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Published 10:14 am Saturday, April 26, 2008
Kingston murder suspect pleads not guilty to killing father Oct. 11
PORT ORCHARD — Having been found mentally competent to stand trial, Kingston resident Garrett James McKinstry, 21, arrived at his formal arraignment at 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at the Kitsap County Court House. He pled not guilty to the charge of second degree murder after his father, 53-year-old Jeffrey Allen McKinstry, was found stabbed repeatedly at the family’s Kingston home at about 5 p.m. on Oct. 11.
Garrett James McKinstry was in court to face a formal arraignment Oct. 16, but Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Leila Mills granted a motion made by the defense to postpone the formal arraignment while the defendant underwent a psychiatric evaluation at Western State Hospital in Tacoma.
Garrett James McKinstry was reported Oct. 12 to have made comments to a nurse at Harrison Hospital about harming himself, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office.
Wednesday, he was deemed competent and entered his not guilty plea. Garrett James McKinstry’s next court appearance has been scheduled for Nov. 29, with a beginning trial date set for Dec. 31. He is being defended by Port Orchard attorney David LaCross.
Garrett James McKinstry allegedly stabbed his father more than 20 times with a 6- to 8-inch kitchen knife, according to KSCO detectives who interviewed him after he was taken into custody.
Garrett James McKinstry is a 2004 graduate of North Kitsap High School.
Jeffrey McKinstry worked as a counselor at Ordway Elementary School on Bainbridge Island. He also worked for the North Kitsap School District from 1989 to 1995.
Poulsbo man arrested for selling stolen property
POULSBO — A 43-year-old Poulsbo resident was taken into custody after Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office deputies were alerted to the man in possession of stolen property between 8-11:30 p.m. Nov. 5 on Fairground Road.
During the same evening, a Silverdale resident on Nels Nelson Road reported his garage had been broken into, and an air compressor and John Deere riding lawn mower were taken, totaling about $1,250. During an investigation of the garage, shoe treads with a zig-zag pattern were observed and photographed as evidence, deputies said.
Deputies were able to have a search warrant served at about 5:45 p.m. Nov. 6 for the man’s residence on Finley Road. The man was taken into custody at that time, and confirmed he had been inside the garage and took the mower before attempting to sell it. Methamphetamine, about 10.3 grams, along with needles and smoking pipes were also found in the house, deputies said.
The man admitted to breaking into four other residences in Central Kitsap, and said he had been selling stolen property from about 20 burglaries in total.
He was booked at the Kitsap County Jail for first degree trafficking in stolen property, second degree burglary and possession of methamphetamine, deputies said. Bail was set at $250,000.
