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s to assault verdict
t with a 'repo man' Superior court roundup:
Man who drove a stolen RV
County Superior
after hearing a tale of
)ossessed vehicle
a Timberlakes
ault.
James Bullard, 50, of
Drive, Shelton, was
Friday of assault in
followed a two-day
ason County Superior
Jurors reduced the
degree after find-
not guilty of assault
-Cond degree. Judge
of Lewis County
;e against Bullard
an incident last
in which he pulled
and threated
man" who had come
a 1991 Ford Escort
Bullard's wife, Pat-
didn't know was that
Michael Baxter had
by the U.S. Marines
combat and that
a three-inch blade
ALTERCATION never
blows but it did come to
by Deputy
ld Schuetz. Ron
by the court
llard, who has been
for the past two
to a back ailment.
the state's first wit-
Thursday, say-
January 22 he was
repossess the Es-
Lat two days later he
-, Rhonda, went out to
home in the Timber-
to retrieve the
e said the Bullards
in their payments
to the finance
his mission was to get
after he "put the
air," which is repo
a car to the
that he drove
home once to idea-
and that after he got
in the air," Bullard
of the house. Schuetz
1 to describe how the de-
upon learning
car was being repos-
.IkPPY, '' Baxter said.
)py to have their
That's typical in
dealing with un-
allard and her son had
in the car, Baxt-
he told Bullard he
Over the contents if
handed over the
refused to give him
him with vulgar
to climb into the
drove away, he told
a chase in an
said, adding
911 to alert the Ma-
Sheriffs Office to
"He's still right
and he moves up be-
d tries to run me off
told the court.
he called Mrs. Bul-
Agate Store and
to exchange the
the keys. "I
a I would not deal
that he was
a hothead to deal
and I say then you're not getting
your stuff."
He testified that Bullard pulled
out his knife during a struggle
over some of the contents of the
car. "With the events that have
happened so far I've gathered
that he's a nut case and is going
to try to stab me," Baxter said.
Schuetz then produced a two-
inch folding knife that Judge Bro-
sey admitted into evidence. Bax-
ter said he wasn't afraid of being
killed but that he thought Bullard
might be able to cut him up a bit.
"I said, 'What are you going to do,
stab me?' and then made a motion
to my hip where I keep my knife,"
he said.
BAXTER SAID when he
pulled out his own knife Bullard
retreated and threatened to stab
the tires of the Escort, but he
handed over the keys. "He said he
knows my phone number and he
knows where I live and that he's
going to hunt me down and take
care of me and kill me," Baxter
said.
Baxter, who said he called 911
to tell authorities the defendant
had flashed a knife, told jurors
Bullard called his cell phone to
make more threats while he wait-
ed at the Deer Creek Store for a
deputy to respond to his call. Un-
der cross-examination by Sergi he
testified that he had a gun in his
pickup truck and that he never
struck Bullard.
Deputy Don Peters of the Ma-
son County Sheriffs Office said
he was dispatched to Deer Creek
about 1:30 p.m. January 24. He
said he took a statement from
Baxter and then drove to the Bul-
lards' house, noting en route some
tire skid marks near where Bax-
ter said the defendant had hit the
brake.
Peters said he arrested Bullard
after the defendant admitted a
confrontation with Baxter. "A pat-
down search of his person pro-
duced a small knife," he said. He
identified the prosecution exhibit
as the knife he removed from Bul-
lard's pants pocket. Under cross-
examination by Sergi, Peters said
he transported Bullard to the Ma-
son County Jail.
He said he didn't notice a knife
on the repo man and hadn't
thought to search him. "There
was no reason for me to be
alarmed at all," he said. Schuetz
rested the state's case.
SERGI CALLED Patricia
Bullard to the stand as the first
witness for the defense. She testi-
fied that she was at home on
January 24 when her husband
said that someone was taking the
car. "I laughed. I thought it was a
joke," she said.
