FELON CONVICTED FOR POSSESSION OF FIREARM

After three hours of deliberation, a Jefferson County Jury convicts for unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree. Court records show that on February 16, 2021, shortly after 9 pm, then Deputy Brian Anderson (Anderson has now been assigned to d...

HATCHET ATTACK LEADS TO ASSAULT CONVICTION

According to court records, in the early hours of November 2, 2021, seventy-year old Ronald Stephens of Port Townsend arrived at Jefferson General Hospital and reported that he awoke to being struck in the head multiple times with a hatchet. Mr. Stephens ...

DOG SLASHING RESULTS IN ANIMAL CRUELTY CONVICTION

Jason Daniel Cecil of Port Townsend was convicted for Animal Cruelty in the First Degree based upon an incident that occurred in August of 2020.   

According to the probable cause statement, the defendant’s wife returned home fr...

GUILTY PLEA IN QUILCENE MURDER

At 12:14 AM on November 27, 2021 first responders were dispatched to a man being shot on McInnis Road in Quilcene. Upon arrival at the scene, first responders found Robin Richards had been shot once in the chest while sitting in his living room. EMS attem...

FIREFIGHTER SENTENCED FOR SECRETLY RECORDING CO-WORKERS AND INTIMATE PARTNERS

Patrick Henry Nicholson, Jr., 44, a former firefighter and paramedic with East Jefferson Fire and Rescue has pled guilty to two felony charges of Voyeurism and was sentenced on July 7 to twelve months in prison.

Mr. Nicholson worked as a firefighter and pa...

221 FENTANYL AND STOLEN 9 MM PISTOL SENDS CONVICTED FELONG BACK TO PRISON

Friday May 12, 2022, thirty-three-year old Timothy Hall of Bremerton pled guilty to Identity Theft in the Second Degree and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in the First Degree. Hall was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by 12 months of DOC commun...

ONLINE COMMUNICATION LEADS TO GUILTY PLEA BY PORT TOWNSEND MAN FOR ATTEMPTED CHILD MOLESTATION

On April 22, 2022 – Gregory Guy Cremarosa, 60, of Port Townsend, pled guilty to one count of Attempted Child Molestation in the Second Degree and two counts of felony Communications with a Minor for Immoral Purposes for acts that occurred in June and July...

17.5 MONTH SENTENCE FOR DAMAGE TO DNR BRIDGE

Sixty-three-year old Troy Crandall of Forks, was sentenced to 17.5 months in prison and restitution of $20,220.60 after his convictions for Malicious Mischief in the First Degree, Theft in the Second Degree, and Trafficking in Stolen Property in the First...

BRINNON MAN SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR VIOLENT ASSAULT AND BURGLARY

On February 25, 2022 - James N. Parker, of Brinnon, pled guilty to Assault in the First Degree, Burglary in the First Degree, and Harassment – Threats to Kill, after his arrest and prosecution for attacking his former girlfriend with a machete. All charge...

DAMAGE TO LOGGING BRIDGE ENDS WITH GUILTY VERDICTS

After a three-day trial ending on February 2, 2022, sixty-three-year old Troy Crandall of Forks, was found guilty of Malicious Mischief in the First Degree, Theft in the Second Degree, and Trafficking Stolen Property in the First Degree.

Court records indi...

KITSAP COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DEALING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

Port Townsend, Washington

Kitsap County Man Sentenced to 10 years in Prison for Dealing Controlled Substances

On January 7th, 2022 Richard Purves, aged 45 years, plead guilty to two counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance. Court records indicate that o...

FOUR MEN CONVICTED AFTER KIDNAPPING THAT RESULTED IN HOMELESS MAN LOSING SIGHT IN ONE EYE

Port Townsend, Washington

On November 10th, 2020, Dennis Shaw of Kitsap County was found alongside Anderson Lake Road after passers-by called 911 out of fear he would be struck by a vehicle. When contacted by Jefferson County Deputies and a State Trooper, ...

IMPAIRED BURGLAR CONVICTED AND SENTENCED

December 14, 2020, around 11 pm, Deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle driving around the Glen Cove area with its lights off.  The area had seen a recent spike in burglaries and so deputies set out on foot patrol to locate the vehicle.

Deputy...

NORDLAND RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR MURDER OF JAMES MCDONALD

John Beckmeyer was arrested in August of 2020 after he shot and killed twenty-four-year-old James McDonald.  After a trial that spanned three weeks, the jury convicted Mr. Beckmeyer of murder in the second degree, two counts of assault in the sec...

COURT OF APPEALS REJECTS MICHAEL PIERCE'S LATEST APPEAL

Pat and Janice Yarr were murdered in their Quilcene home March 18, 2009.   Five years later Michael J. Pierce of Sequim was convicted and sentenced for the murders, arson, and other charges.  After his first appeal failed, Mr. Pierce fil...