Kitsap County News Archives

“It's one of the most disgusting ones I've seen”

A 62-year-old man who lives in a travel trailer in Manette has been jailed after police found pictures and videos on his cell phone of nude young girls, some of whom were performing sex acts, according to ... via Kitsapsun.com

Two children were rescued after becoming stranded on a frozen lake Tuesday afternoon. via KOMO-TV Seattle

SK Police/Fire KITSAP SUN STAFF Originally published 02:33 p.m., January 30, 2008 Updated 02:33 p.m., January 30, 2008 A Port Orchard man who allegedly took a swing at a deputy early Wednesday was arrested and ... via Kitsapsun.com

A Bremerton woman has been charged by Kitsap County prosecutors in the death of a bicyclist she allegedly hit last September on Mile Hill Drive in South Kitsap, according to documents filed Friday in Kitsap ... via Kitsapsun.com

Kitsap County Sheriff's detectives have arrested five people on suspicion of a burglary of $1 million worth of property from a home overlooking Hood Canal. via Kitsapsun.com

By Josh Farley Friday, January 25, 2008 A Poulsbo man suspected of killing a Port Orchard woman in a crash Monday has been released from jail, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office. via Kitsapsun.com

North Kitsap Top Stories A 39-year-old woman who turned herself into a sheriff's deputy at the Kingston office of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office late Thursday night was arrested in connection with the ... via Kitsapsun.com

“When he is released he will not return to that address, and he may be a transient”

A Level III registered sex offender who just weeks ago was released to live in Manchester was arrested this month and returned to jail, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office reported. via Tacoma Daily Index

“I heard like a thump, like something got hit, and I heard screeching”

A man was found dead on a dark rural road near the Kingston ferry landing. He was surrounded by glass, but no vehicle was in sight. via NWCN.com

A woman has been charged with felony hit-and-run in a collision that killed an 86-year-old Kingston man. via KOMO News

NK Police & Fire Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 02:25 p.m., January 25, 2008 Updated 02:25 p.m., January 25, 2008 KINGSTON Authorities have identified the man killed Thursday night in a hit-and-run ... via Kitsap Sun

A 39-year-old woman is now in jail following a deadly hit and run in Kitsap County. via KCPQ

“If it does turn out the person committed a hit-and-run, that will be up to the prosecutor's office to decide if any charges are filed”

NK Police & Fire NORTH KITSAP Kitsap County sheriff's detectives are looking for the driver who struck and killed an elderly man walking in the roadway Thursday night, backed up - and then drove away. via Kitsapsun.com

“It seems like work when he walks around, he just goes forward.”

The South Kitsap Community Park gained about $2 million when Kitsap County assumed ownership from the now-defunct South Kitsap Parks and Recreation District. via Tacoma Daily Index

A 32-year-old North Kitsap man has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide after an accident that killed a South Kitsap woman. via KING-TV Seattle

“I think that I could do a lot of positive things for the community. But I need to put my family and my business first. They need me to help open the new location.”

The announcement by South Kitsap Commissioner Jan Angel that she will leave the board to run for a seat in the state Legislature ensures in a year's time the county commissioners will look quite different than ... via Tacoma Daily Index

Central Kitsap Top Stories CENTRAL KITSAP A Port Orchard woman was killed late Monday afternoon when her car was struck by a man believed by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office to have been under the influence ... via Kitsapsun.com

“We come to these Martin Luther King ceremonies and we say 'I have a dream,'”

By Brynn Grimley Monday, January 21, 2008 Carolyn J. Yaschur Kitsap Sun Elante' Heggie waits for the music to start for her performance with the MLK Community Liturgical Dancers at the Rev. via Kitsapsun.com

Road racing has been blamed for an early morning crash that claimed the life of a Navy sailor in Port Orchard. via KIROTV

“When we move out of that range, we will see problems”

By Christopher Dunagan Saturday, January 19, 2008 Global warming will affect the entire Earth, but local governments will be on the front lines when the problems really hit home, experts say. via Kitsapsun.com

“They are mostly from people turning at the intersection”

