepting
the jury's verdict. He asked the
court to recommend that Tuck-
ett be allowed to participate in a
sex offender treatment program
if he meets the requirements.
TUCKETT TOLD THE
court he had tried to better him-
self in jail by attending Reform-
ers Anonymous, AA meetings
and Bible studies. "I would ask
the court to look at my military
service and backgroand," he
added.
Sawyer told him his father's
letter to the court was support-
ive "with a lot of concern in it."
His fhther, the judge said, indi-
cated he had "a rough experi-
ence in Iraq, and that may still
be tending to haunt you. But
that said, you've been fbund
guilty as charged, and that was
well supported by evidence in
this courtroom."
He said the two Olympia
charges raised "a huge red flag"
for him. "Whether that has any-
thing to do with the horrors you
may have seen really doesn't
matter; that's a signal that this
man has some things going out
of control in his life."
The judge told Tuckett:
"You've indicated you're work-
ing on some things, but those
don't address what's going on
with this case and your conduct
in Olympia. You have to come
fae to face with that demon and
learn to deal with it."
HE REMINDED Tuck-
' ett that what he did has had a
devastating impact on another
person's life. "I encourage you
to consider the sexual deviancy
treatment program available at
Monroe. Get the help you need
so you don't ever victimize an-
other human being," he said.
"Your family has not abandoned
you; you should not abandon
yourself."
The judge imposed court costs
of $2,093, a crime-victims' com-
pensation fund contribution of
$500, attorney-fee recoupment
of $1,150, and a genetic testing
fee of $100.
Atkins told the court that she
had been a person with no fears,
but now she gets panic attacks
and the incident plagues her
dreams. Judge Sawyer advised
her to seek counseling. He noted
that restitution in the case will
be ordered at a hearing set for
July 30 and that victim compen-
sation funds are also available
to her. "You need to work to re-
claim your life," the judge said.
Tuckett waived his presence
at a restitution hearing. He was
granted the opportunity to take
leave of his family in the court-
room before he was returned to
the jail for transport to the pris-
on system.
Page 30 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, April 5, 2007
A man arrested on a Seattle
Police Department warrant near
Shelton last weekend is being
held here on $10,000 bail on a
potential charge of possessing an
illegal firearm, but he's wanted
in a King County case in which
bail was set at $500,000.
Mason County sheriffs depu-
ties arrested Stanley Allen
Maciolek, 36, of 11425 12th Av-
enue SW, Seattle, on a warrant
for felony harassment. However,
officers found a shotgun with a
sawed-off 51/2-inch barrel in his
vehicle. Maciolek is suspected of
domestic violence.
Evergreen Law Group was ap-
pointed to represent him at his
identification in Mason County
Superior Court on Monday, and
he is to be arraigned April 9.
Court Commissioner Richard
Adamson set bail at $10,000,
which in view of the Seattle hold
made conditions of release "a bit
academic," he said.
Deputy Prosecutor Mike
Dorcy noted that the officers'
report of Maciolek's arrest said
they found among his effects a
shopping list that included duct
tape, pillow, shotgun shells, and
a saw. The officers' report also
said the list included Pringles
Superior court roundup: J: S
Shotgun shells, Pringles
on suspect's shopping list "
in
potato chips.
Also in superior court:
• Richard Sorenson, 19,
who gave his aunt's address of
604 Ellinor Street, Shelton, ap-
peared Monday for identification
on a potential charge of traffick-
ing in stolen property in the sec-
ond degree. Judge Toni Sheldon
appointed Ronald Sergi to repre-
sent him. Conditions include not
going to Wal-Mart. He is to be
arraigned April 9.
• Stephen M. Roberts, 41,
of 461 East Parkway Boulevard,
Shelton, was identified on poten-
tial charges of assault and mali-
cious mischief. He is suspected
of domestic-violence offenses.
The alleged victim, Tracy Lee
Mercer, was in court to say she
did not want charges pressed,
but Judge Sheldon reminded her
that this is not her prerogative.
