Everett WA Criminal Defense Law Blog

Who should authorities believe: an adult stepfather or his nine-year-old stepson? This is a question Everett police are currently asking themselves. An Everett man was charged with crimes after his nine-year-old stepson told police that his stepfather stabbed him with a fork and bound him up with duct tape. There were no eyewitnesses to the incident, so who should authorities believe?

According to reports, a neighbor called the police when they heard the boy and his stepdad playing and thought the boy was being harmed. The boy told authorities that his stepfather was acting crazy and drunk, and stabbed him with a fork.

Sometimes children or teens do not realize that their actions have negative consequences. In the most inconsequential situations, these negative consequences may be a punishment from their parents that may consist of a loss of a certain privilege the child enjoys. However, in more severe situations, this consequence could result in being charged with a felony. This is a consequence that may soon be faced by a Bothell teenager.

Law enforcement officials claim that the boy was on an early morning joyride when he tried to flee multiple police officers. According to authorities' reports, an employee working at the Food and Drug Administration's regional office reported seeing an individual that looked suspicious in the building's parking lot around 7:15 AM. A security officer went to the parking lot and found the 15-year-old boy sitting in a parked car.

For some individuals, attending college is a rite of passage. When thinking about college, many students look forward to the freedom and the time away from home that accompaies the education. Unfortunately, sometimes the experience of going to college and having more freedom can present difficult choices, such as the opportunity to partake in the parties and underage drinking.

There are ways in which alcohol can be consumed in a safe manner, mainly by not drinking in excess. However, even when not drinking in excess it can be hard to know whether it is safe to get behind the wheel of a car after drinking. Drinking too much alcohol before operating a vehicle can result in being charged with DUI. It is important for college students to understand the severe impact these charges can have on their life. A Washington State University football player is currently experiencing these very impacts due to his recent drunk driving charges.

Numerous previous posts in this blog have discussed how a conviction for the commission of a crime can have a severe impact on the life of the defendant. When an individual is accused of committing more than one crime at a time or has a criminal history, being charged with a felony can mean a quickly compounding negative impact on the accused's life.

An Everett man was recently sentenced for his role in a robbery and, as is stated above, the impact on his life will be drastic. A Snohomish County judge sentenced the man to 53 years in prison. The 48-year-old man was sentenced to 31 of those years for his use of a firearm during the commission of the crime. This is a part of Washington state's "hard time for armed crime" enhancement to state law.