Man charged in fatal shooting

SEATTLE — A 19-year-old Seattle man was charged yesterday with second-degree murder in a Central District shooting earlier this week that left a 33-year-old man dead.

Kiron Atktatta Reid fatally shot Antwon L. Johnson, of Seattle, on Monday while Johnson was fighting with another man, charging papers say.

Witnesses told police that Johnson was trying to defend a friend's brother, who had been jumped earlier by Reid and several of his friends.

Johnson and another man were brawling when Reid shot Johnson twice, according to documents filed in King County Superior Court yesterday.

Reid is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

Two killed in high-speed accident

ENUMCLAW — Two people were killed last night in a high-speed motorcycle accident.

At 8:03 last night, the King County sheriff's office received a call that a motorcycle carrying two people left the roadway at a high rate of speed. The motorcycle, travelling west on Southeast 392nd Street near 278th Way Southeast , struck a guard rail and went into the trees alongside the roadway. A witness estimated the motorcycle was travelling between as much as 100 miles an hour.

The two people on the motorcycle, a man and woman, both believed to be in their 40's, were dead when deputies arrived.

Remains found near trail identified as Seattle man's

SEATTLE — King County medical investigators have identified the remains of a man found near the Burke-Gilman Trail in the Sand Point area earlier this week as Michael J. Carson, 27, of Seattle.

A passer-by found the remains Tuesday afternoon between the trail and Sand Point Country Club, Seattle police said.

The cause of Carson's death remains undetermined.

Olympic park searched for 2 overdue hikers

PORT ANGELES — A search was under way yesterday in Olympic National Park for two overdue hikers.

Laurie Rich, 50, of Seattle, and Debbie Rennick, 52, of Renton, were due to end a six-day hike Monday. They were traveling from the Hurricane Ridge area to the Quinault Valley.

About 25 ground searchers were tracing their route while a helicopter searched from the air.

Nicastro returns more than $20,000 in donations

SEATTLE — Seattle City Councilwoman Judy Nicastro has refunded more than $20,000 to associates of strip-club magnate Frank Colacurcio Jr., she disclosed in campaign filings yesterday.

The refunds went to about 30 donors, including Colacurcio's business associates, lawyers, family members and doctor.

Earlier this month, Nicastro and council members Jim Compton and Heidi Wills said they would return about $36,000 in donations connected with Colacurcio to quell the controversy over the contributions, which came before their vote granting a rezone to one of his strip clubs.

The refunds still leave Nicastro with a sizable campaign war chest. She had raised close to $134,000 through Tuesday, according to campaign reports filed with the city Ethics and Elections Commission.

Wills' and Compton's campaign reports have not yet been filed.

Everett woman sentenced to 6 months in theft

EVERETT — An Everett woman who stole more than $42,000 from her former homeowners association and Monroe High School's Class of 2005 fund has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Vicki Larson, 41, was sentenced yesterday in Snohomish County Superior Court for first-degree theft. Police started investigating Larson last summer when she was living in Monroe with her husband, Art Larson, a former Monroe city councilman.

Vicki Larson allegedly wrote checks to herself, her husband and her husband's company, Northern Systems, from the two groups' bank accounts.

As the treasurer of the homeowners association, Larson received money from neighbors to pay for property maintenance. She also was treasurer for the parent committee for the Monroe High School Class of 2005.

According to medical records filed in court, Larson suffers from bipolar disorder. She told her doctors that "she thought her husband would be a famous political figure ... " and that they could always replace the money she took.

Officials link bodies of 2 in crashed plane to drugs

MAZAMA, Okanogan County — Two California men found dead in a crashed plane in the Pasayten Wilderness likely were on their way to Canada in April to buy marijuana, Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers said yesterday.

Investigators last week found $118,000 in cash in the wreckage and other indications that the Cessna 320 was to be used to transport drugs, Rogers said. Authorities found what appeared to be a small amount of marijuana on board, Rogers said.

The men have been identified as David Nichols, 53, and Shura Lewton, 49, both of San Francisco.

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