Mrs. Bullard said she wanted
her husband to retrieve from the
car her son's jacket and snow-
boots and a picture that had been
given to her. She said she gave
him the key and comforted the
children while her husband dealt
with Baxter. She said he was in-
jured when he returned.
"I saw he was bleeding from
the top of his head," she said.
She testified that Baxter called
from the Agate Store and that her
husband went there to talk to the
repo man. She said she was play-
ing Monopoly with her son when
Deputy Peters arrived.
SERGI THEN called the de-
fendant to the stand. Bullard con-
tradicted Baxter's testimony that
he castigated the repo man with
vulgar words. "I do not use pro-
fanity like that," Mr. Bullard
said.
He testified that Baxter
pushed him away from the car
when he refused to hand over the
key. "I managed to get the door
open and he ran to his truck and
took off with me hanging onto the
door," he said.
Bullard said that's when he
hurt his head. In his account of
the chase, he said Baxter was the
errant motorist. "I tried to get
around him to convey the thought
that 'I've got the key, here's the
key' and ...he tried to run me off
the road," he said.
He admitted that after meeting
Baxter at the Agate Store he got
into the Escort to try to reclaim
the contents of the car. He admit-
ted to applying the emergency
brake and said he dropped some
stuff on the road during a strug-
gle with Baxter. "He told me that
if I attempted to pick those up he
was going to do me right then and
there," he said.
BAXTER, THE defendant con-
tended, was first to pull a knife.
He said he handed over the keys
after Baxter said deputies were
on the way. "I was in fear of my
life. I didn't know what he was
going to do next," Bullard said.
Cross-examined by Schuetz, he
testified that he never threatened
to stab the tires of the 1991 Ford
Escort. "I have no idea what he's
talking about. If I had attempted
to stab the tires of a vehicle I
think I would have done it," he
said.
He said he did not try to stab
Baxter and did not wave a knife
at the repo man. "I was very up-
set about losing the car that day
and then I got more upset with
Mr. Baxter at being assaulted
and him trying to run me off the
road. It made it even worse," he
said.
Sergi called the Bullards'
daughter, Jennifer Joan Bullard,
who said she was in the bathroom
when she heard that the Escort
was being towed away.
"MY DAD WAS in it trying to
get stuff out for my morn and my
dad was still in it when he drove
away," she said. "I thought it was
kind of immature the way the
driver reacted to my dad trying to
get my mom's stuff out."
The next morning, Schuetz
called Rhonda Baxter to the stand
to rebut the defense. Her account
of events verified her husband's
testimony.
Schuetz played a tape of Bax-
ter's calls to 911. In the first he
described how he and his wife
were being chased out of Timber-
lakes by a guy in an MG Midget.
The second gave his description of
the confrontation on the Agate
Road. "He pulled a knife on me,"
Baxter was heard to say.
In his closing, Sergi pointed
out that no blows were ever ex-
changed. He said if Bullard as-
saulted Baxter it was at most the
lesser crime of assault in the
fourth degree. After deliberating
for several hours the jury agreed.
Jurors were Marjorie Denny,
Sherry Clemmens, David Myers,
Carroll Bryant, Richard Berg,
Daniel Wadsworth, Debra Shoe-
maker, Ella Snell, Joleta Crad-
dick, Tamara Hale, Sally Ganter
and Rita Kieburtz.
Judge Brosey ordered a presen-
tence investigation and said he
will set a sentencing date once
the presentence report is complet-
ed. Until that time Bullard will
be out of jail on $2,500 bail.
He indicated Wednesday that
he would be appealing his convic-
tion.
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.'d up, jumped into
Started taking per-
lut of the car just as
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said, adding
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brake.
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Baxter said, "He
not getting the key
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enters plea in meth-lab case
A Seattle man who was at the
wheel of a stolen motorhome
taken for the manufacturing of
methamphetamine entered a
guilty plea in Mason County Su-
perior Court last Friday.
Kelly Thomas Phelps, 36, of
16824 12th Avenue West, Seattle,
pled guilty on Friday to posses-
sion of stolen property in the first
degree.
