Camera found in restaurant bathroom ceiling
The 40-year-old Fall City man was wanted for investigation of voyeurism, the Bellevue Police Department said in a press release yesterday.
Officers responded to Coco's Restaurant downtown after a woman complained that she saw something that looked like a tiny camera lens in a hole in the restroom ceiling.
With permission from the restaurant's manager, officers used batons to knock a hole in the ceiling tiles. They discovered a camera attached by a long wire to a videocassette recorder hidden in a rooftop air conditioner.
Investigators were told that the man had done maintenance work at the restaurant on contract, and they obtained a warrant for his arrest.
They served a search warrant at his home Saturday night, but he wasn't there. Officers did find more than 100 marijuana plants as well as evidence of voyeurism, the police statement said.
Teen dies after jumping into Flowing Lake from raft
MONROE — A 14-year-boy died last night at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being pulled unconscious from Flowing Lake north of Monroe about 5:30 p.m.
Klajdi Tona had been in an inflatable raft about 250 feet from shore when he jumped into the water. His 15-year-old sister, who was in the raft with him, asked if he was OK, and he answered that he was before he went under and did not resurface, according to Jan Jorgensen, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman.
A nearby boater eventually pulled Tona to shore. Monroe medics and Snohomish County firefighters performed CPR until the boy was flown to Seattle.
Three people killed in wreck; driver sought after fleeing
WALLA WALLA — A 24-year-old man was sought yesterday after he fled the scene of a head-on collision between a minivan and a car that killed a woman and two of her children, the Washington State Patrol said.
Killed were three passengers of the minivan: Suzanne Johns, 38; Ty Johns, 7; and 20-month-old Ashley Johns. Listed in serious but stable condition at St. Mary's hospital in Walla Walla was Suzanne Johns' husband, Kip Johns, the driver of the minivan. Their son, Mike Johns, 13, also was in serious condition at St. Mary's.
The man being sought, Jose Luis Garcia, was believed to have been injured. He fled on foot after the collision about 15 miles east of Walla Walla on Highway 12 at 11:40 p.m. Saturday.
One man dead after pair fall 40 feet into ravine
SANDY, Ore. — A soldier from Fort Lewis was killed and another was injured when they fell into a 40-foot ravine while attending a party at a cliffside home early yesterday, authorities said.
Sean P. Lindsey, 21, died before rescuers could reach him. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and the Gresham Fire Department were notified about 5:30 a.m. but said the two may have fallen three hours or more earlier.
Firefighters used ropes to pull Lindsey and James R. Downer, 29, from the cliff below.
Downer was in serious condition with back injuries and a broken pelvis at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland.
Both men were based at Fort Lewis, spokeswoman Laura Davis said.
The party was held at a cliffside home near the popular Oxbow Park east of Portland.
Big crowd battles police near University of Oregon
EUGENE — About 500 people blocked a street just west of the University of Oregon this weekend and lit fires, broke car windows and threw rocks and bottles at police who tried to intervene.
Police responded to a noise complaint late Friday and quickly were overwhelmed by the crowd, said a police spokeswoman, Jan Power. More than 40 officers from area police agencies and the Oregon State Police eventually were called in to stop the riot.
Eight officers suffered minor injuries and 11 people were arrested. Of those arrested, six were listed in the university's student directory as being enrolled.
Information is from Seattle Times staff and news services.