Sheldon did modify an ear-
lier no-contact order to place the
couple's children in Ms. Mercer's
custody. Bail was set at $1,000
and Roberts is to appear for ar-
raignment April 9.
• Jesse Patrick Thomas,
22, of 20 Steh-Chass Place, Shel-
ton, was identified on potential
charges of possession of a stolen
firearm and having a loaded fire-
arm in a vehicle.
Thomas, who said he is a mem-
ber of the Puyallup Indian Tribe,
did not qualify for court-appoint-
ed counsel. Deputy Prosecutor
Rebecca Jones Garcia asked the
court to set bail at $10,000, not- i
ing that when Thomas was ar- 21:
rested he had four municipal
and district court warrants and She
a tribal warrant outstanding. 1 :i ing
Judge James Sawyer set bai Tom
at $7,500, and scheduled ar ° nal
rlal
raignment for April 9.
toc
: COU:
firs
: cas,
00Irrested but
not charged ' the:and
the
No charges had been filed on t
against Darrcn James Pariseau, Alt
of Port Orchard, who was arrested do
late last month on a potential drug pat:
charge, when the case came up for has
arraignment Monday. abh
A 1990 burglary case against 1
Anastacio Simon Morales was Sta
dismissed without prejudice when ; cal-
he appeared in court Monday. the
Judge Sheldon observed that the ben
case was a very old one which has
twice involved holding Morales in :: hrel
jail. It cannot be refiled.
i! to
: pecl
66
Man, horse both freak out :::
and then alarm is sounded
A young Shelton man found
in a horse barn on Agate Road
shortly after 4:30 a.m. last No-
vember was found guilty of bur-
glary in the second degree by a
Mason County Superior Court
jury last Thursday. Shadow Wil-
liams, 22, of 330 East Lakeshore
Drive, Shelton, was ordered by
Judge James Sawyer to appear
for sentencing on April 9.
Testimony in the case began
with Alexandra Amende, who
said she found Williams in her
horse barn at the junction of Ag-
ate Road and Agate Loop No-
vember 1. She told the court that
just before 4:45 a.m. November
1, the motion sensor alarm in
her horse barn went off.
"I was concerned because I had
been finding things out of place
in the barn; things were moved,
a horse let out, or a shakebolt
sitting in the middle of the alley-
way; things didn't make sense,"
she said. When she heard the
alarm, she said, she dressed
and went to the barn. She took a
handgun, she said, because her
husband was incapacitated and
she lives some 45 minutes from
the sheriffs office.
ON OPENING THE barn
door and turning on the light,
Amende said, she saw that the
alarm was not in its place and
then spotted the defendant in-
side the hay chute. "He had the
sensor, a lead rope and a hoof
pick in his hands," she said. She
said he told her he was trying
to get the alarm apart. She said
she grabbed him to take him
to the house where she could
call police, and he told her he
was homeless and trying to get
warm.
He asked her to let him go,
she said, and tried to run but
she grabbed him and they fell
to the ground. "We were wres-
tling around on the ground, and
the gun went off," she said. "He
broke loose and took off run-
ning."
After Williams escaped,
Amende said, she called 911 and
gave a physical description of
the man. "Within 10 minutes I
got a call saying they had picked
up a man on Agate Road," she
said. She went to the scene and
identified him as the young man
she found in her barn.
She told the jury she put
items she found in the barn into
a plastic bag, listing a belt she
found lying next to the stairs, a
plastic laundry bucket, a pack-
age of cigarettes and a lighter.
She put them in her closet, she
said, where they remained un-
til the evening before the trial,
when Deputy Prosecutor Rein-
hold Schuetz took them.
QUESTIONED BY defense
attorney Ronald Sergi, Amende
said officers came the night of
the incident and took photo-
graphs, but she wasn't given in-
structions about what to do with
the items she had found.
