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Weed work
Inmates at the Mason County Jail work off some of
their time by clearing away weeds.
;.00;entencings:
Wood gets jail,
drug treatment
for having meth
Two people convicted of felony
offenses were sentenced to confine-
ment in the Mason County Jail af-
ter hearings held May 8 in Mason
County Superior Court.
• Paul Luke Wood, 27 of 250
East Auseth Lane, Shelton, who
was convicted of possession of
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Weather
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
High Low
Fahrenheit
Precip.
(In.)
May 9 64 44 0
May 10 66 34 0
May 11 68 37 0
May 12 64 37 0
May 13 55 43 0
May 14 71 32 0
May 15 84 37 0
Measurements are recorded for
the National Weather Service at
Sanderson Field.
Wednesday morning the Na-
tional Weather Service predicted
mostly cloudy conditions on Thurs-
day with a high near 68 degrees.
There should be decreasing clouds
Thursday night with a low around
40.
Friday and Friday night should
be mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain on Friday night.
Highs should be near 68 with a
low around 45 degrees.
Forecasters expect mostly
cloudy conditions to continue on
Saturday and Saturday night,
with a chance of showers. The
highs should near 62 degrees and
lows around 43 degrees.
There is a chance of showers in
the forecast for Sunday with most-
ly cloudy conditions and a high
near 62. Sunday night should be
partly cloudy with the low around
40 degrees.
The extended forecast for Mon-
day through Tuesday calls for
partly cloudy skies on Monday
with a high near 66. Monday night
should be mostly clear with a low
around 39. There should be mostly
sunny skies on Tuesday with a
high near 71.
methamphetamine, was sentenced
to 45 days under the First-time
Offender Sentencing Option which
provides a sentence of from zero to
90 days followed by 24 months of
community supervision. Deputy
Prosecutor Mike Dorcy reported
that with no prior felony criminal
history the standard sentencing
range is from zero to six months
followed by nine to 12 months of
community custody.
Judge Toni Sheldon ordered
Wood to have a substance-abuse
evaluation and to follow all recom-
mended treatment. She imposed
legal financial obligations of a
$1,000 drug fine, $500 to the crime
victims' compensation fund, $450
in attorney-fee recoupment and
$450 in court costs.
• Angela Marie Williams,
33, of 1311 Summit Street, She]-
ton, received 30 days for theft in
the second degree. Judge Sheldon
imposed legal financial obligations
of $500 to the crime victims' fund,
$450 in attorney-fee recoupment
and $406.50 in court costs and
scheduled a restitution hearing for
June 18.
Critical00uffers
will get a boost
The Mason Conservation Dis-
trict has been awarded a $215,010
grant for a critical area buffer res-
toration project.
The grant is from the Centen-
nial Clean Water Fund, a state
funding source for improving and
protecting water quality in Wash-
ington State. The conservation
district will use the money to pre-
vent critical area buffer loss and
restore damaged buffers by shore-
lines, lakesides, streams and wet-
lands.
The district will also develop
restoration plans, restore criti-
cal area buffer functions, develop
Geographic Information System
layers and maps and provide edu-
cation, training and technical as-
sistance to landowners and resi-
dents of Mason County.
Jury: Transient guilty
in home burglary case
A Mason County Superior
Court jury convicted a 21-year-
old man of breaking into a
Shelton residence and taking
knives, belt buckles and other
items.
Rene Pedro Paumier of Shel-
ton was convicted after a three-
day trial of residential burglary
and theft in the third degree
for entering a residence at 528
Laurel Street in January and
taking items belonging to Ja-
son Howland. Paumier, who is
listed as transient, is scheduled
for sentencing on Monday.
Testimony began May 9 with
Howland, who described his
residence on Laurel Street. He
said the yard is fenced with
only "three access" points, at
the front, side and back of the
home. He also said his house
has a front and back door. He
said Terry McClintic is a neigh-
bor who lives across the street.
HOWLAND SAID on the
weekend of January 19-21 he
was "staying at his girlfriend's
parents' house since they were
out of town," and only stopped
at his residence to shower and
change clothes.
"That Sunday afternoon I
noticed that the front gate was
opened still. I noticed the spare
bedroom door was opened and
the fan was on in the bedroom
and stuff was missing out of
the closet," Howland said. "The
back door was busted open and
the side and rear gates in the
fence were opened."
