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4b ...... . ...... ~,w,t~l~i~***~***Ci~I-RT LOT**C @05 pI pErs 217 I~ COTA ST SHELTI]N, I~ %584-L:Y263 II,I.I.I.I,I,I,,I,,I,,I-I'I"I'I'II .... II .... III,,,I,I,I,I Thursday, September 1, 2011 Year 125 -- Week 35 -- 9 Sections -- 44 Pages -- Published in Shelton, Washington -- $1 By KEVAN MOORE eral's office came at the request of Mason County Prosecutor Mike Nearly' two years after a bar Dorcy. fight and residential disturbance "I'm satisfied with the thorough- in Allyn- beth of which involved ness of the investigation and I an off-duty sheriff's office detective don't see any action for my office to - the Washington State Attorney take with respect to this situation," General's Office has exonerated Dorcy told the Journal. Mason County Sheriff Casey Salis- The AG's review follows a full- bury and members of his depart- scale investigation by the Wash- ment of any wrongdoing in investi- ington State Patrol that produced gating the incidents, thousands of pages of documenta- Sergeant Martin Borcherding, tion and various internal reviews who was hit over the head with a within the sheriffs office. rock in the parking lot of Lennard "Viewing the facts objectively as ICs and later caused a domestic dis- they were presented to the depu- turbance at his girlfriend's home in ties on August 9, 2009, it would the early morning hours of Aug. 9, not have been unreasonable for the 2009, went on to level multiple am- deputes to believe that Borcherd- legations of misconduct and incom- ing was drunk, got in a bar fight, petence in the months and years drove home, engaged in a domestic that followed the incident, disturbance, and then fled from re- In sum, Borcherding alleged that spending police officers,~ Hillman Salisbury, members of his corn- wrote in his report. "It also makes mand staff, various deputies and sense that Borcherding did not others were involved in a criminal want medical aid to respond be- conspiracy that Borcherding corn- cause he did not want to be further pared to Watergate. Specifically, embarrassed by the arrival of more he accused fellow deputies of false fellow emergency services person- swearing on signed documel~ts, nel? failure of duty, official misconduct, Salisbury said he was pleased misdating police reports and mak- with the results of the review by ing false or misleading statements, the AG's office. In a 28-page report, Assistant "We've been dealing with this Attorney General John Hillman for two years now and it's been re- wrote that he "could find no evi- ally tough for a lot of our folks be- dence of a crime in Borcherding's cause there have been some very complaints. Borcherding's corn- serious allegations made that they, plaints appear to have little cred- and we, were not always able to ibility and often no basis in fact." repond to directly because it was The review of the sheriffs office an open and active investigatibn," investigation by the Attorney Gen- Salisbury said. @ Deputy runs from Lacey rent-a-cop By KEVAN MOORE A Mason County Sheriff's Of. rice deputy had a strange encoun- ter with Lacey police in the early hours of Aug. 3 that has led to an internal investigation in Shelton with assistance from the Thur- ston County Sheriffs Office. The incident in Lacey came al- most exactly two years to the day after an Allyn altercation and do- mestic disturbance involving the same deputy. According to Lacey Police De- partment documents, MCSO Sgt. Martin Borcherding (who works as a plainclothes drug enforce- ment detective in the Special Operations Group) encountered a security guard at Wonderwood Park in Lacey, flashed his sher- iffs office badge and took off run- ning when the security guard called 911 at 4:42 a.m. that morning. "(Borcherding) told (the secu- rity guard) he was with a drug unit and got mad when (the guard) said he was calling 911," wrote Lacey Police Lt. Bob Lyon in a memo. See Encounter on page A-7 Mason County says goodbye to Lingle By NATALIE JOHNSON Hundreds of friends and family of the late Jerry Lin- gle gathered this past week- end at the Little Creek Ca- sino Events Center to give a heartfelt goodbye to their beloved Uncle Jerry." swear to God half of Shelton is missing their Uncle Jerry right now," Lin- gle's daughter Sarah Stal- cup said. ,Mason County Commis- sioner Jerry Lingle was found dead in his home on Friday, Aug. 19. The Mason County Sheriff's Office does not suspect foul play, and Coroner Wee StockweU said that the results of an autop- sy were inconclusive. The first half of the me- morial Sunday was a cer- emony conductedby mere. bets of the local Masonic Lodge, of which Lingle had been apart of since 1978. Masons from all over the state and from several oth- ers gathered to say goodbye to the friend and brother they knew as ~cuddies,~ said Grand Master Mike Sand- ers. See Ungle on page A-7 photo by Kevan Moore 8on gets Ilta Bunday memorial for the late county commissioner and Shelton police officer. Courtesy photo by Jules Michel A group of orcas delights boaters on Hmmnersley Inlet on Friday, Aug. 26. According to area researchers, the group of about six oreas is probably part of a senl-eatmg transient pod and not one of the three pods that reside in Puget Sound throughout mat of the year. Shelton resident preaches the benefit of public transportation By NATALIE JOHNSON I know." er day that said it was am- is these days, it is so full of On several occasions, most 200 times safer to ride stress, it's kind of nice to Libby Avery's enthusi- she has taken people un-the bus than drive. It was relax just for a little bit." asm for Mason Transit isfamiliar with or anxious~ an AARP article," she said. Mobility, or lack thereof, contagious. Seriously. about the bus system on "You leave less of a carbon has always been a major "I like talking to people trips around the county,footprint, it's greener, it's theme in Avery's life. When and learning about people In one particular case, good people-watching too." she was born, doctors told and where they're comingAvery took a trip aroundThe trip to Olympia via her parents that due to a from-it makes the world a the county by bus with aMason Transit takes Ion-spinal disorder she would better place," she said.senior citizen who was new ger than~a ride in a car, likely never walk and Avery, the transit corn-to the area. but stops at several points might never talk. munity center manager, "I took her to Brinnon in Shelton, including Little "I'm 46, and I graduated often advises riders about - that's the longest route. Creek Casino, and ends in magna cure laude from St. routes and rides the busYousee things on that trip downtown Olympia .witltin Martins University," she daily, that you don't see if you're walking distance of shops, said. "I don't physically drive driving," she said. "I like restaurants and the Olym- Avery defines the word people anywhere but I can teaching people they don't pia Farmer's Market. It handicap as an obstacle point them| from point Ahave to be trapped ... If takes citydrivingandpark- to be overcome," and like to point B," she said. "Rid- you're afraid, take some- ing out of the equation, and many people, public tran- ing the bus is kind of like body with you." just one Mason Transit bus sit helps her overcome being at work - I need to On a similar trip to can take over a dozen cars that obstacle. She came to know the routes so when Olympia on Friday, Averyoffthe road, Avery said.work for Mason Transit be- people come in and ask me talked at length about the But the most attractive cause she believes in public benefits of public transpor- benefit for a stressed out transportation, s ability to Illl!lljli!lm!l!!l!l!lllll "green" living or just sit escape from road rage. and people watch. "It takes the worry out of 8 _ 2 "I read an article the oth- it," she said. "The way lifeSee Buses on page A-8 Libby Avery encourages people to explore Mason County on the bus.