Deputy Matt Ledford of the
Mason County Sheriffs Office
reported responding to the call
and said that about half a mile
past the Agate Loop turnoff, he
contacted Williams while he was
walking down the side of a road
heading away from the farm.
Ledford testified that Wil-
liams initially told him he had
been chased by some people his
girlfriend knew, and was hiding
in the barn. Then, the deputy
said, Williams claimed he was a
transient seeking shelter in the
barn because he was cold, and
finally he said he was trying to
find batteries for his flashlight.
Ledford said the call had indi-
cated the intruder was trying
to steal the alarm, and when he
asked Williams if he had it, he
said, "I didn't steal it; she made
me put it down."
Responding to cross-exami-
nation by Sergi, Ledford said
the defendant wasn't trying to
avoid him or be evasive. "He was
just walking down the road," he
said.
WILLIAMS, ON the stand in
his own defense, told the jury he
had received a check and accept-
ed a ride from some friends, who
pulled off near Agate Loop Road
and "tried shaking me down for
my money, and we got into a
fight." He said he fled through
fences and fields to the barn,
where he sheltered in a wing of
the barn.
He said he stepped backward
and fell through a hole, coming
down in a stall where he "came
upon an animal that started
freaking out. It slammed me
against the wall and I climbed
over the thing and stayed still
because I was freaked."
He said he tried to get out of
the barn, but couldn't open the :
doors and when he saw the lit-
tle red light on the sensor, he
thought it was something like a £
garage-door opener. "I tried it, i ty
and it didn't work," he said. div
Then, he said, he heard ing
Amende approaching. "I figured chal
it was the people who were after con]
me," he said. He said he had lost , and
the cigarettes and lighter, but :! benq
denied that the belt and buck-fron
et were his. When he got away i E
from Amende, he said, he was : cha
headed for his mother's home at :!! rant
Timberlakes. i and
ill a
WILLIAMS TOLD the jury : j
he had told the deputy he was chin
homeless because he thought he and
would be released. He had no in- filec
tention of stealing anything, he : Sir
said. i son,
"Why didn't you go to the ter
house and ask for help?" SchuetZ reve
asked him in cross-examination : whe
and Williams responded: "Be-: and
cause I was scared, sir." 199'
Recalled, Amende said that i S
the only way anyone could fall i: pro
into a" horse stall would be if:
they climbed up from the low
side of the barn to an opening S
above one of the stalls. --- q
In their closing arguments, rt'
Schuetz told the jury the defen-
dant's testimony was not cred-
ible, and Sergi asked the jurors i'i
to look at a lack of evidence that yer
Williams was in the barn to corn- i dati
defe
mit a crime, i:,
Jurors were Monika Liebe-
now, Donald Goodall, Lois
Strand, Valoree Carpenter, Tra-!
cy Taylor, Erica Cooling, Connie
Raezer, Beverly Wendell, Jen-
nifer Ward, Katherine Bykerk,
Barbara Quimby, Lenny Ham-
mond and Manuel Rush.
Guilty pleas:
Drug trials averted
Two cases pr-oceeding toward • Cassondra Raye Lee, 18,
trial in Mason County Superior
Court were resolved on Monday
when the defendants entered
changes of plea before Judge Toni
Sheldon.
* Cody Marshall, 31, of 240
East Emerald Lake Drive, Shel-
ton, changed his plea in a case
filed last fall to guilty on a charge
of possession of a controlled sub-
stance, in this case methamphet-
amine. He admitted that on Oc-
tober 26, he had meth in his pos-
session when officers searched his
car at the Emerald Lake home of
his sister, Kahil Marshall.
Sheldon set his sentencing for
April 9, and said Marshall might
be eligible for DOSA, the Drug
Offender Sentencing Alternative.
He could be ordered into treat-
ment.
who gave addresses of 22391 North
Highway 101 and 140
106 at the time of her arrest last
month, pled guilty to charges
driving while intoxicated and pos-
session of a controlled substance.