He said the only person with
permission to be on his prop-
erty is his mother. He said
she drives a red Mazda pickup
truck and had stopped at his
place on Saturday afternoon,
but she went into a separate
building, not the house.
Howland said eight to 10
belt buckles with a value of
about $20 apiece were missing.
"I keep them in a row and they
were all gone." He testified that
five or six baseball-style hats
were missing, in addition to a
couple of watches, sunglasses,
Guilty pleas:
clothing items and knives.
HE SAID HE had three
knives, two folding, spring-
loaded Kirshaws and the other
a knife in a leather case. He
said he paid about $80 for one
of the Kirshaws but said the
other had been a gift.
McClintic of 521 Laurel
Street testified that he saw
Paumier coming out of How-
land's residence on Saturday,
January 20. He said he was out
on his porch "having a smoke"
around noon or maybe 11 a.m.
and noticed a red pickup truck
parked at the side of Howland's
house. He said he was paying
attention to vehicles in the
area because "we had some ste-
reos taken out of cars before. I
didn't really know the truck; it
looked kind of funny."
McClintic continued, "The
door opened up and I saw the
guy running out the front door.
It was a fast walk and he didn't
latch the gate." He said How-
land and his girlfriend always
latch their gate because they
have dogs.
He identified Paumier as
the person he saw coming out
the front door. He said he had
seen Paumier over the past few
years "because he rides a bike
around" and that he had spo-
ken to Paumier in the past.
DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
Reinhold Schuetz asked Mc-
Clintic if it was "the defendant"
he saw coming out of the resi-
dence on January 20. "I believe
so," McClintic responded. "He
was wearing baggy blue jeans
and he had a black coat on
with bright-blue stripes going
down the arms. He also had on
a black baseball cap. The thing
that made me most curious was
he came out of the house and
when he got to the gate he kind
of slumped over."
Defense attorney Ronald
Sergi asked McClintic if he
had mistaken Paumier for his
brother in the past. McClin-
tic said he had one time. He
said Paumier was not carrying
anything and was not wearing
gloves.
Officer Warren Ohlson of the
Shelton Police Department said
he investigated the break-in. H.e
said he went through the re$"
dence with Howland and took
photos, which he identified for
the jury. He said he was unable
to get any "viable" fingerprin
off a large glass jug which haa
been used to hold coins or off
of the closet area "where item
were found to be missing." 01"
son said on January 24 he too
a statement from McClinti¢
and Paumier became a persO
of interest in the case.
OFFICER MARK Hinton of
the SPD said that on JanuarY
25 he met with Paumier. ;Ie
contacted us down by Lumber" u1
men's. We let some people know
we were looking for him. I@.
was on a bicycle. We requesti bllb
to search him and his backpa t01d
and he consented," he said', that
The officer said he found s
knife and a belt buckle. After a a
Paumier was taken into cus Isl
dy at the police station, he said,
N,
he contacted Howland. Ve lel:
had the burglary victim co pte
down and he IDed' (identifiea!
the items."
Hinton said he advise.:
Paumier of his constitutioql
rights and he agreed to make J
statement about how he c
to acquire the knife and buckle' ,'
"He gave several explanati R',
one was he got them from Tr | lwi
sures; the items were in a bro | 7, ,
bag in an apartment compl:{: | ,e'
he did not know where he I 1
the items, i a
The defense did not present
any witnesses.
Members of the jury, W
were seated May 8, were rim,:
Hatlem, Eric Miller, JoA.
Wood, Grant Sabin, L
Hinckley, Briann MamemS
Deanna Smith, Chris
bell, Cyrus Darling,
Plunkett, Linda Amar
Robin McDaniel. Diana
was the alternate.
Felony trials are averted
Three defendants scheduled for
trials this month in unrelated Ma-
son County Superior Court cases
changed their pleas recently. All of
them are scheduled for sentencing
on June 4.
• Christina Ann Jones, 24,
of 2360 NE Old Belfair Highway,
Belfair, entered guilty pleas on
Friday, May 11, to charges of crim-
inal trespass in the second degree
and malicious mischief in the third
degree, a gross misdemeanor.
Jones, who was residing at 121
East rrigal Place at the time of
her arrest on October 7 of last
year, had been charged with resi-
dential burglary. According to
court documents she used a ham-
mer to break out a window at the
residence of Ted Mason at 60 East
Errigal Place and then attempted
to climb through it.
