North Kitsap briefs
Published 1:30 am Friday, December 30, 2022
Bellringer fund
In the holiday rush it is easy to forget about those less fortunate in North Kitsap Community.
This year with rising food, housing and utility costs the ability for some to cover expenses becomes difficult if not impossible.
All of the donations to the Poulsbo Lions Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund will be distributed to Fishline, ShareNet, St. Vincent DePaul at St. Olafs, Coffee Oasis and American Legion Post 245 in Poulsbo. All of those organizations provide food, rent and utility assistance to those in need.
Donations this year total $8,787.
Donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 1244, Poulsbo, WA 98370 or online through PayPal at Poulsbolions.blogspot.com.
Retail theft
The state patrol and Kitsap sheriff’s office combined Dec. 14 on a law enforcement emphasis to thwart retail theft in Silverdale.
Thirty loss prevention officers arrested 10 people that day at various stores. A total of $4,000 in merchandise was attempted to be stolen, with officers recovering $3,800 of the product.
Gun to head
A woman escaped from a Bremerton man who held a gun to her head Dec. 16 in a store parking lot in Silverdale, court records say.
The 42-year-old man was held in Kitsap County Jail after being charged in Superior Court Dec. 19 with two counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon. Bail was set at $1.25 million. If convicted, he faces 20 years in prison and a $20 fine on each count.
The crime occurred at about 5:24 p.m. in the 3200 block of NW Randall Way. Three people were in a car driving when the man told one woman he wanted to meet her kids. She said she doesn’t like them to meet new people, as they only had known each other for about four weeks. They pulled into the parking lot, and the man ordered the other passenger to leave. “If you don’t do what I tell you to do I will shoot her,” the man said as he grabbed the other woman and held the gun to her head. The woman was able to escape from the vehicle as deputies closed in. The suspect’s 40-caliber firearm was taken, and he was handcuffed.