There is a juvenile conviction on
her record, the court noted.
Lee admitted having metham-
phetamine in her possession and
driving under the influence of the
drug. She was arrested February
13 by an officer of the Washingtov
State Patrol who saw her driving
erratically on West Cloquallum
Road. Lee reportedly told the
trooper she had a smoking device
in her sock, and the trooper's field
test of the residue in the pipe in-
dicated meth.
Sentencing is scheduled for
April 16.
HOWARD ARMFIELD, left, gets a big sendoff into retire-
ment from Sheriff Casey Salisbury.
Armfield retiring after
decades in police work
Chief Deputy Howard Arm-
field retired Friday after 36 years
of service in the Mason County
Sheriffs Office.
A veteran of the Vietnam War,
he served a three-year stint with
the Shelton Police Department
after three years as a reserve of-
ricer there.
His co-workers sent him off
with a party at the Colonial
House. At this celebration, they
showered him with gifts, in-
cluding a wooden box from the
Mason County Commission, a
medal from his fellow officers,
a life membership in the Olym-
pic Mountain Lodge 23 of the
Fraternal Order of Police, a ri-
fle and ammunition and even a
dry-erase board so his wife could
keep him hopping with a "honey-
do list."
He also received a copy of the
department's new mission state-
ment, which he helped compose,
plus a certificate commemorat-
ing his various promotions over
his years in the department. One
of his colleagues also performed
a skit in his honor.
A number of people who at-
tended the celebration spoke of
how he had positively impacted
their lives in one way or another.
Though officially retiring, Arm-
field will still help out in the
sheriffs office for a little longer
as newly elected Sheriff Casey
Salisbury makes the transition
to the office and implements
some changes there.
Veteran off to prison
for indecent liberties
A Shelton man who asSault-
ed a woman on a Shelton street
early in 2006 was ordered to
serve 68 months in prison on an
indecent liberties conviction in
Mason County Superior Court
last week.
Benjamin I. Tuckett, 25, of
2126 Beverly Boulevard, Shel-
ton, got a sentence at the top
of the sentencing range from
Judge James Sawyer, who said
he would have imposed a mid-
range sentence but for the fact
that Tuckett committed two
other crimes between the time
he was charged in Mason Coun-
ty and when he was tried. ,
Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca
Jones Garcia, in recommending
a maximum sentence, said, "The
defendant, while on release in
this case, was arrested and pled
guilty to two counts of lewd
conduct in Olympia Municipal
Court." She called his crime one
that "showed a certain amount of
planning and forethought. The
state would hope he will take
advaptage of programs avail-
able ht prison to get the help he
needs," Jones Garcia added.
TUCKETT WAS ACCUSED
of grabbing the breasts of a 22-
year-old woman and attempting
to unbutton her pants with his
other hand as she walked along
Olympic Highway South, and
was found guilty at trial.
His victim, Angela Atkins,
told the court Friday that Tuck-
ett "has changed my life in a
way I never thought it would he
changed at my age. I hope you
receive the help you need," she
said, addressing Tuckett direct-
ly. "I don't know why you did
what you did."
Defense attorney Ronald Ser-
gi asked tbr a mid-range sen-
tence based on a letter Tuckett's
father provided, and asked the
court tbr a mid-range sentence.
He and the judge both noted that
Tuckett's family was hurt by his
crime but believed his behavior
was affected by experiences he
went through during military
service in Iraq.
Tuckett, Sergi said, has never
admitted guilt, but is accepting
the jury's verdict. He asked the
court to recommend that Tuck-
ett be allowed to participate in a
sex offender treatment program
if he meets the requirements.
TUCKETT TOLD THE
court he had tried to better him-
self in jail by attending Reform-
ers Anonymous, AA meetings
and Bible studies. "I would ask
the court to look at my military
service and backgroand," he
added.
Sawyer told him his father's
letter to the court was support-
ive "with a lot of concern in it."
