Teens who beat Seattle cop are arrested in new cases

Two teen boys, sentenced last week to time served in an assault that left a Seattle police officer brain-damaged, are facing more criminal charges in an unrelated case.

According to police and prosecutors, one of the teens was arrested April 11 on investigation of burglary in the University District and the other was arrested the same day a block away on suspicion of being a minor in possession of alcohol.

Prosecutors filed charges against the juvenile accused in the burglary but have not yet filed charges against the teen alleged to have been drinking underage because the police investigation is not yet complete.

The teen charged with residential burglary was arrested after a man in an apartment in the 4500 block of 18th Avenue Northeast called police to report someone was breaking into his neighbor's home. Police say they found the teenager and another teen in the apartment with a total of $722 cash in their pockets and an iPod they said did not belong to them. The computer was in the process of being disconnected, according to the police report.

The teens told police they were in the apartment to gather things belonging to a girlfriend but did not know the name of the resident, according to a police report.

The Seattle Times is not naming the teens because they are juveniles.

On Friday, King County Superior Court Judge Chris Washington sentenced the two teens involved in the assault on the officer to 30 days in custody with credit for the 59 days they'd already spent in lockdown. The boys, who are both 17, were also sentenced to 12 months of probation and 150 hours of community service.

Although it was the maximum sentence within the standard range, the decision angered some colleagues of the officer who attended the hearing.

A teen girl also convicted of assaulting the officer, now 18, was sentenced to 75 hours of community service and one year of probation.

Seattle police Officer Jason McKissack responded to a report of a teenage boy beating a girl June 17, 2008, in West Seattle. When McKissack arrived, he saw an adult male slamming one of the teens to the ground, police said.

The adult backed off, according to police reports, but the teens assaulted McKissack, including one who kicked him in the face.

All three teens were charged with third-degree assault, but only the teen who kicked McKissack was convicted as charged. The other two were convicted of obstruction in a bench trial before Judge Washington.

McKissack, who suffered brain damage and the loss of his motor skills, has been on medical leave.

Christine Clarridge: 206-464-8983 or cclarridge@seattletimes.com