A 46-year-old Oak Harbor man is accused of throwing dirty water and cutting a man with a putty knife for no apparent reason, court documents state.
Island County Superior Court Judge Alan Hancock pointed his finger at convicted rapist Bryan Ross and called him a “vicious predator” just before giving him the maximum sentence possible.
Prosecutors settled a difficult case earlier this month against a 32-year-old Oak Harbor man who was accused of sexually assaulting a teenaged boy.
Who should play Island County Sheriff Mark Brown on the silver screen?
That’s a question a casting director may have to answer someday. A Hollywood movie studio recently purchased the rights to a book proposal based on slippery teenaged fugitive Colton Harris-Moore, the Camano Island kid known as the “barefoot bandit.”
t’s been a tough couple of months for Island County Assessor Dave Mattens.
Two separate errors in levy rates came to light after tax bills were sent out. It turned out that a levy analyst in the assessor’s office was responsible for both errors. The county treasurer publicly criticized Mattens, a Democrat, over the snafus.
The handful of prosecutors who handle felony cases in Island County went to trial in five cases over a six-week period, winning guilty verdicts in all of them.
It’s a lot of trials for a small county and an impressive record, though the juries didn’t find the defendants guilty on every single charge. The cases ranged from computer trespass to rape.
A 57-year-old Oak Harbor man has been charged with an assault and burglary involving Spaghettios and a hammer, court records indicate.
Prosecutors charged Manuel Escojido in Island County Superior Court April 19 with assault in the second degree, burglary in the first degree and malicious mischief in the third degree.
State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen’s husband admitted in court papers that he tried to kiss his wife’s former campaign manager, but he denies allegations that he sexually assaulted her.
The race for Island County coroner is alive and kicking.
A retired doctor from Freeland announced this week that he will run against the county’s long-time coroner, Robert Bishop, in the election this fall. It will be the first time in 16 years that someone has challenged Bishop’s authority over dead bodies.
Federal regulators closed struggling Lynnwood-Based City Bank Friday and immediately sold it to Oak Harbor-based Whidbey Island Bank, the Washington state Department of Financial Institutions reported.
Whidbey Island Bank acquired eight branches, approximately 60% of the assets and all non-brokered deposits of City Bank through a purchase and assumption agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The Island County commissioners are moving forward with instituting a clean water utility tax that would replace the unpopular $62 septic fee and fund a series of water-protecting programs.
Many details haven’t been ironed out, but the commissioners are discussing an annual fee in the neighborhood of $32 to $47 per parcel in unincorporated Island County. There are about 40,000 parcels in the county.
Island County Superior Court Judge Alan Hancock made a rare deviation from a plea-bargained, recommended sentence and sent a child rapist to prison for well over 12 years.
Daniel Doherty, a 53-year-old former Oak Harbor resident, appeared in court March 12 for sentencing. Under a plea agreement, Doherty pleaded guilty Feb. 18 to first-degree child rape and first-degree child molestation.
A 25-year-old Oak Harbor man who harassed and threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend must go to jail and obtain an evaluation for possible drug abuse, anger management and domestic violence treatment.