His fhther, the judge said, indi-
cated he had "a rough experi-
ence in Iraq, and that may still
be tending to haunt you. But
that said, you've been fbund
guilty as charged, and that was
well supported by evidence in
this courtroom."
He said the two Olympia
charges raised "a huge red flag"
for him. "Whether that has any-
thing to do with the horrors you
may have seen really doesn't
matter; that's a signal that this
man has some things going out
of control in his life."
The judge told Tuckett:
"You've indicated you're work-
ing on some things, but those
don't address what's going on
with this case and your conduct
in Olympia. You have to come
fae to face with that demon and
learn to deal with it."
HE REMINDED Tuck-
' ett that what he did has had a
devastating impact on another
person's life. "I encourage you
to consider the sexual deviancy
treatment program available at
Monroe. Get the help you need
so you don't ever victimize an-
other human being," he said.
"Your family has not abandoned
you; you should not abandon
yourself."
The judge imposed court costs
of $2,093, a crime-victims' com-
pensation fund contribution of
$500, attorney-fee recoupment
of $1,150, and a genetic testing
fee of $100.
Atkins told the court that she
had been a person with no fears,
but now she gets panic attacks
and the incident plagues her
dreams. Judge Sawyer advised
her to seek counseling. He noted
that restitution in the case will
be ordered at a hearing set for
July 30 and that victim compen-
sation funds are also available
to her. "You need to work to re-
claim your life," the judge said.
Tuckett waived his presence
at a restitution hearing. He was
granted the opportunity to take
leave of his family in the court-
room before he was returned to
the jail for transport to the pris-
on system.
Page 30 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, April 5, 2007
A man arrested on a Seattle
Police Department warrant near
Shelton last weekend is being
held here on $10,000 bail on a
potential charge of possessing an
illegal firearm, but he's wanted
in a King County case in which
bail was set at $500,000.
Mason County sheriffs depu-
ties arrested Stanley Allen
Maciolek, 36, of 11425 12th Av-
enue SW, Seattle, on a warrant
for felony harassment. However,
officers found a shotgun with a
sawed-off 51/2-inch barrel in his
vehicle. Maciolek is suspected of
domestic violence.
Evergreen Law Group was ap-
pointed to represent him at his
identification in Mason County
Superior Court on Monday, and
he is to be arraigned April 9.
Court Commissioner Richard
Adamson set bail at $10,000,
which in view of the Seattle hold
made conditions of release "a bit
academic," he said.
Deputy Prosecutor Mike
Dorcy noted that the officers'
report of Maciolek's arrest said
they found among his effects a
shopping list that included duct
tape, pillow, shotgun shells, and
a saw. The officers' report also
said the list included Pringles
Superior court roundup: J: S
Shotgun shells, Pringles
on suspect's shopping list "
in
potato chips.
Also in superior court:
• Richard Sorenson, 19,
who gave his aunt's address of
604 Ellinor Street, Shelton, ap-
peared Monday for identification
on a potential charge of traffick-
ing in stolen property in the sec-
ond degree. Judge Toni Sheldon
appointed Ronald Sergi to repre-
sent him. Conditions include not
going to Wal-Mart. He is to be
arraigned April 9.
• Stephen M. Roberts, 41,
of 461 East Parkway Boulevard,
Shelton, was identified on poten-
tial charges of assault and mali-
cious mischief. He is suspected
of domestic-violence offenses.
The alleged victim, Tracy Lee
Mercer, was in court to say she
did not want charges pressed,
but Judge Sheldon reminded her
that this is not her prerogative.
Sheldon did modify an ear-
lier no-contact order to place the
couple's children in Ms. Mercer's
custody. Bail was set at $1,000
and Roberts is to appear for ar-
raignment April 9.
• Jesse Patrick Thomas,
22, of 20 Steh-Chass Place, Shel-
ton, was identified on potential
charges of possession of a stolen
firearm and having a loaded fire-
arm in a vehicle.
