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Photo by Jessie Stensland / Whidbey News Group                                Island County Sheriff Mark Brown stands in front of the law and justice center.

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Sheriff Brown will walk off into sunset

Island County Sheriff Mark Brown’s career in law enforcement will come to in end in a few months…

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Officers assaulted by mentally ill

Three people with mental health problems were charged in the last couple months for assaulting police officers, according…

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Deputy who fired fatal shots named

The Island County Sheriff’s Office released the name today of the deputy who fired shots that killed a…

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Coroner identifies man shot, killed by police

A deputy with the Island County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a homeless man who attempted a carjacking…

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Make him stop sexting | Island Scanner

The following items were selected from reports made to the Island County Sheriff’s Office:

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Former Big 5 employee who claimed racism gets $165,000 in settlement

A man who filed a federal discrimination lawsuit over racist behavior he endured at a Big 5 store…

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Strange man found sleeping in vacation rental property

An employee at a property management company found a stranger sleeping in a South Whidbey rental house Sept.…

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Man faces prison for indecent liberties

A former South Whidbey man faces a prison term for sexually assaulting a woman as she slept four…

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Rapist who wielded machete sentenced to 12 years in prison

An Oak Harbor woman who was chased by a man with a machete and raped suffers from post…

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Oak Harbor bank employee accused of theft

A former employee at an Oak Harbor bank is accused of stealing nearly $38,000 from a customer and…

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Dismissal of killer’s federal lawsuit affirmed

The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed this week the district court’s decision to throw out a…

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Couple suing Island County after learning home’s checkered past

A couple is suing Island County and an investment company after unwittingly purchasing a home on Camano Island…

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Free jammin’ and campin’ at fairgrounds added to Djangofest

The Island County Fairgrounds Campground will be filled with music later this month.