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Girl sentenced for deadly race

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The girl will spend a minimum of 4-3/4 months and a maximum of 10 months at the Echo Glen Children's Center in Snoqualmie, a detention facility operated by the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration, said King County Deputy Prosecutor Dan Soukup.

The girl's co-defendant, Nick Young, 19, of Redmond, is to be sentenced April 9. He faces a maximum prison sentence of 3-1/2 years for vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.

Snohomish County inmate hurt in apparent suicide try

EVERETT — A 32-year-old inmate at the Snohomish County Jail was injured yesterday after he jumped about 20 feet inside the jail in an apparent attempt to kill himself.

Jail spokesman Jim Harms said the man jumped over a 4-1/2-foot railing on the second level of a two-level housing unit on the jail's third floor.

Harms would not give details about the man's injuries but said he was taken by helicopter to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The inmate was being held on suspicion of malicious mischief, attempted theft and a probation violation.

Public's help sought to find missing disabled man, 32

SEATTLE — The King County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help to find a mentally disabled man missing since Jan. 30. Investigators describe Christopher Nuckols as African-American, 6 feet 2 inches tall and 165 pounds, with brown hair and limited speaking ability.

In past disappearances, the 32-year-old has been found as far away as Pierce County but also has been found near Seattle Center and in the Queen Anne area.

The Sheriff's Office does not suspect foul play, but added that Nuckols is at risk due to his diminished mental capacity.
 
Anyone who has seen Nuckols is asked to call 206-296-3311.

Everett police seek two men in shooting at apartment

EVERETT — Police are searching for two men who they think shot and injured another man Thursday night.

Spokesman Sgt. Boyd Bryant said police have not determined why the victim, who is in his mid-20s, was shot in an apartment at 10100 Holly Drive. After being shot several times, the victim walked to another apartment for help.

His condition at an Everett hospital was not immediately known.

Anyone with information about the shooting should call police at 425-257-8450.

Victoria groups seek laws against 'aggressive begging'

VICTORIA, B.C. — A coalition of business and community groups is asking the provincial government for tougher laws on panhandling.

"Aggressive begging is a huge issue in Victoria," said Doug Potentier, head of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce. "The existing municipal bylaws that are available for enforcement aren't working."

Leaders of the Safe Streets Coalition, which consists of more than 30 community groups, have met with Solicitor General Rich Coleman to seek a Safe Streets Act similar to a law adopted in 1999 in Ontario and changes in the Trespass Act.

The Ontario law targeted street panhandlers and people who approach vehicles at intersections and offer to wash car windows for money.

Man charged with shooting at Kent police officer

KENT — A man who fled after allegedly shooting at a police officer earlier this month has been charged with second-degree attempted murder.

Osvaldo Omar Gutierrez-Anaya, 24, who has as many as eight aliases, also was charged in King County Superior Court yesterday with unlawful possession of a firearm, residential burglary and attempting to elude police.

According to charging documents, Gutierrez-Anaya got out of his vehicle and fired numerous times at a Kent police officer who had tried to pull him over on Pacific Highway South just after midnight on March 4.

The suspect then fled, crashed his vehicle and escaped into the woods even after he was shot three times with a Taser.

He was eventually caught, charging documents say, when he sent a friend into the restaurant where he worked to pick up his last paycheck.

Gutierrez-Anaya, who is scheduled to be arraigned March 24, is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

Tacoma man ordered to stop promoting income-tax scam

TACOMA — A federal court Thursday ordered a Tacoma man to stop promoting a tax scam in which customers paid to use fake trusts and corporations to evade $43 million in federal income taxes.

Investigators said David Carroll Stephenson misrepresented himself as a lawyer and instructed customers to transfer their personal assets into four different trusts to hide assets from the IRS.

Stephenson was ordered to give the U.S. Justice Department the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of all customers who got involved in such trusts or corporations through him, or to whom he gave any tax advice.

The court also ordered him to stop operating several other businesses and to notify his customers of the injunction.

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