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By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A 24-year-old South Thurston County man was found guilty by a jury this afternoon of two counts of vehicular assault and also hit and run.

Kody M. Chipman, whose residence has been described as both in Rochester and Tenino, was on trial in Thurston County Superior Court.

Two men were seriously injured when Chipman knocked them down with the open door of his car when he fled a confrontation about his speeding on a private driveway in Olympia in late March.

Chipman most recently lived with his grandmother in Littlerock whom he has been helping take care of.

Sharon Hallman, 64, said psychiatrists from both sides agreed about her grandson’s ‘fearful response” to the men’s confrontation, but jurors weren’t allowed to hear from them.

Chipman’s attorney spoke to the jury after they reached their verdict and they told him regardless of what the two men did, the car outweighed them, Hallman said.

Dee L. Cooper, 70, of Olympia, and Daniel I. Kitchings, 37, of Rainier, were attending a scout meeting off of South Bay Road and were standing on the driver’s side of the car, when Chipman put the car in reverse and drove off, according to the Washington State Patrol after the March 31 incident.

Hallman said she was told her grandson faces as much as 10 years when he is sentenced on October 26.

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By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Skeletal remains found the weekend before last in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest have been positively identified as Marie Hanson of South Lake Tahoe, the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office announced today.

Hanson, 54, had been reported missing from the Skookum Meadows area, southeast of Mount St. Helens during the Rainbow Gathering in early July.

Th identification was made through dental records, according to Undersheriff Dave Cox.

“We are thankful that we can help Marie’s family and friends work towards some closure on her disappearance,” Cox stated in a news release this afternoon.

The investigation is continuing as to the cause and manner of Hanson’s death, Cox said.

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A former Bremerton police officer faces as much as five yeas in prison after pleading guilty today to unlawful dealing in firearms, in a case that included undercover agents purchasing guns from him and others at gun shows in Centralia and Puyallup.

Roy Alloway, 56, was one of four men charged in May  following a lengthy undercover investigation into illegal sales at gun shows, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Western District of Washington.

The Kitsap Sun reports Alloway retired in May 2010 after 32 years as a police officer.

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A 21-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed another man on the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia last night.

Police and aid were called just before 8 p.m. and told the suspect was running away and being chased by acquaintances of the victim from inside the victim’s home, according to Centralia police.

Police were told Arnulfo Alaniz had chased the victim around a car, the victim fell down and he began stabbing him, Officer John Panco said.

An arriving officer found the suspect running and he was taken into custody following a small scuffle, according to Panco.

Alaniz, 21, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for two counts of first-degree assault and one count of third-degree assault, Panco said.

Alaniz reportedly swiped at one of the people chasing him but missed, Panco said.

Panco said this morning there was a a dispute over something related to the past, but he didn’t yet know the details.

The victim, said by police to be 20 and by the fire department to be 25, was treated and taken to the hospital with lacerations on the back of his neck, his forearm and his wrist, according to responders.

Panco said a photo of the weapon found on the ground the next block over depicted what looked to be a butcher knife.