Gonzales may be sentenced
Deeon Emilio Gonzales, 20, accused of aggravated first-degree assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend multiple times, goes to court today, Nov. 19, for tentative sentencing.
Gonzales pled not guilty on Oct. 3 in Clallam County Superior Court to allegedly pre-meditating to kill Britni Gallauher, 18, also of Carlsborg, with a knife on Sept. 20. He remains in jail on $100,000 bail.
Court documents state Gallauher went to Gonzales’ residence to pick up their daughter when he came outside with their daughter in his arm while holding something behind his back and he brought the girl to Gallauher before allegedly stabbing her.
Sheriff’s deputies report Gallauher fell on her back while holding the girl and Gonzales allegedly continued to stab her. She allegedly was stabbed five times — three times in the back, near the left shoulder and the stomach.
He doesn’t have any adult charges but has four felony convictions as a minor, including assault in the third degree after he attacked his brother with a knife.
Sequim man caught, arraigned
Ari Lee King, 41, of Sequim, was arrested on Nov. 12 and held in custody in Clallam County Jail on $1 million bail for the alleged second degree murder of Joyce woman Diane Cunningham, 65, on Oct. 6.
His arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m., Friday, Nov. 21, in Clallam County Superior Court.
King was found living under a bridge with his dog in a remote area of central Oregon less than 20 miles from where Cunningham’s car was recovered in early October.
The Malheur County Sheriff’s Office located and arrested King and he was transferred to Port Angeles on Nov. 14.
Court documents state King allegedly killed Cunningham in her mobile home by bludgeoning her to death.
Johnson’s trial may move
Defense Attorney Larry Freedman for Kenneth Scott Johnson, 35, seeks to move Johnson’s trial elsewhere following recent news coverage of his defendant’s involvement in a pursuit.
Johnson appears in Clallam County Court Friday, Nov. 21, following his failure to register as a sex offender. Clallam County Sheriff’s Office issued a bench warrant, which led to his pursuit through Sequim and capture on Oct. 25. His bail is set at $150,000.
Johnson also faces other charges including allegedly taking two motor vehicles and illegal possession of a firearm.
Sheriff’s Office officials report Johnson rode as a passenger in a Subaru through Sequim before Sequim Police pulled the car over. Johnson allegedly took the vehicle once the driver stepped out at police officer’s request. At the intersection of Maple Street and Sequim Avenue, Johnson allegedly stopped and took a Mazda Miata at gunpoint with a shotgun.
He continued onto U.S. Highway 101 and was eventually stopped near Discovery Bay.
Prior, the Sheriff’s Office reported Johnson went missing into the woods off Palo Alto Road near Youngquist Road on Oct. 23.
Johnson was convicted of rape of a child in the third degree in 2004 and for failing to register as a sex offender, and in 1997 for failing to register for a juvenile conviction of a 1995 child molestation in the first degree charge.
