A 28-year-old Oak Harbor man who led a police officer on a drunken pursuit across the city last November was recently sentenced to jail.
Under a plea bargain, Tony Williams pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Dec. 28 to attempting to elude a pursuing vehicle, possession of cocaine and driving under the influence.
Island County commissioners adopted an ordinance Monday that puts severe restrictions on the construction of mini-storage facilities in rural zones.
A 31-year-old Oak Harbor man who was living in an apartment with four other adults and seven children is accused of raping a child who was visiting, court documents indicate.
Prosecutors charged Eletise Asoau in Island County Superior Court Dec. 21 with the rape of a child in the second degree. He pleaded not guilty Jan. 4.
The lengthy, contentious and very public process of balancing the budget — which included a sign-waving protest and late-night negotiations with unions — came to an end Tuesday as Island County commissioners adopted the final document.
An Oak Harbor police officer who has been on paid administrative leave for well over a year while he was being investigated for timecard fraud will come back to work next year, but he won’t be on patrol.
The Island County Sheriff’s Office is reminding deputies they need to make at least two stops per shift so the department can justify getting money for the sheriff’s shrinking budget from the county road levy.
The combination of budget cuts and and the war in Afghanistan may force the Island County Sheriff’s Office to forego 24-hour-a-day coverage of Camano Island.
The owner of a $400,000 home in Island County will pay a total of $16.17 more in property taxes next year because county commissioners increased three different levies.
The commissioners on Dec. 14, made findings of “substantial need” to increase the current expense levy, the road levy and the conservation futures levy by 1 percent‚ plus” banked capacity.”
A 29-year-old man is facing five years in prison for raping a teenaged girl at a party in Oak Harbor about three years ago.
As part of a plea bargain, Michael Davis pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Nov. 16 to rape in the third degree. He was originally charged with second-degree rape.
Island County Sheriff Mark Brown told the county commissioners Wednesday that he will be forced to lay off two deputies and a records clerk due to budget cuts to his office.
The three Island County commissioners have made sizable cuts to their own salaries and benefits during the tough budget times.
Monday, the commissioners unanimously voted to suspect their travel allowances again this year. That’s comparable to a 10-percent reduction in their salaries.
People who go to an Island County office on a Friday to get a building permit or a marriage license will be out of luck next year.
Island County commissioners decided to revise office hours in order to give the remaining employees in understaffed departments extra time to get their work done without being interrupted by the public.
The Island County sheriff may end up losing a deputy or two after all in the current round of budget cuts.
Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson surprised Sheriff Mark Brown Monday afternoon in announcing that she no longer supports his plans to make his prescribed budget cuts, in part, by laying off the director of emergency management. The commissioner placed the department within the sheriff’s office earlier in the year.
