Boy who eluded capture is caught

A 15-year-old Camano Island boy who had eluded capture for more than six months was arrested Friday night by the Island County Sheriff's office.

Colton "Colt" Harris-Moore, who is suspected of committing more than a dozen burglaries and thefts, was picked up at a private home about 8 p.m., said Sgt. Brian Legasse.

Harris-Moore allegedly ordered items on the Internet, using credit-card information obtained during burglaries, then intercepted the packages upon delivery.

An arrest warrant was issued for the teen July 28 when he missed his arraignment on charges of first-degree theft and possession of stolen property. Those charges related to $3,700 in computer equipment charged to a Camano Island resident's credit card May 28.

Man gets six years for fraud, ID theft

A Des Moines man will spend more than six years in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

The charges stemmed from a rash of crimes committed throughout 2006. James Henderson, 62, must also pay $120,125 in restitution. He was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Most of Henderson's crimes involved stealing legitimate personal information, and using that information to create bogus IDs that enabled Henderson to drain his victims' bank accounts. Henderson obtained some of his information from people who stole data from medical charts at Virginia Mason Medical Center.

One of his victims was Susan Harrison, an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Washington.

Seattle

Teen gets 23 years in shooting death

A teenager who pleaded guilty to a drug-related shooting death in a Central Area park was sentenced Friday to 23 years in prison, the maximum under the standard range.

Tony Lamar Tyson, 16 at the time of the June shooting, was charged as an adult with second-degree murder in the death of Michael Phillips, 47.

The shooting was related to a drug deal, according to charging papers.

Dozens of family members and friends of Phillips' filled a King County courtroom Friday to talk about the positive impact Phillips had on their lives. Phillips served as a mentor to the youth in his family and helped a number of friends and relatives, giving them places to stay when needed, taking them out for ice cream and sharing whatever he had with anyone in need, they said.

Phillips was shot through the window of his Lincoln Navigator while he was parked at Judkins Park and Playfield.

Auburn

2 men arrested in fatal shooting

Police arrested two men in connection with a fatal shooting in an Auburn apartment early Friday.

Police responding to a call at an apartment in the 500 block of 37th Street Southeast — on a report of gunshots and a woman screaming — found a 34-year-old man shot once in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police arrested a 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old man in Federal Way on Friday afternoon, according to a news release from police.

Tacoma

Man pleads guilty to faking disability

For nearly two decades, Pete Costello, 28, pretended to be developmentally disabled so he and his mother could defraud the federal government.

On Friday, Costello, of Vancouver, Wash., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to Social Security fraud.

Starting when Costello was 8, his mother, Rosie, coached him to appear developmentally disabled. Shortly before Costello turned 18, prosecutors said, he was evaluated by two psychological professionals for the Social Security Administration.

Prosecutors said Costello acted as though he could not dress or care for himself, sign his name or drive a car — even though he had a driver's license at the time.

Costello feigned the disability again in January 2006 when his benefits were up for review. The same month, according to prosecutors, he appeared in District Court in Vancouver to defend himself against a traffic ticket.

Costello is scheduled to be sentenced May 11. His mother is scheduled to stand trial May 21.

Federal Way

Rape suspect will be extradited

A 37-year-old man facing allegations that he repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl will be extradited from Mexico to face charges in King County.

Isaias Martinez-Reyes, previously of Federal Way, is also accused of warning the girl not to tell on him, according to police and prosecutors.

When the child did tell a family member she had been harmed, police discovered that Martinez-Reyes was in Mexico, law-enforcement officials said. Arrest warrants for first- and second-degree child rape were issued for Martinez-Reyes in King County Superior Court.

In May 2004, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Martinez-Reyes, charging him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

A provisional arrest warrant was issued by Mexico last month, and Martinez-Reyes was located by the U.S. Marshals Service driving a taxi in Mexico City. He was taken into custody Thursday by Mexican law-enforcement officials.

Seattle

Man charged in alleged assault

A Seattle man previously convicted of assault was charged Friday for allegedly threatening his girlfriend and her friend with knives and a shotgun.

Jason David Cecil, 25, was charged Friday with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.

Police say that late Sunday night Cecil called two friends, a man and a woman, to pick him up because he was too drunk to drive. The three went back to the friends' Aurora Avenue apartment where Cecil became jealous and irate that his girlfriend had gone out with some other friends that night, according to the charging papers.

Police said Cecil grew increasingly agitated, destroying the apartment in a rage. The woman allegedly called Cecil's girlfriend and told her not to come to the apartment because Cecil was acting "crazy," at which point Cecil threw the woman down on the bed and pressed a shotgun under her nose, the papers said. When the girlfriend arrived, Cecil, an Army reservist at Fort Lewis, pushed her and threw a knife at her, according to charging papers. Police found a stash of ammunition and weapons cases in the home.

Bail was set at $500,000. Cecil is to be arraigned Thursday.

Bellevue

Hague nets $130,000 at kickoff fundraiser

Metropolitan King County Councilwoman Jane Hague kicked off her 2007 re-election campaign with a breakfast fundraiser that took in more than $130,000, her campaign reported Friday.

Hague, a Bellevue Republican seeking a fifth term, had reported $77,000 in contributions before the Wednesday breakfast that drew 1,300 supporters and brought in more money than any of her previous fundraisers. She is serving a two-year term created as the result of a voter-mandated reduction in the County Council's size from 13 members to nine.

The November election will be for a standard four-year term.

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