The in basket: Bob Hoyer of Bremerton says the Dec. 11 accident in which a Kitsap County Sheriff's deputy was involved in a one-car, roll-over accident at Sedgwick and South Banner roads in South Kitsap is not ... via Kitsapsun.com

By Josh Farley Friday, January 18, 2008 PORT ORCHARD A former candidate for state House of Representatives and past president of the Kitsap County Association of Realtors was arrested Thursday night on ... via Kitsapsun.com

Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 05:29 p.m., January 18, 2008 Updated 05:29 p.m., January 18, 2008 PORT ORCHARD A Port Orchard man has been charged with the vehicular homicide of a sailor stationed aboard ... via Kitsapsun.com

“And somebody's gotta pick up the slack.”

SOUTH KITSAP Fire and police chiefs from around Kitsap told U.S. Sen. Patty Murray this morning of a critical need to restore numerous federal grants aimed at bolstering cooperation between local agencies and ... via Kitsapsun.com

Bremerton Man Convicted of Vehicular Homicide Charged with Felony DUI PORT ORCHARD County prosecutors have charged a felony DUI for the first time to a man who's been convicted a killing of a man while driving ... via Kitsapsun.com

“We don't have enough follow-up because we don't have enough time. We need more counselors”

Ten of the 14 distressed homeowners Teresa Seeley tried to help last month will probably lose their homes to foreclosure anyway. via KnowledgePlex.org News

“Do not let your pride get in the way and the sooner you get help, the more options available to you.”

The mortgage crisis that hit the rest of the country is catching up to us in Washington. via KOMOradio

KITSAP SUN STAFF Originally published 12:15 p.m., January 16, 2008 Updated 12:15 p.m., January 16, 2008 BREMERTON A Bremerton man arrested over the weekend for apparently shattering seven windshields while ... via Kitsapsun.com

“We are looking for breast cancer survivors who can mentor those who have just learned about their own illness”

A breast cancer advocacy group is moving forward to establish a Kitsap County presence, recruiting volunteers to help those who have been recently diagnosed with the disease. via Tacoma Daily Index

Lenna Himmelstein Kitsap Sun Bremerton Police Detective Jason Vertefeuille is investigating a series of robberies in East Bremerton. via Kitsapsun.com

When two South Kitsap robbery suspects Monday failed to convince clerks at Wendy's that they wanted more than a "double stack," they went to neighboring Rite Aid for another go at taking the till, according to ... via Kitsapsun.com

Three men and one woman are being held in the Kitsap County jail for a robbery that knocked a Bremerton man out cold early Saturday, according to Bremerton police reports. via Kitsapsun.com

Bainbridge Islander Top Stories BAINBRIDGE ISLAND Remains discovered near the Eagle Harbor Marina on Thursday have been ruled to be that of a large animal, and not of human origin, according to the Kitsap ... via Kitsapsun.com

An incredulous clerk's announcement over a PA system that there was a man with a knife helped scare off two bandits who tried to rob a South Kitsap drugstore Wednesday night. via Kitsap Sun

“Okay, I did it. I took the money”

Central Kitsap Top Stories KITSAP SUN STAFF Originally published 01:54 p.m., January 10, 2008 Updated 01:54 p.m., January 10, 2008 CENTRAL KITSAP County prosecutors Wednesday charged a Silverdale man with ... via Kitsap Sun

“Whatever is in the till, it can be sorted out later.”

Central Kitsap Top Stories SILVERDALE A man who said he had been laid off from Wal-Mart Thursday and was desperate for money robbed a Silverdale drugstore of cash and a tube of first-aid cream early Friday ... via Kitsapsun.com

“I'm going to prison for a long time”

South Kitsap Top Stories KITSAP SUN STAFF Originally published 04:31 p.m., January 10, 2008 Updated 04:31 p.m., January 10, 2008 SOUTH KITSAP After nearly running a detective's car off the road near Olalla, a ... via Kitsapsun.com

“Officer Green advised it scared him and thought the driver was trying to run him over”

By Andrew Binion Thursday, January 10, 2008 A man accused of swerving his car at a Bremerton police officer Dec. via Kitsapsun.com

