Kitsap County News Archives

A Bremerton woman accused of keeping a 39-year-old developmentally delayed man on a 25-foot long chain and using pepper spray on him as a form of discipline has been charged with one count of misdemeanor ... via Kitsapsun.com

“I think law enforcement is embarrassed, and I think prosecutors are put into a very difficult position”

Officials in Franklin County are considering whether to toss out evidence in a number of drunken driving cases because of problems at the state toxicology laboratory. via Bellingham Herald

“It's all about putting aside our differences”

By Brynn Grimley Sunday, February 24, 2008 Kitsap Sun After washing each other's feet to show humility, Bishop Larry Robertson of Emmanuel Apostolic Church in Bremerton, left, and Pastor Gary Tangeman of ... via Kitsapsun.com

“Two of the arrested suspects delivered newspapers for the Kitsap Sun in the North Kitsap area.”

Five people have been arrested and four more are being sought in a suspected burglary and theft ring responsible for more than 100 break-ins at Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap homes, mailboxes and vehicles ... via KOMO-TV Seattle

A woman charged with homicide by abuse involving her adopted foster son six years ago has accepted a plea agreement. via KCPQ

“We want everyone to know that this was one person determined to do something wrong, and we urge people not to judge all of our contractors based on this incident.”

The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office reports detectives and deputies have broken up a burglary-theft ring in an investigation into a rash of property crimes in the north end of the county. via NWCN.com

“The overall theme to these collisions was that - she did not see the other vehicle,'”

A Bremerton woman is due in Kitsap County Superior Court on Monday to face a vehicular homicide charge after allegedly striking and killing of a 41-year-old Port Orchard bicyclist in September while driving on ... via Tacoma Daily Index

“What I have heard in the elections that have failed is, `Don't ask us again to fund passenger-only ferry service in Kitsap County through a sales tax,'”

A plan to use tax credits to continue fast-ferry research with an eye to restoring passenger-only service between Bremerton and Seattle has been approved by the Kitsap Transit board of directors. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“He's handicapped, he doesn't know where he will go”

A Kitsap County sheriff's deputy found a man with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, chained to a bed in a house near Bremerton. via KOMO News

A Kitsap County sheriff's deputy found a mentally disabled man chained in a house near Bremerton. via KIRO-TV Seattle

“Whenever we have to move vessels, Bremerton riders feel it.”

The Seattle-to-Bremerton ferry route is underserved, with bad schedules and dirty boats - and the ferry system's response to damaged boats in recent weeks has only made the problems worse, some riders and ... via The Seattle Times

A 62-year-old Bremerton woman hoping to get her van serviced Friday morning found out the hard way that it's not always safe to leave one's keys in a car - even when it's parked on a service lot. via Kitsap Sun

“The claim concerns the deteriorating health condition of a former jail inmate and alleges that this condition was a direct result of negligence/ indifference to the inmate's health, medical and handicapped condition by corrections staff”

A Seattle television station will reportedly air an investigative piece tonight exploring a claim filed by a South Kitsap woman against the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, alleging that her son was mistreated ... via Tacoma Daily Index

“What does that tell the (lower ranks)? The higher up in pay grade you are, the more you can get away with”

Kitsap Sun Edward E. Scott is escorted out of Kitsap County Superior Court Tuesday after his arraignment. via Kitsapsun.com

PORT ORCHARD Kitsap County prosecutors have filed six felonies against a Bremerton man police say burglarized at least 16 businesses last year, according to documents filed in Kitsap County Superior Court. via Kitsap Sun

A local defense attorney was charged this month with vehicular assault after hitting a bicyclist in Olalla while allegedly driving drunk in November. via Tacoma Daily Index

Authorities have identified the man who died Tuesday night in a motorcycle accident in Kitsap County as a 20-year-old marine. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A Bremerton man was given a six-year prison sentence Feb. 4 after pleading guilty to trafficking stolen property following a string of burglaries, according to documents filed in Kitsap County Superior Court. via Kitsapsun.com

“He was dehydrated, he had bacteria in his blood, he had gangrene on four of his fingers, his kidneys were failing”

A $10 million claim was filed today against the Kitsap County Jail by a mother who believes jailers stood by and watched as her developmentally disabled son deteriorated so badly he became an invalid. via KING-TV Seattle

“Oh, except the knife. It's a cool knife”

Two teens suspected of breaking into an Olalla home were confronted Monday by the homeowner, who held them at gunpoint with a rifle until deputies arrived and arrested them, according to Kitsap County Sheriff's ... via Kitsapsun.com

“They're on camera the entire time they're here.”

