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    Articles by Jessie Stensland
    Arsonist may be active in Oak Harbor
    Arsonist may be active in Oak Harbor
    By Jessie Stensland • April 5, 2011 7:06 pm

    Oak Harbor police want residents to be on the lookout for anyone acting suspiciously with a book of matches.

    Detective Sgt. Teri Gardner with the Oak Harbor Police said she’s investigating two suspicious fires in the city during the last month and she’s a little concerned about the possibility of a fire bug at work in the city.

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    Island County prosecutor wins on vehicular homicide motions
    Island County prosecutor wins on vehicular homicide motions
    By Jessie Stensland • April 5, 2011 6:55 pm

    A deputy prosecutor with the Island County Prosecutor’s Office won the first round of motions in the high-profile case against two Oak Harbor women charged in a Sept. 3 accident that killed three people.

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    North Whidbey Park and Recreation District faces court over sexual abuse claim
    North Whidbey Park and Recreation District faces court...
    By Jessie Stensland • April 1, 2011 5:59 pm

    North Whidbey Park and Recreation District “strongly disputes” a lawsuit’s contention that the district was negligent in hiring or supervising a swim coach who allegedly sexually abused a young swimmer 14 years ago, according to the district’s attorney.

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    Second woman reported choked by suspect
    Second woman reported choked by suspect
    By Jessie Stensland • April 1, 2011 5:58 pm

    A 29-year-old Oak Harbor man facing trial for allegedly choking a woman last fall was recently arrested again on suspicion of choking a different girlfriend, court documents indicate.

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    Oak Harbor welfare cheat faces jail time
    Oak Harbor welfare cheat faces jail time
    By Jessie Stensland • April 1, 2011 5:57 pm

    A 42-year-old Oak Harbor woman who lied about her family’s earnings to receive welfare payments may do jail time at home.

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    Loann Gulick
    County elections will never be the same without...
    By Jessie Stensland • April 1, 2011 5:55 pm

    When Loann Gulick started working at the Island County Auditor’s Office, people went to polling stations and wrote an “X” on paper ballots, then workers in the office tallied them by hand.

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    A group of police officers search a white Mercedes Benz after arresting four men suspected of rioting in Oak Harbor Monday afternoon.
    Baseball bat, BB gun add up to rare...
    By Jessie Stensland • March 29, 2011 2:56 pm

    Four men were arrested on suspicion of rioting Monday afternoon after Oak Harbor police responded to a report of a fight involving weapons near the intersection of Whidbey Avenue and Oak Harbor Road.
    Detective Sgt. Teri Gardner said four men, all Whidbey Island residents, were in a white 1997 Mercedes Benz and threatened a man with a baseball bat and a gun; a baseball bat and a BB gun were later recovered from the car.

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    Controversial West Beach Road on North Whidbey widening project goes out to bid
    Controversial West Beach Road on North Whidbey widening...
    By Jessie Stensland • March 29, 2011 6:35 pm

    A shoulder widening project on North Whidbey that spawned an odd controversy and rumors of favoritism finally went out to bid this week.
    Island County Commissioner Angie Homola lives next to the quarter-mile strip of West Beach Road that’s being widened to improve the safety of one of the most accident-prone roads on Whidbey Island.

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    No match found for foot on Greenbank beach
    No match found for foot on Greenbank beach
    By Jessie Stensland • March 29, 2011 5:59 pm

    A human foot that was found on a beach in Greenbank last August remains a mystery despite DNA analysis and a database search.

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    Oak Harbor man hits woman, kicks up a fuss on way to jail
    Oak Harbor man hits woman, kicks up a...
    By Jessie Stensland • March 29, 2011 5:06 pm

    A 25-year-old Oak Harbor man who hit his girlfriend, kicked a deputy and repeatedly freed himself from restraints in a police car was sentenced to jail last week.

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    Car-stealing, Tater-Tot burner accused in Whidbey burglaries
    Car-stealing, Tater-Tot burner accused in Whidbey burglaries
    By Jessie Stensland • March 29, 2011 5:04 pm

    A 29-year-old Longview resident was accused last summer of taking a taxi from Tacoma to South Whidbey, fleeing without paying and then going on a home-burglarizing, Tater-Tot-burning, car-stealing crime spree, court documents indicate.

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    Thief suspect makes impressions on big TVs
    Thief suspect makes impressions on big TVs
    By Jessie Stensland • March 25, 2011 7:00 pm

    An alleged burglar accused of stealing two large-screen TVs from a Central Whidbey home was identified through fingerprints, court documents state.
    Prosecutors charged Joyce Ruma, 26, of Oak Harbor in Island County Superior Court March 7 with burglary, second-degree theft and third-degree malicious mischief. She pleaded not guilty March 21.

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    Jeff Sinchak
    Short-lived coordinator joins Wounded Warriors
    By Jessie Stensland • March 25, 2011 6:55 pm

    Island County’s new emergency services coordinator lasted less than a month on the job.
    But nobody is upset with Jeff Sinchak for resigning after such a short stay. Sinchak, an Oak Harbor resident, has taken a high-profile job as a spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping injured servicemen and women of the current generation.

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