KITSAP SUN STAFF Originally published 05:07 p.m., January 10, 2008 Updated 05:07 p.m., January 10, 2008 BREMERTON A burglary at an East Bremerton pharmacy in November went unsolved for about a month, until ... via Kitsap Sun

By Kitsap Sun Staff Originally published 12:39 p.m., January 10, 2008 Updated 12:39 p.m., January 10, 2008 NORTH KITSAP A Suquamish woman has been charged with third-degree assault after attacking a North ... via Kitsapsun.com

South Kitsap Top Stories Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 11:10 p.m., January 9, 2008 Updated 11:10 p.m., January 9, 2008 PORT ORCHARD Kitsap County sheriff's deputies are investigating a Wednesday night ... via Kitsapsun.com

Central Kitsap Top Stories KITSAP SUN STAFF Originally published 11:53 a.m., January 9, 2008 Updated 11:53 a.m., January 9, 2008 SILVERDALE A 19-year-old East Bremerton woman was arrested Monday for allegedly ... via Kitsapsun.com

A Poulsbo man has been charged with assault after an alleged road rage incident spurred him to attack another Poulsbo man with nunchaku, according to documents filed in Kitsap County Superior Court. via Kitsapsun.com

Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 04:49 p.m., January 8, 2008 Updated 04:49 p.m., January 8, 2008 BREMERTON A Bremerton man who police say has run from officers at least five times in the past two years was ... via Kitsapsun.com

A head-on collision earlier today on Highway 3 near Lake Flora Road snarled traffic on the roadway already slowed by four inches of snow that fell across parts of Kitsap and North Mason counties. via Kitsapsun.com

An impatient teenager who wanted to download songs on his iPod but couldn't wait for his father to get off the computer started a family fight that led to the arrest of his mother, police said. via Seattle Times

North Kitsap Top Stories By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 08:05 p.m., January 7, 2008 Updated 08:05 p.m., January 7, 2008 POULSBO A Kingston man arrested for harassing a gas station owner returned to ... via Kitsapsun.com

A 25-year-old woman was arrested for investigation of second-degree assault for getting into an argument with her boyfriend over whether his dog should be in the bathroom while the couple were taking a shower ... via Denver Post

A 25-year-old woman was arrested for investigation of second-degree assault for getting into an argument with her boyfriend over whether his dog should be in the bathroom while the couple were taking a shower ... via Freerepublic.com

“Just a typical neighborhood drug house”

A couple in their 60s suspected of dealing methamphetamine and known as "ma" and "pa" to some users were arrested Thursday following a months-long investigation by the Bremerton Police Department's vice squad. via Kitsapsun.com

Central Kitsap Top Stories PORT ORCHARD While a Seabeck woman suspected in the death of one of her adopted children remains in jail, recent court filings in an attempt to allow her release provide insights into ... via Kitsapsun.com

Kitsap County prosecutors will be reviewing allegations against a former Poulsbo police detective accused of improperly accessing police databases to find information on romantic interests and possible rivals. via KING-TV Seattle

“I'm hoping that maybe he will see the light”

Bainbridge Islander Top Stories The first person charged in Kitsap County under a new law making some drunken-driving offenses a felony pleaded guilty Thursday morning and may spend up to 20 months in prison. via Kitsapsun.com

“I think what we're getting is a real backlash”

Were voters saying "no" to higher taxes, to Kitsap Regional Library or - vicariously - to the Port of Bremerton? Regardless, last May 15 about 54 percent voted against a tax levy needed to maintain and improve ... via Kitsapsun.com

“We want to know her version of what occurred”

By Andrew Binion Wednesday, January 2, 2008 BREMERTON A police officer fired his gun at a 46-year-old man suspected of trying to strike him with his car during a traffic stop Monday evening. via Kitsapsun.com

“Everyone thought she was going to have twins”

Kitsap Sun Grandma Tammy Perez holds Christian Michael Obregon-Perez, the first baby born in Kitsap County in 2008. via Kitsapsun.com

Bremerton police say an officer shot at a vehicle after its driver tried to run him down. via KOMOradio

The following convicted sex offenders have recently registered to live in Pierce County. via Tacoma News Tribune