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organ Sanders, a former facility engineer, first realized something was wrong when he started falling off ladders and getting dizzy driving. Then, nearly a decade ago, came the devastating diagnosis: He had a brain tumor. During the depths of the recession, he struggled to pay his bills, including his mortgage and his Spokane County property taxes. I worked extremely hard to keep up with my taxes, Sanders says. [But] I was a year behind. After you miss the first due date, it escalated something fierce. Go a year without paying your property taxes in Washington state, and your tax bill skyrockets by a full 23 percent. To start with, you ll have to pay an additional 1 percent in interest each month your bill remains unpaid. But it gets worse: You ll be hit with an additional 3 percent penalty in June and an 8 percent penalty in December.
Suspect in attack at Spokane County Democrats HQ facing federal charge
Peter Yeager, a 45-year-old man from Grand Coulee, is accused of starting a fire that resulted in damage to multiple offices in the Spokane Teamsters Union building. Author: Megan Carroll Updated: 5:08 PM PST January 5, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. A 45-year-old man accused of starting a fire at the Spokane County Democrats headquarters is now facing a federal charge.
The indictment announced by William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, charges Peter Yeager of Grand Coulee with Damage by Fire to a Building Used in Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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Man who threatened to blow up Spokane Democrat office faces prison By Associated Press
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SPOKANE A Washington man who claimed he brought a bomb to the office of the Spokane County Democrats in December could face up to five years in federal prison.
The Spokesman-Review reports that Peter James Yeager, 45, of Grand Coulee, was charged Tuesday with a single count of damaging by fire a building used in interstate commerce. The charge carries a minimum prison sentence of five years, and could be punishable by up to 20 years.
Authorities contend Yeager traveled to Spokane with gasoline, oil, toilet paper and a camping lighter, which he used to set fire to the building housing both the party offices and the local chapter of the Teamsters on Dec. 9. Workers there said Yeager threatened them with a bomb, and one member of the Teamsters said he was briefly held hostage by Yeager inside the building.
Courtesy of Joe Kuhn Joe Kuhn, who was a Marine, recounts his encounter with an arsonist: He was very focused. That s what worried me about him. I
t was like a bomb had gone off. When Joe Kuhn returned to what remained of the Spokane County Democrats offices in the Teamsters Building last Thursday, he was shocked by the sheer amount of damage. Flames had peeled paint off the doors. Ceiling tiles had collapsed. The copy machine had melted from the intensity of the heat. It was destroyed. The whole inside was gutted, says Kuhn, a 56-year-old Teamster. This guy clearly intended to burn the whole building down. He wasn t just trying to torch the office.