Kitsap County News

By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 07:20 p.m., July 3, 2009 Updated 07:20 p.m., July 3, 2009 KINGSTON A 22-year-old Kingston man was arrested after allegedly harassing a ferrybound couple and running away from a Kitsap County sheriff's deputy.

A Kitsap County man was booked in for investigation of conspiracy to commit child rape.

Two men pleaded guilty this week to an April home invasion robbery at a Ridgetop Apartment complex, according to the Kitsap County Prosecutor's Office.

The Bremerton Police Special Operations Group arrested a 49-year-old Kitsap County man Wednesday, July 1 on charges of criminal solicitation and criminal conspiracy to commit first-degree child rape.

The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office warns that car thefts are on the rise in Kitsap County, particularly in the area of Central Kitsap east of Silverdale and East Bremerton.

Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor took the witness stand Thursday to explain the actions of his department and himself in handling a domestic violence complaint brought against one of his deputies five years ago.

A car theft ring is making its round around the county. Thirty cars have been stolen from local parking lots and apartment complexes since early June.

The Kitsap County Coroner's office is moving into a new building off Union Avenue in Bremerton, near the Kitsap Readiness Center and Pendergast Park.

Former parks director Chip Faver left his position abruptly earlier this month, saying he planned to pursue job opportunities in the Southwest, where he is from.

A search for a man who went missing Saturday morning in Quilcene ended when rescuers found him dead in a wooded area near the house in which he was staying.

As the crow flies, Camp Calvinwood State Park is less than a 15-minute drive from Highway 16.

A North Kitsap man convicted of killing of Port Orchard woman while driving drunk last year was sentenced Friday in Kitsap County Superior Court to just under 3.5 years in prison.

The Bremerton Fire Department, Kitsap County Fire Chiefs' Association, Kitsap County Fire Marshal's Office and the Bremerton Housing Authority teamed up to demonstrate the effectiveness of home sprinkler systems in a controlled fire exercise Friday, June 26 in an old Westpark housing unit on Arsenal Way in Bremerton.

Level III sex offender Jeremy David Lelko, 30, is scheduled to be released from prison Friday, July 3 after having been incarcerated with the Washington State Department of Corrections since August 2000.

Officials in Kitsap County are warning of crooks spending funny money around town.

Restaurants, espresso stands, a casino, dentist's office and a family garage sale have all seen them.

Residential sewer rates for facilities owned by Kitsap County will rise by 3 percent next month, while commercial sewer rates will go up 5 percent.

A convicted level 3 sex offender will be released from prison next week in Kitsap County, according to the sheriff's office.

Kitsap County has been awarded $2.29 million in federal stimulus funding for projects that will cut down on energy use.

A Bremerton woman is accused of forging or falsifying documents that netted nearly $12,000 is cash, child-care and food assistance from the state Department of Social and Health Services, court documents allege.