Former Daycare Operator Sentenced to Treatment

A former Mercer Island daycare operator was ordered to undergo alcohol and mental health treatment for three months after attacking her boyfriend last fall with a kitchen knife as parents came to pick up their children.

On Tuesday, Mercer Island Municipal Court Judge Wayne Stewart suspended fines for Laura C. Martin, who ran out of her home for more than a decade.

Martin to charges of assault and vandalism. She was , damaging her boyfriend's truck and attacking him.

City Prosecutor Brian Zuanich had asked the judge to impose a 10-day jail sentence.

Stewart noted that Martin had lost her license, her business and her home.

When Stewart asked Martin if she had anything to say before he sentenced her to the treatment program at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center, she said, “I'm just sorry that this all happened.”