Crime & Safety
Martin Pleads Guilty in Child Care Assault Case
Mercer Island Judge Wayne Stewart continued sentencing to July 31 to could consider what type of punishment to impose for misdemeanor assault and vandalism.
Former family child day care business-owner Laura C. Martin plead guilty on Tuesday, June 19 to charges of assualt and vandalism in .
Judge Wayne Stewart continued sentencing to July 31 so he could consider what type of punishment to impose. Fourth-degree assault and battery and third-degree malicious mischief are both gross misdemeanors in Washington State, each carrying a maximum possible sentence of one year in jail and a $5,000 fine.
Martin, 46, ran out of her home for over a decade and was and then damaged her boyfriend's truck and attacked him with an 8-inch kitchen knife as parents arrived to pick up their children.
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