Aiken said she was “really disturbed” by the medical issues at the jail, considering that she had received weekly status reports that no one in the jail had contracted the coronavirus and learned only of Dibee’s positive test when she ordered a test for him. After that, the jail reported a second inmate also had tested positive.
Aiken ordered Dibee to be released to his sister’s home in Seattle and quarantined there once he tests negative for COVID-19. He’ll be under GPS monitoring and home detention. After his quarantine, he can live with and care for his father, who is suffering from a terminal illness, the judge said.