Submitted by Morris Malakoff on Monday, November 16th, 03:33pm
A weekend crime spree in Medina.
Police responded to a complaint of a burglary in the 7800 block of NE 28th. It appears to have happened sometime between 5 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
A rock was tossed through a window resulting in $100 in damage.
Submitted by Morris Malakoff on Thursday, November 12th, 10:20am
Former Medina police officer Ismael Gaston Garcia Ramirez appeared in court this morning to answer to charges of official misconduct and commission of the crime with sexual motivation in connection with a traffic stop in November of last year.
He pleaded not guilty.
The judge issued a no-contact order and set a trial date of December 1.
Submitted by Morris Malakoff on Friday, November 6th, 02:36pm
One busy day out of 31 in October for the local gendarmerie as they responded to no felonies and just one misdemeanor crime in the month.
An officer responded to a report of a theft at a construction site of some tools missing from the back of a truck in the 2000 block of Evergreen Point Rd. on October 5.
The victim told police he did not give anyone permission to use the tools.
One of the stolen tools was entered in the state database for possible recovery.
Submitted by KOMO Staff on Tuesday, November 3rd, 09:03pm
King County Council Chairman Dow Constantine has defeated former TV news anchor Susan Hutchison in the race for King County Executive.
The race was called about an hour after Constantine declared victory over Hutchison after gaining a wide lead in early results.
With 39 percent of the expected vote counted in Tuesday's election, Constantine led Hutchison with roughly 57 percent to her 43 percent - a gap of more than 34,000 votes. More than 244,000 votes have been tallied by county election workers.
"That was over quick, wasn't it?" Constantine said to his supporters. "Nine months of working every day and just 15 minutes of waiting for those results ... It's been a tough campaign."
Hutchison has not conceded, noting only 40 percent of the votes had been counted when King County announced the results of its first count on Thursday night.
"Whatever Dow wants to do, Dow will do," she told KOMO News. "We're going to watch those votes come in. And I can understand why Dow is declaring victory, but we're not conceding. We are going to wait and go through the process."
Hutchison blamed attack TV ads for the wide margin reflected in poll numbers.
"I got an e-mail today from someone I highly respect, and he said, 'You ran a good and honorable campaign.' And I feel that that is true," she said. "We really focused on the issues and in the end it was the attack ads against me that were untrue - distorting me and who I am, and painting me in a false way - that flipped the momentum. What can you do about that?"
Submitted by Morris Malakoff on Friday, October 30th, 09:09am
A Medina police officer has been charged with official misconduct and commission of the crime with sexual motivation in connection with a traffic stop in November of last year.
According to an investigation conducted by the Issaquah Police Department, Ismael Gaston Garcia Ramirez, 30, stopped a car in the 2800 block of Hunt’s Point Road just after 8 p.m.
He had checked the tag on the car and found the registered owner had a suspended driver’s license.
When he stopped the car, the woman driving the car was the registered owner, but protested that she had cleared up the issue with the state and it was a mistake.
Officer Ramirez then searched the car and turned up a miniscule amount of what appeared to be marijuana, the court documents said.
Submitted by KOMO Staff on Saturday, October 24th, 09:24am
Three Medina Elementary School students were taken to a hospital to be checked out after the school bus they were on was rear-ended by a semi truck.
Bellevue School District officials said none of the injuries was believed to be serious.
According to the Washington State Patrol, a semi truck hauling wood chips was southbound on Highway 9 and could not stop in time on the slick roadway. The truck crashed into the back of a bus with 44 elementary school students on board just north of 201st street.
The Medina students were in the area for a field trip to a pumpkin patch.
District officials said the three kids taken to a hospital were complaining of headaches.
Troopers are trying to determine what caused the brake problem on the semi truck.
Submitted by Morris Malakoff on Wednesday, October 7th, 03:55pm
September saw police respond to four calls in Medina.
On September 2, an Overlake Drive East woman reported that someone opened an AT&T account in her name in Florida. No money was lost and the account has been closed.
On September 5, a family in the 7600 block of NE 10th Street reported that sometime overnight, persons unknown had entered their backyard and cut the support strings on their volleyball net. They said that earlier this summer their cars and house had been egged.
An attempted burglary on September 20. Residents in the 800 block of Evergreen Point Road spotted a man about 6:40 p.m. walk along their house and enter the garage. They called 911. Cops arrived and apprehended the man, who had walked into town after riding a bus, eluding the security cameras.