The sentencing range is from
zero to 60 for trespassing and up
to 365 days for the gross misde-
meanor, Judge Toni Sheldon said,
with the state recommending a
sentence of credit for time served.
l.004an arrested in child: rape case
by the initials "M.C.B.," between
October and December 2006 when
he was residing with the girl's fam-
ily in Belfair. The girl reportedly
told the detective she consented to
the sexual contact, which included
several incidents of oral sex and
attempted intercourse at the girl's
residence.
Judge Sheldon appointed an at-
torney to represent St. Albun, set
bail at $20,000 and scheduled ar-
raignment for May 18. She ordered
him to have no contact with the
alleged victim, her mother, iden-
tified by the initials "K.M.T," or
children under the age of 18. She
prohibited him from going to plac-
es where children normally con-
gregate and said St. A/bun must
stay at least 500 yards away from
the alleged victim's residence.
(Continued from page 27.)
less than 40 grams of marijuana
and theft in the third degree.
He was arrested May 11 by Of-
ricer Brent Dehning of the SPD
who said he was responding to
a shoplifting complaint at Wal-
Mart from Ranger Garpinski, a
loss prevention officer. Garpinski
said he followed Nichols and saw
him conceal perfume bottles and
then exit the store. Garpinski said
he detained the suspect as he at-
tempted to leave the store and
Nichols allegedly threw a bag-
gie in a trash can. It contained a
green leafy substance which field-
tested positive for marijuana and
a white pill identified as Metha-
done, which requires a prescrip-
tion, Dehning reported. The per-
fume was valued at $64.68.
Judge Sheldon ordered Nichols
to have no contact with Wal-Mart.
She released him on his promise
to appear for arraignment on May
21 at which time there will be a
review of Nichols' financial sta-
tus to determine if he qualifies for
court-appointed counsel.
On Friday, May 11:
• John Barry "JB" St. AI.
bun Jr., 18, of 200 NE Santa Ma-
ria Drive, Belfair, was identified
in an investigation of four counts
of rape of a child in the second de-
gree.
According to a probable-cause
statement filed with the court by
Detective Jack Gardner of the
Mason County Sheriffs Office,
St. A/bun reportedly had multiple
sexual contacts with a 14-year-old
girl, identified in court documents
The judge told Jones she will be re-
sponsible for restitution and noted
a restitution estimate of $639 for
the cost of a broken window has
been received from an insurance
company.
• Alan Lee Lauber, 40, of 321
West Delight Park Road, Shelton,
changed his pleas on Thursday,
May 10. He entered an A/ford plea
of guilty to a charge of possession
of stolen property in the second de-
gree and pled guilty to an amend-
ed charge of bail jumping.
In his plea statement Lauber
admitted he failed to appear for
court proceedings on March 16
and wrote he was pleading guilty
to second-degree possession of sto-
len property to take advantage of
a plea bargain "and avoid more se-
rious charges."
Lauber was arrested on June 8
of last year by deputies from the
Mason County Sheriffs Office who
were investigating the May 29
theft of copper wire from Arcadia
Electric. Deputies said they found
stripped insulation on Lauber's
property. Lauber reportedly told
officers he allowed two people to
strip the wire at his place and said
they told him he could keep one
third, which he and Dawn E. Mow-
er reportedly sold to a recycling
center in Tumwater for $900.
"The defendant
in possession of copper wire
a value in excess of $250,"
Prosecutor Reinhold SchuetZ
ed.
The sentencing ranges are'.
four to 12 months for the
jumping conviction and fro
to six months for
stolen property, Judge
explained.
• Timothy
34, of 101 SE Majestic
Shelton, pled guilty on
day, May 9, to two counts
jumping.
He had been arrested
ber 15, 2005 in an
second-degree burglary
$10,000 bail. He failed to
for an omnibus on
ary 9, 2006 and a $15
was issued for his
ing to court documents.
appeared on January 23,
the warrant was quashed
dates were set for the
case. McKenzie then failed
pear for a trial readiness
on June 23, 2006.
With an offender score o fl
the sentencing range is
to 12 months, Judge
plained.
Do you know how
uninhabitable burn
buildings are still sta
in our city?
