Accused of Shoplifting at Bellevue Square? Macys? Nordstrom? Orthers?
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Veterans and Attorneys John Tymczyszyn and Thomas Jarrard with the Washington State Veterans Bar Association argued and won the below case in the Washington State Supreme Court securing benefits for thousands of veterans and military reservists in Washington State.
Travis Bearden, a firefighter and paramedic for the City of Ocean Shores, joined the U.S. Army Reserves in 2013. He took periodic absences for military service, receiving paid military leave from the city. The dispute centers on military leave Bearden took between 2019 and 2021. During his first and second leaves from October 2019 to August 2020, Bearden was kept on the schedule and provided paid military leave for his scheduled workdays until his paid leave was exhausted in February 2020. The city then placed him on leave without pay status. For his third leave from August 2020 to May 2021, the city did not provide Bearden any paid military leave for the October 2020-September 2021 military fiscal year, arguing he had no scheduled workdays.
The Washington Supreme Court held that public employees are entitled to 21 days of paid military leave for required military service during each military fiscal year, regardless of whether they are scheduled to work by the employer due to the length of their military service absence. The court emphasized that the statute's plain language and purpose support this entitlement, and the scheduling of workdays does not limit the annual entitlement to paid military leave. The case ruling impacts all veterans and reservists within Washington State working for a public employer such as a city, county or state government within Washington. This landmark case means that thousands of veterans and military reservists will receive increased benefits and pay while deployed.
https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/supreme-court/2025/103-121-1.html
Bellevue Police Using New Crime Map
The City of Bellevue Police Department is using a new CRIME MAP. The Bellevue police have said that this is an effort to "proactively share information with the public." Users can also select crime types, date ranges, generate reports, and receive email updates as well as free crime alerts.
The Stigma of Shoplifting and Getting Shoplifting Charges Dismissed
Eric McClellan, who is a college basketball player at Gonzaga was recently arrested for shoplifitng. “I went into Nordstrom and stole a couple of shirts,” McClellan says. What may have seemed like a harmless and fun prank turned into a nightmare for McClellan and almost ended his college ...
Washington State Patrol upgrades its DUI breath-test machines
For the past 30+ years the Washington State Patrol has used the DataMaster device to measure Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) in drivers who are pulled over for DUI. That is coming to and end, the DataMaster device, which has been made since the 1980's will soon stop production.
Bellevue Police using school zone speed cameras to give out Speeding and Traffic Tickets
This month Bellevue, WA police have started using school zone speed cameras to give out speeding tickets and traffic tickets. The city of Bellevue installed cameras Lake Hills elementary school and Stevenson elementary school, Bellevue drivers were cited with 522 tickets in the previous year at these two locations.
Getting a DUI in Kirkland is three times more likely than Bellevue
In 2013 the City of Kirkland gave out 387 DUI's. This is compared to the City of Bellevue's 218 DUI's in 2013. The City of Kirkland gave out more that one DUI per day in 2013. Additionally, the City of Kirkland has a population of approximately 85,000 people, compared to 135,000 people in Bellevue.