Prosecutor Amber Finlay
agreed to drop two other counts
in exchange for the guilty plea.
The original charges against him
included attempting to elude and
manufacturing of methampheta-
mine, an illegal drug. Phelps was
arrested after a chase that in-
volved a stolen recreational vehi-
cle that had been turned into a
rolling meth lab. "I drove a vehi-
cle and there was sufficient rea-
son for me to believe it was a sto-
len vehicle," he told the court.
Defense attorney Bruce Finlay
said his client was lucky. "He got
himself into a situation that could
have turned out very, very bad
but under the circumstances he
has come out quite well," Finlay
said.
PHELPS WAS arrested after
a high-speed chase past Pioneer
School shortly after school let out.
That's why Judge James Sawyer
handed down a harsher sentence
than the 45 days in jail the depu-
ty prosecutor recommended.
"The conduct that you involved
yourself in on this particular date
was dangerous beyond this par-
ticular consequence," Sawyer
said. "Your driving endangered a
number of people, including
school children, and a drug lab
was involved."
Sawyer sentenced Phelps to 90
days in jail with 30 days convert-
ed to 240 hours of community ser-
vice and credit for the 31 days al-
ready served. He ordered Phelps
to pay $583 in court costs and
$500 to the crime victims' fund.
He will be under the supervision
of the court for 12 months after
his release.
Sawyer ordered him to report
to the jail on May 1. This will en-
able him to oversee his parents'
manufacturing business in South
King County while they are out of
the state.
Sawyer scheduled a restitution
hearing for May 27.
"Obviously I went down a path
that has gotten me into a lot of
trouble. The major thing is how
I've turned my life around in re-
action to this matter. My family's
gotten together and things for me
couldn't be better," Phelps said.
IN OTHER superior court pro-
ceedings:
• Joseph Lee Isenbarger,
18, of 722 Pine Street, Shelton
was identified Wednesday, April
7, in connection with potential
charges of residential burglary
and theft in the second degree.
Judge James Sawyer found
probable cause for his arrest and
set bail at $5,000.
Bail is another $5,000 for earli-
er charges of theft of a firearm
and illegal possession of a fire-
arm. Isenbarger is accused, ac-
cording to a report turned over to
the prosecutor's office last month
by Officer Thorn Adams of the
Shelton Police Department, of
stealing a rifle from Alfred Munoz
of Shelton on March 11 and then
trying to exchange it for meth-
amphetamine, an illegal drug.
The new charge concerns alle-
gations that he broke into a
neighbor's house and stole her
purse. Sawyer scheduled arraign-
ment for April 15 and told him to
stay away from Mike Boyer, who
allegedly knew about the theft,
and from Chrissy Billgren, the al-
leged victim. Ron Sergi has been
appointed to be his attorney in
both cases.
• Charles Ray Smith, 34, of
645 Bellevue Street, Shelton was
identified Monday on charges of
possession of methamphetamine,
possession of drug paraphernalia
and driving with license suspend-
ed.
Sawyer found probable cause
for his arrest and appointed Sergi
to be his attorney. The judge set
bail at $2,000 and scheduled ar-
raignment for April 15. Smith
was arrested Sunday after a traf-
fic stop on Shelton Springs Road.
• Gerald W. Bailey, 32, of
17912 Pacific Highway South,
Federal Way, was identified Mon-
day on forgery charges.
Sawyer found probable cause
for his arrest and appointed
Charles Lane to be his attorney.
The judge set bail at $2,500 and
told him to stay away from Jim
Hanna, the alleged victim, and
the Peninsula Federal Credit
Union.
Sawyer scheduled an omnibus
hearing for April 28, pretrial for
May 26 and trial for the jury term
that begins June 7.
• Kristine Anne Zarnke, 32,
of 100 East People Court, Shel-
ton, appeared in court after her
arrest on a bench warrant.
