Investigators are beginning to lean towards the fact that a 10 year old McCleary girl, missing since last Friday, was abducted. Undersheriff Rick Scott says the more time goes by and the more leads are investigated, the less likely it becomes that Lindsey Baum ran away or is playing a prank on her family. Scott says investigators continue to scour the East County town for information, but have not turned up any facts that would lead them to Lindsey. Scott says it is possible that a McCleary resident may unknowingly be a neighbor, friend or family member of someone involved in Lindsey’s disappearance. With that in mind, the Sheriff’s office is asking people to report any odd changes in behavior. That could include selling a vehicle, changes in mood, dropping out of sight or other changes in attitude or habits. As always anyone with any information is asked to contact the authorities. Lindsey is described as a white female, 4’9” tall with brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a light colored hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black shoes. Anyone with any information or who may have seen something suspicious in McCleary between 8:30 and 10PM on Friday night is asked to call 866-915-8299 or e-mail soadmin@co.grays-harbor.wa.us.
The Hoquiam Police Department have arrested a 20 year old man following a break-in this morning at Bills XL Bakery. Deputy Chief Jim Maloney says the business owner arrived to find that someone had entered the building through a window and gone through several drawers and cupboards. While it is not known if any items were taken, a fairly unique shoeprint was found at the rear of the business and an impression was taken.
A month long investigation has led to the arrest of a Hoquiam man for allegedly selling marijuana out of his Sumner Street home. Hoquiam Deputy Police Chief Jim Maloney says officers and Sheriff's deputies served a search warrant on the home on Tuesday night at 10:30 and arrested the 20 year old resident and recovered a pound of marijuana and $810 in cash. The man reportedly admitted to selling about a pound of marijuana per month out of the home.
Effective 12:01 A.M., July 2, 2009, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in cooperation with officials from Clallam, Jefferson and Grays Harbor Counties, will enact restrictions on all outdoor burning. As of July 2, 2009, all land clearing, residential and silvicultural burning will be banned until further notice. This burn ban does not extend to federally managed lands.
The Aberdeen Fire Department is warning people to use extreme caution in the outdoors this week as extremely dry conditions raise the risk of wildfires. Battalion Chief Bill Mayne says it has been some time since a soaking rain fell on the Harbor and that the dry conditions have already led to a number of grass fires caused by fireworks or discarded cigarettes.
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