🌱 Patch AM: How will Bonney Lake’s newly restricted Flock cameras track crime now?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Bonney Lake's newly restricted Flock cameras track crime now?
• Bonney Lake Library adds new sensory kits for kids with sensory needs
• Bonney Lake father sentenced after toddler's fatal fentanyl exposure at home

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.
• Saturday: A thundershower, temps: high: 72, low: 50.
• Sunday: Nice with sun and some clouds, with a high of 75 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bonney Lake police restart Flock cameras with new restrictions to comply with state laws (komonews.com) — Bonney Lake police have turned their Flock automated license plate cameras back on, with new restrictions to comply with Washington's updated privacy laws. Chief Mark Berry says searches now require case numbers and justifications, data is stored only 21 days, and access is limited to in‑state agencies, as the department tries to balance crime-solving with residents' privacy concerns.
   

• Pierce County Library System receives national grant (pierceprairiepost.com) — Families using the Bonney Lake Pierce County Library can now request youth sensory kits, funded by a new $10,000 national grant to the Pierce County Library System. Aimed at children up to age 12, the in‑library kits include items like lap pads, ear protection, and visual timers to help kids with sensory needs feel more comfortable and supported during visits.
   

• Pierce County father gets years in prison for 15-month-old son's fentanyl death (thenewstribune.com) — A Bonney Lake father has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for manslaughter after his 15‑month‑old son died from ingesting fentanyl left on a bed in their Bonney Lake home. The child's mother previously received a shorter sentence, and the judge emphasized Tucker's long-term addiction and failure to seek help while ordering prison time followed by community custody and treatment.
   

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Tuesday September 8
• Georges BLT Tuesday Night Open Mic night →
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Monday September 7
• CLOSED-Labor Day
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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 4
• Baby Story Time
  Federal Way 320th Library 848 South 320th Street, Federal Way, WA 98003
  10:00 am
• Hora de Cuentos en Español / Spanish Story Time
  Federal Way Library 34200 1st Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003
  10:30 am
• Toddler Story Time
  Federal Way 320th Library 848 South 320th Street, Federal Way, WA 98003
  10:45 am
• Teen Time: Bracelets & Bag Charms
  Mottet Branch Library 3523 East G Street, Tacoma, WA 98404
  4:00 pm
• Silas Varsity Football @ Orting →
  Orting High School, 320 Washington Ave N, Orting
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• All Branches Closed
  Mottet Branch Library 3523 East G Street, Tacoma, WA 98404
• Farmers' Market
  Puyallup Main Street Association Pioneer Park
  9:00 am
• "Weird Al" Yankovic at Washington State Fair Event Center →
  Washington State Fair Event Center, 110 9th Ave SW, Puyallup
  12:30 pm
Sunday September 6
• Gather & Game
  Federal Way Library 34200 1st Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003
  2:00 pm
• Little Big Town →
  Washington State Fair Event Center, 110 9th Ave SW, Puyallup
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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• Update: Pet Reunited
  A dog who went missing in Puyallup, WA, has been safely reunited with their family after 54 minutes. Message from Finder: "Seems professionally… (Nextdoor Rhodes Lake)

• Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Bonney Lake. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Sumner

• Amazon layoffs hit Washington: 121 jobs to be cut as H-1B hiring draws attention (americanbazaaronline.com)
• Top WRs in the 2027 Rivals300: Superstar pass-catchers shining early as seniors (on3.com)
• Pierce County News Briefs Sept. 2, 2026 (tacomaweekly.com)

Puyallup

• Washington State Fair 2026: what to know about dates, times, ticket prices and more (kitsapsun.com)
• You're back on camera when you drive through this east Pierce County city (spokesman.com)
• Two hospitalized after crash near Pierce-Thurston line (thenewstribune.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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