The warrant was issued after
she failed to appear for a pretrial
hearing on a 1989 charge of co-
caine possession. Sawyer set bail
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April 7 57 42 .19
April 8 51 34 .01
April 9 48 31 .04
April 10 50 32 .78
April 11 66 29 0
April 12 67 44 .02
April 13 57 32 0
Measurements for the previ-
ous 24 hours are recorded for the
National Weather Service at 4
p.m. each day at Olympic Air at
Sanderson Field.
National Weather Service
meteorologists predict sunny
weather for most of the weekend
with a cooling trend. Lows
should range 35 to 45 with highs
65 to 75 Friday and Saturday and
60 to 65 Sunday, when a few
clouds are expected to roll in.
at $5,000 and scheduled a pre-
trial hearing for May 26 and trial
for the jury term that begins June
7.
• Richard William Michael-
is, 28, of 200 West Kelly Road,
Shelton was identified Monday on
charges of malicious mischief and
domestic violence assault in the
fourth degree.
Judge Sawyer found probable
cause for his arrest and said
Michaelis could afford to pay his
own attorney. Sawyer set bail at
$1,500 and scheduled arraign-
ment for April 29.
Michaelis was arrested on Har-
rier Road after his girlfriend,
Charity Manning, used a neigh-
bor's telephone to call police. Ac-
cording to court papers he started
breaking things after she told
him she wanted to end their rela-
tionship.
• Rick Heyer, 47, of 170 East
Vaughn Place, was identified
Monday on charges of felony vio-
lation of a no-contact order.
Judge Sawyer found probable
cause for his arrest and appointed
Lane to represent Heyer. Lane
suggested the state try to deter-
mine whether Heyer is safe to be
at large. Heyer already faces as-
sault charges in Mason County
District Court.
Sawyer set bail at $7,500 and
and told Heyer to stay away from
taverns and the alleged victim in
the case. Arraignment was sched-
uled for April 15.
• Annette Marie Brittain,
38, of 200 Endeavor Lane, Shel-
ton was ordered to serve 20 days
in jail for violating the conditions
of her supervision.
The underlying cause was a
1992 case of theft in the third de-
gree. She admitted that she failed
to make regular payments to-
wards legal financial obligations
of $835.
Brittain told the court that she
doesn't make enough money as a
housekeeper to make regular pay-
ments. Defense attorney Lane
asked if she could work off the
debt in the community service
program. Sawyer said she would
have to make payments and
scheduled a July 22 hearing to re-
view her progress.
"If you're physically capable of
going out and cleaning houses
you had best fred a couple of more
houses to clean and get this paid
off," Sawyer said.
• Kimberly Ann Sturgell,
34, of 1623 South Second Street,
Shelton, was identified in connec-
tion with allegations of posession
of methamphetamine, possession
of drug paraphernalia and driving
with license suspended in the
third degree.
Sawyer found probable cause
for her arrest and appointed Sergi
to be her attorney. He released
her on personal recognizance and
ordered her to take regular tests
to prove that her system is clear
of methamphetamine and other
illegal drugs.
Sturgell wa' arrested on Sun-
day after a traffic stop by an offi-
cer of" the Sheiton Police Depart-
ment. Arraignment was sched-
uled for April 29.
• Terry Lynn Simmons, 42,
of 5121 West Cloquallum Road,
Shelton, was identified Tuesday
on potential charges of felony
eluding and failure to transfer the
title to a motor vehicle.
He was arrested Sunday after
a trooper with the Washington
State Patrol spotted him in a ve-
hicle with expired tabs. Simmons
attempted to get away when the
officer gave chase on State Route
102, allegations in his court file
indicated.
Sawyer found probable cause
for his arrest and appointed Lane
to be his attorney. Bail was set at
$1,000. Arraignment was sched-
uled for April 29.
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an exchange.
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young people a chance to study in
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a Timberlakes
of assault.
