Was man armed with prosthetic legs?

A Southern Oregon man was arrested during a traffic stop after hurling his prosthetic legs at a state trooper, authorities said.

The 53-year-old Chemult man was a passenger in a vehicle that a trooper stopped Saturday for driving the wrong direction on Highway 97.

According to an Oregon State Police report, Trooper Don Newcomb asked the driver to leave the vehicle after smelling alcohol on his breath.

The 26-year-old driver refused, but the passenger got out and told Newcomb he would rip his head off, the report said.

The driver then left the vehicle and approached Newcomb from behind. Newcomb handcuffed him, but the passenger got out of the vehicle and shouted at the trooper.

Newcomb took the driver to the patrol car, then chased the passenger, eventually kicking him from behind. After falling to the ground, the passenger threw both of his legs at Newcomb, the report says. One hit the trooper in the chest.

The passenger was booked in the Klamath County Jail on suspicion of menacing, assaulting an officer, interference with an officer, criminal conspiracy and resisting arrest.

The driver, whose blood-alcohol level was 0.10 percent four hours after the incident, according to the report, also was booked at the jail.

Seattle

Tug Island Brave sinks in waterway

The tugboat Island Brave sank Sunday afternoon at Terminal 7 in the Duwamish Waterway. No one was reported to be on board.

The boat, owned by Island Tug and Barge, left a minor diesel sheen, so a boom and absorbent material were used to contain the pollution, the Coast Guard said.

Divers plugged the vents of the tug's fuel tanks. The tug's outboard tanks can hold 31,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

The cause of the sinking is being investigated. Raising the Island Brave was tentatively planned for this morning.

Spokane Valley

Autopsies set today for woman, man

A young mother of three and her male friend, found dead in the garage at her home, have been identified but the cause of their deaths has not been determined, police said Sunday.

Dead were Danielle L. Bailey, 27, and Travis William Johnson, 32, police spokesman Dave Reagan said Sunday. Bailey also used the last name Brown, he said.

It appears Bailey and Johnson were asphyxiated Saturday morning as they sat in a pickup, but the cause of death had not been determined, Reagan said. An autopsy was scheduled for today, but toxicology tests — which take several weeks — may be required to confirm the cause.

Bailey's 7-year-old daughter — the eldest of three girls — found the bodies about 10:15 a.m. Saturday.

Seattle Times staff and news services