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Mukilteo fire captain Dan Harbeck works the ferry lane June 27 to collect donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Twenty-three off-duty firefighters and family members raised more than $8,000 during the three day “fill the boot” event. Eddy Lindenstein of MDA Snohomish County said last year, Washington state firefighters collected more than $600,000 for MDA. Lindenstein said money raised by the firefighters helps fund everything from wheelchairs and braces for children afflicted with muscular dystrophy to sponsoring MDA summer camps.
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Police seek help in identifying First Street bar assault suspect
SNOHOMISH- Police now have a sketch of a suspect who may have assaulted and seriously injured a man at The Sports Page bar during an April 11 fight, and are looking to get his name.
The sketch of the white male wearing a hat was released two weeks ago by the Police Department.
That night a six-person scuffle occurred inside the First Street bar and the fight ended up with one person having to be flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with head trauma, Sgt. Jeff Shelton said in April. The incident is considered a second-degree assault.
Det. Mary Gandee would not release any further information about the incident or the suspect.
“We’re doing our best to apprehend the person or persons involved in this,” Gandee said.
Easter weekend was filled with an unexpectedly high number of incidents including a fight at Time Out bar that ended with a belligerent man going through the bar’s window.
The department has not increased the number of officers on First Street on weekends, but has stepped up its foot patrols, Cmdr. Fred Havener said.
“We want to be there and have people feel safe on First Street,” Havener said. “We know that officer presence is an important deterrence.”
The increase in foot patrols is not in response to the recent incidents, Havener said.
Between four to eight officers are out on the weekends, with police cars at the ready in case they need to go elsewhere.
Due to budget cuts, the 20-officer department cut two vacant officer positions and three cadets in training. Another officer’s job hangs in the balance awaiting word on federal grant money to fund the officer’s salary and benefits.
By MICHAEL WHITNEY