The state Department of Health reported the emergency medical technician license of 22-year-old Zachary Alex Cadiente has been suspended. Cadiente was charged Sept. 23 with third-degree rape of a child, which is a class C felony, by the King County Prosecutor’s Office. According to the charging documents Cadiente is a Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety volunteer firefighter who stays at the Ravensdale fire station.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 2:02:06 AM - SOURCE: Covington & Maple Valley Reporter

A Whatcom County woman must spend 4 ½ years in prison for burning down a Ferndale house on New Year’s Day 2014, killing a woman who was inside. Katherine Marie Sofie, also known as Kathy Benson, 53, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, arson, and assault Wednesday, Jan. 6, for setting fire to a house on the outskirts of Ferndale city limits.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 1:42:23 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

A Whatcom County woman must spend 4 ½ years in prison for burning down a Ferndale house on New Year’s Day 2014, killing a woman who was inside. Katherine Marie Sofie, also known as Kathy Benson, 53, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, arson, and assault Wednesday, Jan. 6, for setting fire to a house on the outskirts of Ferndale city limits.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 1:42:23 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

VIDEO - A sprawling Victorian home overlooking the Kennebec River was destroyed Wednesday by a fast-moving fire that took crews several hours to douse. Nobody was hurt in the fire at 37 Riverview Drive, though a firefighter walking near the ridgepole on the roof narrowly escaped when the roofing beneath him gave way, causing a ball of flames to erupt around him.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Central Maine

The Buffalo Fire Department has lost it second deputy commissioner in two months with the resignation of Kevin D. Peterson, who is dropping back into the union ranks as he prepares to retire from the department. Peterson, 49, confirmed on Wednesday he is no longer a deputy and that he voluntarily reverted to his civil service rank of battalion chief.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: buffalo news