February 8, 2019
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Growth: City leaders consider Three arrested in Kelso mini mart homicide
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raising developer impact fees
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creasing the fees.
“There’s a lot going on here,
between the commercial and
residential growth,” said
Commissioner Mark Bald-
win, a contractor who often
must pay development fees.
“We still offer permit inspec-
tions five days a week, yet we
have only one inspector. … In
doing this, my hope is we can
get our folks here some help.
I fully support it.”
Baldwin used an analogy
in describing why growth
should pay for growth. If to-
day’s residents take on mas-
sive debt to build a country
club, should tomorrow’s res-
idents be allowed to join for
free?
ing Codes Division in Salem.
There are 17 pages of pro-
posed increases covering
everything from heat pump
installations to apartment
complex modifications to the
placement of mobile homes.
“We have not increased
them since 2008,” City Man-
ager Linda Engbretson told
commissioners at their last
meeting, when the first of
two public hearings was held.
“This will make us consistent
with other cities in the coun-
ty. … These fees are going to
help our active growing city
better serve the public.”
Commissioners were uni-
fied in their support of in-
Three people have been
arrested in the Jan. 22 kill-
ing of an employee who was
working alone at a Kelso
mini market.
Kayla Chapman, 30, was
working at Holt’s Quik
Chek, 400 Cowlitz Way,
when a man with a gun en-
tered shortly after 4 a.m.
and demanded money, Kel-
so police said. The robber
was caught on surveillance
cameras as was his get-away
car, which had at least two
additional people inside.
After receiving numer-
ous tips, D’Anthony Leslie
Williams, 19, was arrested
in Camas, Wash., at 5:30
p.m. Jan. 30 and charged
with Chapman’s murder.
The suspect vehicle, which
had been stolen by Williams
earlier and used in the com-
mission of the crime, was
found in Vancouver, Wash.,
by Clark County Sheriff’s
deputies and Vancouver Po-
lice officers.
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, Van-
Williams
Bossy
Kayla Chapman
couver police located and ar-
rested Nenemeny W. Ekiek,
21, an alleged accomplice.
He was turned over to Kelso
Police and booked at Cowlitz
County Jail for first-degree
murder. Ekiek was identified
as a passenger at the time of
the robbery.
Bossy, 23, the
alleged
driv-
er, was spot-
ted in a vehicle
about 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday night.
When Vancou-
ver police at-
Ekiek
tempted to stop
the vehicle, it sped away at
high speed.
The vehicle stopped along
Interstate 84 in Oregon.
There were shots fired and
the interstate was closed
during the investigation,
according to police. Bossy
was taken into custody and
was to be extradited from
Oregon and charged with
Chapman’s death as well.
Williams, the alleged gun-
man, was booked at Cowlitz
County Jail for first-degree
murder, first-degree rob-
bery, violation of the uni-
form controlled substance
act and possession of a sto-
len vehicle. He will be held
without bail until his ar-
raignment.
Heroin: Police use Narcan to revive man overdosing
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“This is the first time a
WPD officer has used Narcan
since the department started
carrying it on Dec. 29, 2017,”
Workman said. “In 2017, the
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WPD received a grant from
Lines for Life to help start the
program to carry and admin-
ister the overdose drug.”
The department received 10
doses from the CMH phar-
macy at a cost of $75 each, or
$150 per two-dose pack.
The remaining items in
the overdose kit (a bag, res-
cue breathing mask, safety
masks, gloves, etc.) were pur-
chased by the department
and a kit was placed in each
patrol vehicle. All Warrenton
officers have been trained on
the administration of Nar-
can.
Officers carry the kits not
only to use on drug-abusers,
but also for accidental over-
doses of prescribed medica-
tions, accidental overdoses
by children who get access to
medications and for officers,
evidence technicians, and
others who may be exposed
by searching property or test-
ing drugs. The department
even has a Narcan kit for K9
Gabe.