Thomas, who said he is a mem-
ber of the Puyallup Indian Tribe,
did not qualify for court-appoint-
ed counsel. Deputy Prosecutor
Rebecca Jones Garcia asked the
court to set bail at $10,000, not- i
ing that when Thomas was ar- 21:
rested he had four municipal
and district court warrants and She
a tribal warrant outstanding. 1 :i ing
Judge James Sawyer set bai Tom
at $7,500, and scheduled ar ° nal
rlal
raignment for April 9.
toc
: COU:
firs
: cas,
00Irrested but
not charged ' the:and
the
No charges had been filed on t
against Darrcn James Pariseau, Alt
of Port Orchard, who was arrested do
late last month on a potential drug pat:
charge, when the case came up for has
arraignment Monday. abh
A 1990 burglary case against 1
Anastacio Simon Morales was Sta
dismissed without prejudice when ; cal-
he appeared in court Monday. the
Judge Sheldon observed that the ben
case was a very old one which has
twice involved holding Morales in :: hrel
jail. It cannot be refiled.
i! to
: pecl
66
Man, horse both freak out :::
and then alarm is sounded
A young Shelton man found
in a horse barn on Agate Road
shortly after 4:30 a.m. last No-
vember was found guilty of bur-
glary in the second degree by a
Mason County Superior Court
jury last Thursday. Shadow Wil-
liams, 22, of 330 East Lakeshore
Drive, Shelton, was ordered by
Judge James Sawyer to appear
for sentencing on April 9.
Testimony in the case began
with Alexandra Amende, who
said she found Williams in her
horse barn at the junction of Ag-
ate Road and Agate Loop No-
vember 1. She told the court that
just before 4:45 a.m. November
1, the motion sensor alarm in
her horse barn went off.
"I was concerned because I had
been finding things out of place
in the barn; things were moved,
a horse let out, or a shakebolt
sitting in the middle of the alley-
way; things didn't make sense,"
she said. When she heard the
alarm, she said, she dressed
and went to the barn. She took a
handgun, she said, because her
husband was incapacitated and
she lives some 45 minutes from
the sheriffs office.
ON OPENING THE barn
door and turning on the light,
Amende said, she saw that the
alarm was not in its place and
then spotted the defendant in-
side the hay chute. "He had the
sensor, a lead rope and a hoof
pick in his hands," she said. She
said he told her he was trying
to get the alarm apart. She said
she grabbed him to take him
to the house where she could
call police, and he told her he
was homeless and trying to get
warm.
He asked her to let him go,
she said, and tried to run but
she grabbed him and they fell
to the ground. "We were wres-
tling around on the ground, and
the gun went off," she said. "He
broke loose and took off run-
ning."
After Williams escaped,
Amende said, she called 911 and
gave a physical description of
the man. "Within 10 minutes I
got a call saying they had picked
up a man on Agate Road," she
said. She went to the scene and
identified him as the young man
she found in her barn.
She told the jury she put
items she found in the barn into
a plastic bag, listing a belt she
found lying next to the stairs, a
plastic laundry bucket, a pack-
age of cigarettes and a lighter.
She put them in her closet, she
said, where they remained un-
til the evening before the trial,
when Deputy Prosecutor Rein-
hold Schuetz took them.
QUESTIONED BY defense
attorney Ronald Sergi, Amende
said officers came the night of
the incident and took photo-
graphs, but she wasn't given in-
structions about what to do with
the items she had found.
Deputy Matt Ledford of the
Mason County Sheriffs Office
reported responding to the call
and said that about half a mile
past the Agate Loop turnoff, he
contacted Williams while he was
walking down the side of a road
heading away from the farm.
Ledford testified that Wil-
liams initially told him he had
been chased by some people his
girlfriend knew, and was hiding
in the barn. Then, the deputy
said, Williams claimed he was a
transient seeking shelter in the
barn because he was cold, and
finally he said he was trying to
find batteries for his flashlight.