In July 2006, a frightened mother called 911 to get help for her developmentally disabled son. via KING-TV Seattle

“Anybody can be convicted of fourth-degree assault. It could be something as small as shoving, and there's just no connection between that and sex crimes.”

The Legislature's newest crackdown on sex offenders flew through the House today, but privacy worries hobbled a plan to collect DNA from people convicted of two dozen misdemeanors, including assault and animal ... via Oregonlive.com

A former Port Orchard city councilman who recently served a prison sentence for forgery and theft has been arrested and charged by Kitsap County prosecutors with felony second-degree child molestation. via KIROTV

A young woman in Bremerton has learned that credit unions don't accept deposits of methamphetamine. via 2NEWS.TV

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. - Kitsap County Auditor Karen Flynn announced today she will retire on March 31 after 21 years in office. via Daily News

“I never expected a neighbor's house to be the one to burn down”

By Andrew Binion Sunday, February 10, 2008 Larry Steagall Kitsap Sun An a man who is suspected of setting fire to his residence is arrested Sunday night after a standoff with Bremerton police and Kitsap County ... via Kitsap Sun

“Two pregnancy resource groups we've talked to, they're doing a combined 20 pregnancy tests a week”

Central Kitsap Top Stories By Brynn Grimley Sunday, February 10, 2008 For the last six months, members of the nonprofit Healthy Start Kitsap have relentlessly pursued their vision to bring the Nurse Family ... via Kitsap Sun

“I don't have a specific number, but I'd like to do more than I did last year.”

Kitsap County Sheriff's deputies racked up 423 DUI arrests in 2007 and one man accounted for almost 25 percent of that number. via Tacoma Daily Index

A 37-year-old South Kitsap woman was arrested last week after allegedly stealing merchandise and purses from dozens of stores and other victims in the area, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office reported. via Tacoma Daily Index

“Gun in my coat, all your OxyContin and Methadone - ' HURRY.”

A Port Orchard man has been charged by prosecutors with the robbery of 90 tablets of prescription painkillers from a local pharmacy, according to documents filed in Kitsap County Superior Court. via Kitsapsun.com

“The nominating process is the process by which the party decides who it's going to put forward as its standard-bearer. To me that's not unreasonable at all”

Unmarked Box a Form of Primary Protest for Some Lenna Himmelstein Kitsap Sun Dolores Gilmore, election manager at the Kitsap County Auditor's Office, sorts through thousands of ballots that were declared ... via Kitsap Sun

Attack of One Inmate Leads to Charges for Another KITSAP SUN STAFF Originally published 01:13 p.m., February 6, 2008 Updated 01:13 p.m., February 6, 2008 An inmate in the Kitsap County jail has been charged ... via Kitsapsun.com

The Kitsap County auditor says about a third of the 15,000 mail-in ballots it has received for the Feb. via KCPQ

“I don't see any hard breakaway, and I don't see any real ability for anybody, other than the wildest of pundits, to be out there telling me that any one candidate has got the nomination tied up”

Kitsap County party leaders found something to agree on Tuesday. And that is that it is too early to say that one presidential candidate has risen above the fray. via Kitsapsun.com

A Bremerton nurse who stole drugs from nursing-home patients has been sentenced in federal court in Tacoma to four months in prison. via The Seattle Times

“The more we do things like this and have a common goal, the more opportunities we have”

Mission Outreach Day: Churches Collaborate on 'Potluck Revolution' By Andrew Binion Saturday, February 2, 2008 Larry Steagall Kitsap Sun Reggie Brooks from the House of Refuge Church in Silverdale claps during ... via Kitsapsun.com

“With disregard for the safety of others.”

When a case of "vehicular homicide" comes up in the news, odds are it is the story of a community tragedy: an intoxicated driver that has taken the life of another person. via Kitsapsun.com

A Kitsap County man is expected to be charged Friday, accused of child rape and possession of child pornography. via KIRO-TV Seattle

With five suspects now in custody, two having been arraigned and charged in court, Kitsap County Sheriff's detectives are focused on apprehending the two remaining suspects, still at large, in connection with a ... via Tacoma Daily Index

NK Police & Fire Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 09:02 p.m., February 2, 2008 Updated 09:02 p.m., February 2, 2008 NORTH KITSAP A 44-year-old Bremerton man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular assault ... via Kitsapsun.com

A 62-year-old Bremerton man could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of numerous charges involving sexual activities with young girls. via KOMO News

A man who was filmed by the security camera that he was allegedly stealing from an East Bremerton business on Jan. via Kitsapsun.com

With Super Tuesday just days away and the growing possibility that Washington votes will matter, the local parties and Kitsap County Association of Realtors executive director Mike Eliason are angling for a ... via Kitsapsun.com