Bullard, 50, of
Shelton, was
Friday of assault in
t with a 'repo man' Superior court roundup:
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followed a two-day
County Superior
Jurors reduced the
.gree after find-
not guilty of assault
econd degree. Judge
of Lewis County
;e against Bullard
an incident last
4 in which he pulled
knife and threated
who had come
a 1991 Ford Escort
Bullard's wife, Pat-
didn't know was that
Michael Baxter had
by the U.S. Marines
combat and that
a three-inch blade
:)N never
but it did come to
by Deputy
,ld Schuetz. Ron
by the court
dlard, who has been
for the past two
to a back ailment.
the state's first wit-
Thursday, say-
January 22 he was
repossess the Es-
Lat two days later he
-, Rhonda, went out to
home in the Timber-
to retrieve the
e said the Bullards
in their payments
to the finance
his mission was to get
after he "put the
air," which is repo
a car to the
that he drove
ard home once to iden-
and that after he got
m the air," Bullard
of the house. Schuetz
to describe how the de-
upon learning
car was being repos-
.IMPPY, '' Baxter said.
)py to have their
That's typical in
dealing with un-
and her son had
in the car, Baxt-
he told Bullard he
the contents if
handed over the
refused to give him
him with vulgar
to climb into the
drove away, he told
He testified that Bullard pulled
out his knife during a struggle
over some of the contents of the
car. "With the events that have
happened so far I've gathered
that he's a nut case and is going
to try to stab me," Baxter said.
Schuetz then produced a two-
inch folding knife that Judge Bro-
sey admitted into evidence. Bax-
ter said he wasn't afraid of being
killed but that he thought Bullard
might be able to cut him up a bit.
"I said, 'What are you going to do,
stab me?' and then made a motion
to my hip where I keep my knife,"
he said.
BAXTER SAID when he
pulled out his own knife Bullard
retreated and threatened to stab
the tires of the Escort, but he
handed over the keys. "He said he
knows my phone number and he
knows where I live and that he's
going to hunt me down and take
care of me and kill me," Baxter
said.
Baxter, who said he called 911
to tell authorities the defendant
had flashed a knife, told jurors
Bullard called his cell phone to
make more threats while he wait-
ed at the Deer Creek Store for a
deputy to respond to his call. Un-
der cross-examination by Sergi he
testified that he had a gun in his
pickup truck and that he never
struck Bullard.
Deputy Don Peters of the Ma-
son County Sheriffs Office said
he was dispatched to Deer Creek
about 1:30 p.m. January 24. He
said he took a statement from
Baxter and then drove to the Bul-
lards' house, noting en route some
tire skid marks near where Bax-
ter said the defendant had hit the
brake.
Peters said he arrested Bullard
after the defendant admitted a
confrontation with Baxter. "A pat-
down search of his person pro-
duced a small knife," he said. He
identified the prosecution exhibit
as the knife he removed from Bul-
lard's pants pocket. Under cross-
examination by Sergi, Peters said
he transported Bullard to the Ma-
son County Jail.
He said he didn't notice a knife
on the repo man and hadn't
thought to search him. "There
was no reason for me to be
alarmed at all," he said. Schuetz
rested the state's case.
SERGI CALLED Patricia
Bullard to the stand as the first
witness for the defense. She testi-
fied that she was at home on
January 24 when her husband
said that someone was taking the
car. "I laughed. I thought it was a
joke," she said.
Mrs. Bullard said she wanted
her husband to retrieve from the
car her son's jacket and snow-
boots and a picture that had been
given to her. She said she gave
him the key and comforted the
children while her husband dealt
with Baxter. She said he was in-
jured when he returned.
"I saw he was bleeding from
the top of his head," she said.
She testified that Baxter called
from the Agate Store and that her
husband went there to talk to the
repo man. She said she was play-
ing Monopoly with her son when
Deputy Peters arrived.
SERGI THEN called the de-
fendant to the stand. Bullard con-
tradicted Baxter's testimony that
he castigated the repo man with
vulgar words. "I do not use pro-
fanity like that," Mr. Bullard
said.
