By Shara Wallace
HIGHLINE TIMES

Copper thieves facing federal charges
Two mean who allegedly stole thousands of feet of copper wire from runway light towers at Sea-Tac Airport are in custody facing federal charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan.
Jeramie Harms, 28, and Timothy Lynch, 50 were charged with the crimes.
The theft was discovered on Feb. 12, when a Port of Seattle employee noticed damage to the fence surrounding the runway light structures near South 188th Street and Des Moines Memorial Drive.
In total, approximately 7,200 feet of copper cable was stolen from the FAA light towers, rendering them inoperable and potentially posing a threat to airline safety.
According to the criminal complaint, Harms and Lynch entered a secured area of Sea-Tac airport and removed copper cable from the light towers. The copper wire cost more than $77,000 when it was installed in 2008. The men are charged with theft of public property, which is punishable by up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Boeing landing
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner was forced to make a diversionary landing at Sea-Tac Airport June 18 due to engine problems on a flight from Denver to Tokyo-Narita. United Flight 139 was over the Pacific Ocean near Vancouver Island when a warning indicated a problem with an oil filter.
United asked passengers to stay in Seattle overnight and they would be put on a 9 a.m. flight the following morning. Airlines resumed flying 787's last month after battery problems prompted a worldwide grounding.
Purse snatching
A 94-year-old woman was the victim of a purse snatching at the Albertson's store in Burien. Gertrude Both's black leather purse had an original photograph of her father that is more that a century old.
Both hopes somebody didn't destroy all that stuff. She insists she doesn't care about the lost money or checkbook. She just wants the black and white photo of her father back.

Car break-ins, vandalism, prowlers and theft
15200 blk Military Rd. S., 14300 blk 1st Ave. S., 13700 blk 12th Ave. S.W., 15400 blk Des Moines Memorial Dr., 100 blk S. 174th St., 16200 blk Sylvester Rd. S.W., 15500 blk 6th S.W., 100 blk S. 156th, 300 blk S.W. 122nd St., 11600 blk 1st Ave. S., 1000 blk S.W. 128th, 200 blk S.W. 160th St., 12300 blk 28th Ave. S., 14400 blk 24th Ave. S.W., 500 blk S. 152nd St., 15800 blk 4th Ave. S.

Residential burglaries and break-ins
2000 blk S. 128th St., 15200 blk 30th Ave. S., 13600 blk 10th Ave. S., 14600 blk 25th Ave. S.W., 900 blk S.W. 124th., 1000 blk S. 136th St., 2000 blk S.W. 112th St., 2000 blk S.W. 173rd Pl., 13400 blk 5th Ave. S.W., 15800 blk 4th Ave. S., 200 blk S.W. 139th St., 12200 blk 21st Ave. S., 1000 blk S.W. 132nd St., 13400 blk 4th Ave. S.W., 12200 blk 1st Ave. S.W.