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There needs to be recourse : Deputies have limited options in White Center vandalism cases
Law enforcement faces limited options in White Center vandalism cases
The White Center Community Crime Prevention deputy said law enforcement cannot book people into jail for most misdemeanor cases right now.
WHITE CENTER, Wash. - Many of the storefronts are boarded up in the business corridor of White Center due to vandalism in recent months.
Senior Deputy Bill Kennamer of the King County Sheriff’s Office told Q13 News about 85 calls have come in for vandalism and burglaries since April 2020. When you walk down the street and you see all the boarded up windows it makes it look like the neighborhood is in blight and it’s not, said Deputy Kennamer, who is also the White Center Community Crime Prevention deputy. If we’re standing right here, some guy comes up here and throws a brick right through that window, I can’t book that person to go to jail. It’s a misdemeanor crime. The
Health officials report first rabies-positive bat of 2021
By AP News Staff
SEATTLE - The Seattle and King County Public Health Department reported the first rabies-positive bat of 2021 on Monday.
A Sammamish resident recently had a close call when they found a bat in their yard and attempted to move it with gardening gloves, the Seattle Times reported. The bat became aggressive and bit the resident multiple times, the health department said in a news release.
The resident alerted the health department and the bat tested positive for rabies, officials said. The person received post-exposure treatment to protect them from developing the disease.
Washington health officials report first rabies-positive bat of 2021 The Columbian
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SEATTLE The Seattle and King County Public Health Department reported the first rabies-positive bat of 2021 on Monday.
A Sammamish resident recently had a close call when they found a bat in their yard and attempted to move it with gardening gloves, the Seattle Times reported.
“The bat became aggressive and bit the resident multiple times,” the health department said in a news release.
The resident alerted the health department and the bat tested positive for rabies, officials said. The person received post-exposure treatment to protect them from developing the disease.
Seven Children Sick in E. coli Outbreak in King County, Washington State
According to a notice posted by the King County Public Health Department, there are seven children sick in an E. coli outbreak in King County. All are under the age of 14, and three children are under the age of five. Six of the children have been hospitalized. The source of the pathogen has not yet been determined.
This new E. coli outbreak in King County has illness onset dates ranging from April 17, 2021 to April 29, 2021. The cases were reported to government officials between April 22, 2021 and May 1, 2021. The investigation is ongoing. Officials have not identified any restaurants, foods, or other sources in common among all of these cases. In fact, investigators do not know if the patients even share the same source of the pathogen.