He testified that Baxter
pushed him away from the car
when he refused to hand over the
key. "I managed to get the door
open and he ran to his truck and
took off with me hanging onto the
door," he said.
Bullard said that's when he
errant motorist. "I tried to get
around him to convey the thought
that 'I've got the key, here's the
key' and ...he tried to run me off
the road," he said.
He admitted that after meeting
Baxter at the Agate Store he got
into the Escort to try to reclaim
the contents of the car. He admit-
ted to applying the emergency
brake and said he dropped some
stuff on the road during a strug-
gle with Baxter. "He told me that
if I attempted to pick those up he
was going to do me right then and
there," he said.
BAXTER, THE defendant con-
tended, was first to pull a knife.
He said he handed over the keys
after Baxter said deputies were
on the way. "I was in fear of my
life. I didn't know what he was
going to do next," Bullard said.
Cross-examined by Schuetz, he
testified that he never threatened
to stab the tires of the 1991 Ford
Escort. "I have no idea what he's
talking about. If I had attempted
to stab the tires of a vehicle I
think I would have done it," he
said.
He said he did not try to stab
Baxter and did not wave a knife
at the repo man. "I was very up-
set about losing the car that day
and then I got more upset with
Mr. Baxter at being assaulted
and him trying to run me off the
road. It made it even worse," he
said.
Sergi called the Bullards'
daughter, Jennifer Joan Bullard,
who said she was in the bathroom
when she heard that the Escort
was being towed away.
"MY DAD WAS in it trying to
get stuff out for my mom and my
dad was still in it when he drove
away," she said. "I thought it was
kind of immature the way the
driver reacted to my dad trying to
get my mom's stuff out."
The next morning, Schuetz
called Rhonda Baxter to the stand
to rebut the defense. Her account
of events verified her husband's
testimony.
Schuetz played a tape of Bax-
ter's calls to 911. In the first he
described how he and his wife
were being chased out of Timber-
lakes by a guy in an MG Midget.
The second gave his description of
the confrontation on the Agate
Road. "He pulled a knife on me,"
Baxter was heard to say.
In his closing, Sergi pointed
out that no blows were ever ex-
changed. He said if Bullard as-
saulted Baxter it was at most the
lesser crime of assault in the
fourth degree. After deliberating
for several hours the jury agreed.
Jurors were Marjorie Denny,
Sherry Clemmens, David Myers,
Carroll Bryant, Richard Berg,
Daniel Wadsworth, Debra Shoe-
maker, Ella Snell, Joleta Crad-
dick, Tamara Hale, Sally Ganter
and Rita Kieburtz.
Judge Brosey ordered a presen-
tence investigation and said he
will set a sentencing date once
the presentence report is complet-
ed. Until that time Bullard will
be out of jail on $2,500 bail.
He indicated Wednesday that
he would be appealing his convic-
tion.
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aSon
chase in an
said, adding
911 to alert the Ma-
Sheriffs Office to
"He's still right
and he moves up be-
d tries to run me off
told the court.
he called Mrs. Bul-
Agate Store and
to exchange the
car for the keys. "I
a I would not deal
that he was
a hothead to deal
MINUTES later Mr.
;d up, jumped into
Started taking per-
lut of the car just as
it away from
said, adding
started smoking
)ad after Bullard hit
brake.
with Bullard on
Baxter said, "He
not getting the key
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A Seattle man who was at the
wheel of a stolen motorhome
taken for the manufacturing of
methamphetamine entered a
guilty plea in Mason County Su-
perior Court last Friday.
Kelly Thomas Phelps, 36, of
16824 12th Avenue West, Seattle,
pied guilty on Friday to posses-
sion of stolen property in the first
degree.
Prosecutor Amber Finlay
agreed to drop two other counts
in exchange for the guilty plea.