Ledford said the call had indi-
cated the intruder was trying
to steal the alarm, and when he
asked Williams if he had it, he
said, "I didn't steal it; she made
me put it down."
Responding to cross-exami-
nation by Sergi, Ledford said
the defendant wasn't trying to
avoid him or be evasive. "He was
just walking down the road," he
said.
WILLIAMS, ON the stand in
his own defense, told the jury he
had received a check and accept-
ed a ride from some friends, who
pulled off near Agate Loop Road
and "tried shaking me down for
my money, and we got into a
fight." He said he fled through
fences and fields to the barn,
where he sheltered in a wing of
the barn.
He said he stepped backward
and fell through a hole, coming
down in a stall where he "came
upon an animal that started
freaking out. It slammed me
against the wall and I climbed
over the thing and stayed still
because I was freaked."
He said he tried to get out of
the barn, but couldn't open the :
doors and when he saw the lit-
tle red light on the sensor, he
thought it was something like a £
garage-door opener. "I tried it, i ty
and it didn't work," he said. div
Then, he said, he heard ing
Amende approaching. "I figured chal
it was the people who were after con]
me," he said. He said he had lost , and
the cigarettes and lighter, but :! benq
denied that the belt and buck-fron
et were his. When he got away i E
from Amende, he said, he was : cha
headed for his mother's home at :!! rant
Timberlakes. i and
ill a
WILLIAMS TOLD the jury : j
he had told the deputy he was chin
homeless because he thought he and
would be released. He had no in- filec
tention of stealing anything, he : Sir
said. i son,
"Why didn't you go to the ter
house and ask for help?" SchuetZ reve
asked him in cross-examination : whe
and Williams responded: "Be-: and
cause I was scared, sir." 199'
Recalled, Amende said that i S
the only way anyone could fall i: pro
into a" horse stall would be if:
they climbed up from the low
side of the barn to an opening S
above one of the stalls. --- q
In their closing arguments, rt'
Schuetz told the jury the defen-
dant's testimony was not cred-
ible, and Sergi asked the jurors i'i
to look at a lack of evidence that yer
Williams was in the barn to corn- i dati
defe
mit a crime, i:,
Jurors were Monika Liebe-
now, Donald Goodall, Lois
Strand, Valoree Carpenter, Tra-!
cy Taylor, Erica Cooling, Connie
Raezer, Beverly Wendell, Jen-
nifer Ward, Katherine Bykerk,
Barbara Quimby, Lenny Ham-
mond and Manuel Rush.
Guilty pleas:
Drug trials averted
Two cases pr-oceeding toward • Cassondra Raye Lee, 18,
trial in Mason County Superior
Court were resolved on Monday
when the defendants entered
changes of plea before Judge Toni
Sheldon.
* Cody Marshall, 31, of 240
East Emerald Lake Drive, Shel-
ton, changed his plea in a case
filed last fall to guilty on a charge
of possession of a controlled sub-
stance, in this case methamphet-
amine. He admitted that on Oc-
tober 26, he had meth in his pos-
session when officers searched his
car at the Emerald Lake home of
his sister, Kahil Marshall.
Sheldon set his sentencing for
April 9, and said Marshall might
be eligible for DOSA, the Drug
Offender Sentencing Alternative.
He could be ordered into treat-
ment.
who gave addresses of 22391 North
Highway 101 and 140
106 at the time of her arrest last
month, pled guilty to charges
driving while intoxicated and pos-
session of a controlled substance.
There is a juvenile conviction on
her record, the court noted.
Lee admitted having metham-
phetamine in her possession and
driving under the influence of the
drug. She was arrested February
13 by an officer of the Washingtov
State Patrol who saw her driving
erratically on West Cloquallum
Road. Lee reportedly told the
trooper she had a smoking device
in her sock, and the trooper's field
test of the residue in the pipe in-
dicated meth.
Sentencing is scheduled for
April 16.