.y I know of 2; how about
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Page 28 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 17, 2007
Weed work
Inmates at the Mason County Jail work off some of
their time by clearing away weeds.
;.00;entencings:
Wood gets jail,
drug treatment
for having meth
Two people convicted of felony
offenses were sentenced to confine-
ment in the Mason County Jail af-
ter hearings held May 8 in Mason
County Superior Court.
• Paul Luke Wood, 27 of 250
East Auseth Lane, Shelton, who
was convicted of possession of
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Weather
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
High Low
Fahrenheit
Precip.
(In.)
May 9 64 44 0
May 10 66 34 0
May 11 68 37 0
May 12 64 37 0
May 13 55 43 0
May 14 71 32 0
May 15 84 37 0
Measurements are recorded for
the National Weather Service at
Sanderson Field.
Wednesday morning the Na-
tional Weather Service predicted
mostly cloudy conditions on Thurs-
day with a high near 68 degrees.
There should be decreasing clouds
Thursday night with a low around
40.
Friday and Friday night should
be mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain on Friday night.
Highs should be near 68 with a
low around 45 degrees.
Forecasters expect mostly
cloudy conditions to continue on
Saturday and Saturday night,
with a chance of showers. The
highs should near 62 degrees and
lows around 43 degrees.
There is a chance of showers in
the forecast for Sunday with most-
ly cloudy conditions and a high
near 62. Sunday night should be
partly cloudy with the low around
40 degrees.
The extended forecast for Mon-
day through Tuesday calls for
partly cloudy skies on Monday
with a high near 66. Monday night
should be mostly clear with a low
around 39. There should be mostly
sunny skies on Tuesday with a
high near 71.
methamphetamine, was sentenced
to 45 days under the First-time
Offender Sentencing Option which
provides a sentence of from zero to
90 days followed by 24 months of
community supervision. Deputy
Prosecutor Mike Dorcy reported
that with no prior felony criminal
history the standard sentencing
range is from zero to six months
followed by nine to 12 months of
community custody.
Judge Toni Sheldon ordered
Wood to have a substance-abuse
evaluation and to follow all recom-
mended treatment. She imposed
legal financial obligations of a
$1,000 drug fine, $500 to the crime
victims' compensation fund, $450
in attorney-fee recoupment and
$450 in court costs.
• Angela Marie Williams,
33, of 1311 Summit Street, She]-
ton, received 30 days for theft in
the second degree. Judge Sheldon
imposed legal financial obligations
of $500 to the crime victims' fund,
$450 in attorney-fee recoupment
and $406.50 in court costs and
scheduled a restitution hearing for
June 18.
Critical00uffers
will get a boost
The Mason Conservation Dis-
trict has been awarded a $215,010
grant for a critical area buffer res-
toration project.
The grant is from the Centen-
nial Clean Water Fund, a state
funding source for improving and
protecting water quality in Wash-
ington State. The conservation
district will use the money to pre-
vent critical area buffer loss and
restore damaged buffers by shore-
lines, lakesides, streams and wet-
lands.
The district will also develop
restoration plans, restore criti-
cal area buffer functions, develop
Geographic Information System
layers and maps and provide edu-
cation, training and technical as-
sistance to landowners and resi-
dents of Mason County.
Jury: Transient guilty
in home burglary case
A Mason County Superior
Court jury convicted a 21-year-
old man of breaking into a
Shelton residence and taking
knives, belt buckles and other
items.
Rene Pedro Paumier of Shel-
ton was convicted after a three-
day trial of residential burglary
and theft in the third degree
for entering a residence at 528
Laurel Street in January and
taking items belonging to Ja-
son Howland. Paumier, who is
listed as transient, is scheduled
for sentencing on Monday.
Testimony began May 9 with
Howland, who described his
residence on Laurel Street. He
said the yard is fenced with
only "three access" points, at
the front, side and back of the
home. He also said his house
has a front and back door. He
said Terry McClintic is a neigh-
bor who lives across the street.
HOWLAND SAID on the
weekend of January 19-21 he
was "staying at his girlfriend's
parents' house since they were
out of town," and only stopped
at his residence to shower and
change clothes.
"That Sunday afternoon I
noticed that the front gate was
opened still. I noticed the spare
bedroom door was opened and
the fan was on in the bedroom
and stuff was missing out of
the closet," Howland said. "The
back door was busted open and
the side and rear gates in the
fence were opened."