The original charges against him
included attempting to elude and
manufacturing of methampheta-
mine, an illegal drug. Phelps was
arrested after a chase that in-
volved a stolen recreational vehi-
cle that had been turned into a
rolling meth lab. "I drove a vehi-
cle and there was sufficient rea-
son for me to believe it was a sto-
len vehicle," he told the court.
Defense attorney Bruce Finlay
said his client was lucky. "He got
himself into a situation that could
have turned out very, very bad
but under the circumstances he
has come out quite well," Finlay
said.
PHELPS WAS arrested after
a high-speed chase past Pioneer
School shortly after school let out.
That's why Judge James Sawyer
handed down a harsher sentence
than the 45 days in jail the depu-
ty prosecutor recommended.
"The conduct that you involved
yourself in on this particular date
was dangerous beyond this par-
ticular consequence," Sawyer
said. 'Tour driving endangered a
number of people, including
school children, and a drug lab
was involved."
Sawyer sentenced Phelps to 90
days in jail with 30 days convert-
ed to 240 hours of community ser-
vice and credit for the 31 days al-
ready served. He ordered Phelps
to pay $583 in court costs and
$500 to the crime victims' fund.
He will be under the supervision
of the court for 12 months after
his release.
Sawyer ordered him to report
to the jail on May 1. This will en-
able him to oversee his parents'
manufacturing business in South
King County while they are out of
the state.
Sawyer scheduled a restitution
hearing for May 27.
"Obviously I went down a path
that has gotten me into a lot of
trouble. The major thing is how
I've turned my life around in re-
action to this matter. My family's
gotten together and things for me
couldn't be better," Phelps said.
IN OTHER superior court pro-
ceedings:
• Joseph Lee Isenbarger,
18, of 722 Pine Street, Shelton
was identified Wednesday, April
7, in connection with potential
charges of residential burglary
and theft in the second degree.
Judge James Sawyer found
probable cause for his arrest and
set bail at $5,000.
Bail is another $5,000 for earli-
er charges of theft of a firearm
and illegal possession of a fire-
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arm. Isenbarger is accused, ac-
cording to a report turned over to
the prosecutor's office last month
by Officer Thorn Adams of the
Shelton Police Department, of
stealing a rifle from Alfred Munoz
of Shelton on March 11 and then
trying to exchange it for meth-
amphetamine, an illegal drug.
The new charge concerns alle-
gations that he broke into a
neighbor's house and stole her
purse. Sawyer scheduled arraign-
ment for April 15 and told him to
stay away from Mike Boyer, who
allegedly knew about the theft,
and from Chrissy Billgren, the al-
leged victim. Ron Sergi has been
appointed to be his attorney in
both cases.
• Charles Ray Smith, 34, of
645 Bellevue Street, Shelton was
identified Monday on charges of
possession of methamphetamine,
possession of drug paraphernalia
and driving with license suspend-
ed.
Sawyer found probable cause
for his arrest and appointed Sergi
to be his attorney. The judge set
bail at $2,000 and scheduled ar-
raignment for April 15. Smith
was arrested Sunday after a traf-
fic stop on Shelton Springs Road.
• Gerald W. Bailey, 32, of
17912 Pacific Highway South,
Federal Way, was identified Mon-
day on forgery charges.
Sawyer found probable cause
for his arrest and appointed
Charles Lane to be his attorney.
The judge set bail at $2,500 and
told him to stay away from Jim
Hanna, the alleged victim, and
the Peninsula Federal Credit
Union.
Sawyer scheduled an omnibus
hearing for April 28, pretrial for
May 26 and trial for the jury term
that begins June 7.
• Kristine Anne Zarnke, 32,
of 100 East People Court, Shel-
ton, appeared in court after her
arrest on a bench warrant.
The warrant was issued after
she failed to appear for a pretrial
hearing on a 1989 charge of co-
caine possession. Sawyer set bail
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April 9 48 31 .04
April 10 50 32 .78
April 11 66 29 0
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April 13 57 32 0
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ous 24 hours are recorded for the
National Weather Service at 4
p.m. each day at Olympic Air at
Sanderson Field.
