Inside Bainbridge

Paper Products, Etc., on Winslow Way downtown has reported the theft of their daily deposit. The money was stolen from the store sometime between 7 p.m. last night, June 4, and 8 a.m. this morning, June 5. Owner Terry Arndt told me the money goes into a safe each night and is taken out for…

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Yesterday afternoon, May 19, Bainbridge Police got a call from the Bainbridge Island Safeway that one of their own store’s “most wanted list” alcohol thieves was making off with pricey bottles of booze. According to Detective Scott Weiss, the police tracked the suspect down at the Bainbridge ferry terminal, where he was sitting in his…

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The Bainbridge Island Police Department has evidence that former Bainbridge resident Angus Andrew Leger violated at least 61 teens and young women, most of whom were middle school or high school girls, with upskirt and down-blouse videos and photographs taken in stores around the Island over at least 6 months. However, a rushed guilty plea bargain…

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Last Thursday, May 9, between 8 and 8:50 p.m. a large front window at the new Wilkes Elementary School building was reportedly broken by what evidence points to be an air pellet gun. Wilkes Elementary School Principal Sheryl Belt has announced that a small round pellet was found at the scene. Students walking home the…

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Angus Andrew Leger, 32, of Bainbridge Island, has plead guilty to two counts of voyeurism. The sentencing standard for voyeurism in our state is 4-12 months, making the range of jail time Leger would likely serve 8 months to 2 years. Leger’s sentencing is scheduled for April 30; however, yesterday, April 11, the pre-sentence investigator (psi)…

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On March 1, the Kitsap Humane Society’s Animal Rescue and Enforcement (KARE) unit rescued 46 cats and kittens from a couple hoarding them in a camping trailer. The couple has approximately 30 more felines that KHS plans to return for but could not take at the time because of capacity limits at their facility in Silverdale….

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The 32-year-old Bainbridge man, Angus Andrew Leger, who was arrested for voyeurism Wednesday and who is now out on $250,000 bail, seemed to make a habit of using his lunch break from his job on the Island to scout for young skirted females to photograph. Scott Weiss, the detective who arrested Leger on March 6 outside…

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[Read here for more details on this emerging story.] On Valentine’s Day, Bainbridge Island Police received information about a man taking photographs or videos up the dresses and skirts of women at a local grocery. Police identified the suspect and then implemented a surveillance plan to catch the 32-year-old Bainbridge man in action. Then on March…

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Oscar, a dog who fatally attacked a 9-month-old bichon frise puppy in Poulsbo on February 15 and then attacked a dog and bit a woman on Bainbridge the next morning, has been euthanized. According to Kitsap Humane Society (KHS) Interim Executive Director Eric Stevens, Oscar was assessed and deemed unlikely to respond to rehabilitation after…

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To look at him now, Boone is a sturdy character—muscular, well-fed, and affectionate. But his anxiety betrays the horrific trauma he endured, abandoned, trapped, and helpless in a mobile home that his owners left him locked in with no food or possibility of escape after they skipped town. About seven months ago Kitsap Humane Society…

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This past week, Island mailboxes were hit up by thieves looking for personal information, checks, and goods. Even locked boxes were hit up, pried open, and damaged. Here are just the incidents recently reported to the police. February 11 Bergman Road. At approximately 4 p.m., Officer Ben Sias returned a call to a Bergman Road resident…

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According to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, Devin Reyshaun Dozier, a 20-year-old black man charged with the highest degree of sexual assault, is now residing in the 9700 block of Ebbtide Lane NW in Silverdale. Dozier is 6 feet tall, 215 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. According to court records, Dozier was convicted in…

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Three years ago today, January 29, 2010, Bainbridge Island’s home town American Marine Bank (AMB) was abruptly shut down as a failed financial institution by the Washington Department of Financial Institutions. The Department named as its Receiver  the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The 11 branches of American Marine Bank reopened the next day as branches of…

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A car accident on Friday (January 18) in Port Orchard turned up evidence linking one of the drivers involved to at least one car break-in on Bainbridge. It also resulted in the hospitalization of a 64-year-old South Kitsap man. Around 11:24 in the morning, when Port Orchard police saw a Honda CRV bearing license plates…

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Every week, the police blotter includes examples of frauds, scams, or online, mail, or identity theft. Thieves and scammers are getting more and more sophisticated in their tools and approaches. But if you know the signs and how to make yourself an unattractive target, chances are you’ll avoid being victimized. Tomorrow morning’s Fraud Prevention Workshop…

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12:46 p.m. We all know from the Police Blotter that, every week, the Bainbridge Island Police are involved in dealing with the fallout of drunk drivers, either in terms of the damage they have caused or the headaches they give the police through their behavior post-traffic stop (see the recent Police Blotter for an excellent…

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7 p.m. Following our report earlier this afternoon on deceased Kitsap County resident Brandon Lee Blanford’s body washing ashore in BC, a second body has been reported found this afternoon on the eastern shoreline of Dyes Inlet, in the Tracyton area of Central Kitsap. The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Unit, together with Sheriff’s…

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4:30 p.m. Drunk drivers were at it again Christmas Eve, risking people’s lives and destroying property. Drunk Driver Picks up Her Family at the Ferry At about 8:50 in the evening of the 24th, Cencom advised of a reported DUI that was last seen driving westbound on Winslow Way from 305. The vehicle was a…

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3:30 p.m. Brandon Lee Blanford, 36, was reported missing by his parents after leaving their Hansville home on Shoreview Drive on December 11 at around 7:30 p.m. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Blanford’s body washed ashore on December 19 on Sidney Island, which is located between the southwest coast of the British Columbia…

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by Brenda Berry, December 16, 2012, 5:41 p.m. Like most of you, I am feeling gutted with sorrow and frustration. I can’t imagine a Christmas with presents wrapped and now forever waiting for a first grader who will never have the joy of opening them. A child, just barely past babyhood, shot for no reason,…

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