Kitsap County Court Cases

BI man charged

A 42-year-old Bainbridge Island man was in Kitsap County Superior Court May 24.

He was originally arrested and charged Feb. 22. He violated a court order last July 1 and has a felony with two or more prior crimes.

Maximum penalty if convicted is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The man was arrested for violating a no-contact order. He was at the home of his girlfriend when he was not supposed to come within 1,000 feet of her.

When police arrived, they heard the girlfriend crying, and she came out. Police went inside looking for the man. They found him in the attic.

Bail was set at $150,000.

Incest charges

A 45-year-old Bremerton man was in Superior Court April 26 charged with two counts of incest in the first degree.

A warrant has been set for his arrest. If convicted he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $40,000 fine. Bail is set at $500,000.

On April 19, a 15-year-old girl told a Bremerton High School administrator that her stepdad raped her. She said it happened three times, all when her mom was at work.

The man denied the charges and said she also made up a similar store a few years earlier. He said she gave him birthday and Father’s Day cards, saying how much she loved him. He didn’t understand what was happening with her.

The mom would not talk to police and called it harassment by BHS and Children’s Protective Services. A search warrant allowed bedding to be analyzed.

Child rape

A 21-year-old Bremerton man was in Superior Court May 16 facing charges to second-degree rape of a child.

Maximum penalty is life in prison and a $50,000 fine.

On May 5, Bremerton police received information from CPS that a young girl was seven weeks pregnant. At first the victim lied about who the father was, being scared. She said she was the one who initiated sex with a longtime family friend. She was 13 the first time in June of 2022. They had sex at Lions Park and her sister’s apartment.

Information on SnapChat was taken into evidence with the man using an avatar. There, he admitted to the relationship and being the father.