Bankruptcy trustees of former Mercer Island resident Frederick Darren Berg say Mayer was paid for a 2008 performance from money stolen from investors. They are attempting to recover more than $130 million that Berg never repaid.
County burn ban has been extended until further notice.
Laura C. Martin was sentenced for the assault on her boyfriend at her daycare.
The following information from Aug. 15-25 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Police arrested more than 20 defendants Tuesday alleging they trafficked and distributed thousands of oxycodone pills.
Mercer Island Fire Department units quickly extinguished a 'brush fire' that burned outdoor shrubs and part of a fence Tuesday afternoon at SE 42nd Street and Island Crest Way.
The following information from Aug. 3-13 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Former Mercer Island Driving Instructor Mark Douglas Satterlund was sentenced to a 10-year prison term for sexually molesting a Bellevue boy and a Mercer Island teenager.
The following information from Aug. 13-19 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The Hilton Garden Inn in Issaquah has set up a donation site for cash, clothing, and non-perishable goods for people in the Cle Elum area who have had to evacuate.
Nathan Bahner accidentally drowned, the King County Medical Examiner's Office concluded this morning after an autopsy in Seattle; Seattle police continue investigating the circumstances of his death.
The annual "Drive Hammered, Get Nailed" campaign will run from Aug. 17 to Sept. 3.
South-end resident Nathan Bahner was killed last Friday following a wakeboarding accident on Lake Washington. The operator of the boat towing him was later arrested for suspicion of BUI.
Islander Richard Sweezey disappeared July 20 as he was working on his moored boat in Seattle. The boat was found adrift near downtown Kirkland later that night and Sweezey was later presumed drowned.
The following information from July 31 - Aug. 6 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 40-year-old Mercer Island man was knocked unconscious by a water balloon last Saturday during Seafair as he steered his motorboat past Faben Point and the I-90 Floating Bridge.
The following information from July 22 - Aug. 1 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Dive and marine teams from Kirkland, Mercer Island, Seattle and King County recovered the body of a man in his 40s to 50s who apparently drowned during a family outing at O.O. Denny Park.
The following information from July 22 - July 30 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Last year during Seafair, 536 vessels were contacted on Lake Washington, with 70 boating under the influence arrests.
Mercer Island resident Stephen J. Klos accepted a plea deal of one year in jail and $2.3 million in restitution on charges of running a Ponzi scheme worth over $3.5 million.
The July 19 accident, which caused minor injuries, occurred on a busy stretch of North Mercer Way at the intersection of SE 81st Street.
Rescuers found Richard Sweezey's unoccupied boat washed up on shore in Kirkland Friday night, KOMO reported.
The King County Sheriff's Office is searching Lake Washington for Richard Sweezey of Mercer Island after his boat was found grounded in Kirkland Friday night.
The following information from July 10 - July 12 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The last Washington State Patrol Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor rolled out of the patrol’s fleet section in Olympia at the end of June and is now assigned to a trooper in Spokane. Ford has stopped making the vehicle.
Fire department benevolent funds from Woodinville, Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Bothell, Eastside, and Mercer Island are hosting the event at Redhook Brewery on July 28.
A man dubbed “The AK-47 Bandit," robbed a Chase Bank in North Bend on July 6 and is on the loose. He is considered armed and dangerous. Call 206-263-2086 or call 911 with any information.
The following information from July 2 - July 10 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Mercer Island Police report two brazen theives were arrested early Monday morning after stealing over $2,000 in liquor from the North-end QFC. Police arrested one of the men when he returned to the store to use his phone.
The following information from June 24 - July 2 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A Redmond Police officer has received a written reprimand after threatening to arrest a cyclist who was videotaping him during a traffic stop in May.
Twenty-eight Mercer Island neighborhoods participated in 2011 as part of a national movement to promote safety.
The following information from June 24 - 26 was supplied by the Mercer Island Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The Bellevue motorcyclist crashed late Wednesday evening in the eastbound express lanes of Interstate 90 near the 77th Avenue SE off-ramp.
(Police Blotter Feb. 1-9) Two separate but likely related incidents of arson were reported Feb. 9 from Islander Middle School and the South Mercer Playfields.
The Bellevue Police Department took a report of a Bellevue man who went missing on Saturday, but investigators cannot say for certain whether he is the kayaker who was seen falling into Lake Washington Saturday afternoon.
The U.S. Coast Guard and marine patrols from Mercer Island and Seattle are searching the East Channel between Bellevue and Mercer Island.
The Vancouver native, U. S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jason D. Peto, died from wounds suffered in Afghanistan.
Last night's high winds, ice and snow temporarily cut the power to homes on Mercer Island.