National Weather Service
meteorologists predict sunny
weather for most of the weekend
with a cooling trend. Lows
should range 35 to 45 with highs
65 to 75 Friday and Saturday and
60 to 65 Sunday, when a few
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7.
• Richard William Michael-
is, 28, of 200 West Kelly Road,
Shelton was identified Monday on
charges of malicious mischief and
domestic violence assault in the
fourth degree.
Judge Sawyer found probable
cause for his arrest and said
Michaelis could afford to pay his
own attorney. Sawyer set bail at
$1,500 and scheduled arraign-
ment for April 29.
Michaelis was arrested on Har-
rier Road after his girlfriend,
Charity Manning, used a neigh-
bor's telephone to call police. Ac-
cording to court papers he started
breaking things after she told
him she wanted to end their rela-
tionship.
• Rick Heyer, 47, of 170 East
Vaughn Place, was identified
Monday on charges of felony vio-
lation of a no-contact order.
Judge Sawyer found probable
cause for his arrest and appointed
Lane to represent Heyer. Lane
suggested the state try to deter-
mine whether Heyer is safe to be
at large. Heyer already faces as-
sault charges in Mason County
District Court.
Sawyer set bail at $7,500 and
and told Heyer to stay away from
taverns and the alleged victim in
the case. Arraignment was sched-
uled for April 15.
• Annette Marie Brittain,
38, of 200 Endeavor Lane, Shel-
ton was ordered to serve 20 days
in jail for violating the conditions
of her supervision.
The underlying cause was a
1992 case of theft in the third de-
gree. She admitted that she failed
to make regular payments to-
wards legal financial obligations
of $835.
Brittain told the court that she
doesn't make enough money as a
housekeeper to make regular pay-
ments. Defense attorney Lane
asked if she could work off the
debt in the community service
program. Sawyer said she would
have to make payments and
scheduled a July 22 hearing to re-
view her progress.
"If you're physically capable of
going out and cleaning houses
you had best fred a couple of more
houses to clean and get this paid
off," Sawyer said.
• Kimberly Ann Sturgell,
34, of 1623 South Second Street,
Shelton, was identified in connec-
tion with allegations of posession
of methamphetamine, possession
of drug paraphernalia and driving
with license suspended in the
third degree.
Sawyer found probable cause
for her arrest and appointed Sergi
to be her attorney. He released
her on personal recognizance and
ordered her to take regular tests
to prove that her system is clear
of methamphetamine and other
illegal drugs.
Sturgell waa arrested on Sun-
day after a traffic stop by an offi-
cer of the Sheiton Police Depart-
ment. Arraignment was sched-
uled for April 29.
• Terry Lynn Simmons, 42,
of 5121 West Cloquallum Road,
Shelton, was identified Tuesday
on potential charges of felony
eluding and failure to transfer the
title to a motor vehicle.
He was arrested Sunday after
a trooper with the Washington
State Patrol spotted him in a ve-
hicle with expired tabs. Simmons
attempted to get away when the
officer gave chase on State Route
102, allegations in his court file
indicated.
Sawyer found probable cause
for his arrest and appointed Lane
to be his attorney. Bail was set at
$1,000. Arraignment was sched-
uled for April 29.
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is offered
American Institute fbr Foreign
Study offers two opportunities fbr
local people to involve themselves
in a cultural exchange.
Academic Year in America,
says Andrea Baskinger of AIFS,
is a program which brings inter-
national students to the United
States for a semester or academic
year.
The students have good Eng-
lish skills, motivation and their
own medical insurance and
spending money, notes Basking-
er. They offer a connection with
another culture and AIFS offers a
scholarship for study abroad as
an exchange.
In another program, American
Youth Abroad, AIFS oilers local
young people a chance to study in
another country.
Information on both programs
is available from Baskinger by
phoning her toll-free at (800) 322-
4678, Extension 6078, or sending
e-mail to abaskinger@aifs.
com.
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