He said the only person with
permission to be on his prop-
erty is his mother. He said
she drives a red Mazda pickup
truck and had stopped at his
place on Saturday afternoon,
but she went into a separate
building, not the house.
Howland said eight to 10
belt buckles with a value of
about $20 apiece were missing.
"I keep them in a row and they
were all gone." He testified that
five or six baseball-style hats
were missing, in addition to a
couple of watches, sunglasses,
Guilty pleas:
clothing items and knives.
HE SAID HE had three
knives, two folding, spring-
loaded Kirshaws and the other
a knife in a leather case. He
said he paid about $80 for one
of the Kirshaws but said the
other had been a gift.
McClintic of 521 Laurel
Street testified that he saw
Paumier coming out of How-
land's residence on Saturday,
January 20. He said he was out
on his porch "having a smoke"
around noon or maybe 11 a.m.
and noticed a red pickup truck
parked at the side of Howland's
house. He said he was paying
attention to vehicles in the
area because "we had some ste-
reos taken out of cars before. I
didn't really know the truck; it
looked kind of funny."
McClintic continued, "The
door opened up and I saw the
guy running out the front door.
It was a fast walk and he didn't
latch the gate." He said How-
land and his girlfriend always
latch their gate because they
have dogs.
He identified Paumier as
the person he saw coming out
the front door. He said he had
seen Paumier over the past few
years "because he rides a bike
around" and that he had spo-
ken to Paumier in the past.
DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
Reinhold Schuetz asked Mc-
Clintic if it was "the defendant"
he saw coming out of the resi-
dence on January 20. "I believe
so," McClintic responded. "He
was wearing baggy blue jeans
and he had a black coat on
with bright-blue stripes going
down the arms. He also had on
a black baseball cap. The thing
that made me most curious was
he came out of the house and
when he got to the gate he kind
of slumped over."
Defense attorney Ronald
Sergi asked McClintic if he
had mistaken Paumier for his
brother in the past. McClin-
tic said he had one time. He
said Paumier was not carrying
anything and was not wearing
gloves.
Officer Warren Ohlson of the
Shelton Police Department said
he investigated the break-in. H.e
said he went through the re$"
dence with Howland and took
photos, which he identified for
the jury. He said he was unable
to get any "viable" fingerprin
off a large glass jug which haa
been used to hold coins or off
of the closet area "where item
were found to be missing." 01"
son said on January 24 he too
a statement from McClinti¢
and Paumier became a persO
of interest in the case.
OFFICER MARK Hinton of
the SPD said that on JanuarY
25 he met with Paumier. ;Ie
contacted us down by Lumber" u1
men's. We let some people know
we were looking for him. I@.
was on a bicycle. We requesti bllb
to search him and his backpa t01d
and he consented," he said', that
The officer said he found s
knife and a belt buckle. After a a
Paumier was taken into cus Isl
dy at the police station, he said,
N,
he contacted Howland. Ve lel:
had the burglary victim co pte
down and he IDed' (identifiea!
the items."
Hinton said he advise.:
Paumier of his constitutioql
rights and he agreed to make J
statement about how he c
to acquire the knife and buckle' ,'
"He gave several explanati R',
one was he got them from Tr | lwi
sures; the items were in a bro | 7, ,
bag in an apartment compl:{: | ,e'
he did not know where he I 1
the items, i a
The defense did not present
any witnesses.
Members of the jury, W
were seated May 8, were rim,:
Hatlem, Eric Miller, JoA.
Wood, Grant Sabin, L
Hinckley, Briann MamemS
Deanna Smith, Chris
bell, Cyrus Darling,
Plunkett, Linda Amar
Robin McDaniel. Diana
was the alternate.
Felony trials are averted
Three defendants scheduled for
trials this month in unrelated Ma-
son County Superior Court cases
changed their pleas recently. All of
them are scheduled for sentencing
on June 4.
• Christina Ann Jones, 24,
of 2360 NE Old Belfair Highway,
Belfair, entered guilty pleas on
Friday, May 11, to charges of crim-
inal trespass in the second degree
and malicious mischief in the third
degree, a gross misdemeanor.
Jones, who was residing at 121
East rrigal Place at the time of
her arrest on October 7 of last
year, had been charged with resi-
dential burglary. According to
court documents she used a ham-
mer to break out a window at the
residence of Ted Mason at 60 East
Errigal Place and then attempted
to climb through it.
