The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged a 40-year-old homeless man in a string of fires, including two in Tukwila. James Lynn Goad Jr., who came to the area from Arkansas, was charged with four counts of second-degree arson on Sept. 8. He was arrested on Sept. 6 and booked into the King County Regional Justice Center in Kent.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2017 3:14:30 AM - SOURCE: Tukwila Reporter

Larry Verducci looked at the smoldering hillside and realized just how “very lucky” they were. “It could have been a whole different scenario,” he said Friday. Verducci’s home and about two dozen others were threatened by a large brush fire Sept. 14. They were all ordered to evacuate. But then the “heroes arrived,” he said of helicopters from the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Natural Resources.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2017 1:52:07 AM - SOURCE: Arlington Times

Saying goodbye to valued employees is hard, even when I am excited about their next professional challenge. Saying goodbye to Fire Chief Bruce Stedman will be very hard. Let me tell you why: In his seven years at the city of Arlington, Bruce has accomplished much. Right after he arrived, he organized his staff to do public outreach on a levy issue.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2017 1:52:00 AM - SOURCE: Arlington Times

Police have arrested two young boys in connection with a suspicious house fire in Freeland last month. The boys, both 15, allegedly confessed to being involved in the suspected arson case, the Island County Sheriff’s Office announced. “The suspects are a (sic) two 15 year old males, one of which lives in the area,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2017 1:50:40 AM - SOURCE: Whidbey News-Times