The sentencing range is from
zero to 60 for trespassing and up
to 365 days for the gross misde-
meanor, Judge Toni Sheldon said,
with the state recommending a
sentence of credit for time served.
l.004an arrested in child: rape case
by the initials "M.C.B.," between
October and December 2006 when
he was residing with the girl's fam-
ily in Belfair. The girl reportedly
told the detective she consented to
the sexual contact, which included
several incidents of oral sex and
attempted intercourse at the girl's
residence.
Judge Sheldon appointed an at-
torney to represent St. Albun, set
bail at $20,000 and scheduled ar-
raignment for May 18. She ordered
him to have no contact with the
alleged victim, her mother, iden-
tified by the initials "K.M.T," or
children under the age of 18. She
prohibited him from going to plac-
es where children normally con-
gregate and said St. A/bun must
stay at least 500 yards away from
the alleged victim's residence.
(Continued from page 27.)
less than 40 grams of marijuana
and theft in the third degree.
He was arrested May 11 by Of-
ricer Brent Dehning of the SPD
who said he was responding to
a shoplifting complaint at Wal-
Mart from Ranger Garpinski, a
loss prevention officer. Garpinski
said he followed Nichols and saw
him conceal perfume bottles and
then exit the store. Garpinski said
he detained the suspect as he at-
tempted to leave the store and
Nichols allegedly threw a bag-
gie in a trash can. It contained a
green leafy substance which field-
tested positive for marijuana and
a white pill identified as Metha-
done, which requires a prescrip-
tion, Dehning reported. The per-
fume was valued at $64.68.
Judge Sheldon ordered Nichols
to have no contact with Wal-Mart.
She released him on his promise
to appear for arraignment on May
21 at which time there will be a
review of Nichols' financial sta-
tus to determine if he qualifies for
court-appointed counsel.
On Friday, May 11:
• John Barry "JB" St. AI.
bun Jr., 18, of 200 NE Santa Ma-
ria Drive, Belfair, was identified
in an investigation of four counts
of rape of a child in the second de-
gree.
According to a probable-cause
statement filed with the court by
Detective Jack Gardner of the
Mason County Sheriffs Office,
St. A/bun reportedly had multiple
sexual contacts with a 14-year-old
girl, identified in court documents
The judge told Jones she will be re-
sponsible for restitution and noted
a restitution estimate of $639 for
the cost of a broken window has
been received from an insurance
company.
• Alan Lee Lauber, 40, of 321
West Delight Park Road, Shelton,
changed his pleas on Thursday,
May 10. He entered an A/ford plea
of guilty to a charge of possession
of stolen property in the second de-
gree and pled guilty to an amend-
ed charge of bail jumping.
In his plea statement Lauber
admitted he failed to appear for
court proceedings on March 16
and wrote he was pleading guilty
to second-degree possession of sto-
len property to take advantage of
a plea bargain "and avoid more se-
rious charges."
Lauber was arrested on June 8
of last year by deputies from the
Mason County Sheriffs Office who
were investigating the May 29
theft of copper wire from Arcadia
Electric. Deputies said they found
stripped insulation on Lauber's
property. Lauber reportedly told
officers he allowed two people to
strip the wire at his place and said
they told him he could keep one
third, which he and Dawn E. Mow-
er reportedly sold to a recycling
center in Tumwater for $900.
"The defendant
in possession of copper wire
a value in excess of $250,"
Prosecutor Reinhold SchuetZ
ed.
The sentencing ranges are'.
four to 12 months for the
jumping conviction and fro
to six months for
stolen property, Judge
explained.
• Timothy
34, of 101 SE Majestic
Shelton, pled guilty on
day, May 9, to two counts
jumping.
He had been arrested
ber 15, 2005 in an
second-degree burglary
$10,000 bail. He failed to
for an omnibus on
ary 9, 2006 and a $15
was issued for his
ing to court documents.
appeared on January 23,
the warrant was quashed
dates were set for the
case. McKenzie then failed
pear for a trial readiness
on June 23, 2006.
With an offender score o fl
the sentencing range is
to 12 months, Judge
plained.
Do you know how
uninhabitable burn
buildings are still sta
in our city?
.y I know of 2; how about
Russ Donnoy
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