September 10, 2015

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the situation, and noting what

sentences have been given to
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others with the same charge,
Judge Nielson sentenced Mr.
Editors Note: Letters are from our sentence as a result of his inSnyder to the maximum senreaders and do not necessarily volvement in an Armed Robtence of 204 months.
reflect the opinions of Huckleberry
Press or staff. To submit a letter bery of the Old Schoolhouse
visit www.huckleberrypress.com or Store in Addy last January.
(CORRECTION: Tim Raswrite an e-mail to us at: ads@huck- During the Robbery, he was
mussens letter as published
leberrypress.net
armed with a saw-off shot- in the August 27, 2015 edition
gun and threatened the clerk
Stevens County Prosecu- with the gun to her face. At of Huckleberry Press should
have correctly stated an Oftors Report
the sentencing, Judge Nielson ficer was involved in a shootsaw a video of the robbery
We ought to express our and deemed it a very violent ing on Wednesday, August
19, 2015).
thanks and support for the crime.
firefighters that have poured
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into our area to fight these
At the sentencing hearterrible fires. I have seen ing, the clerk who threatened
trucks from as far away as and robbed told the Judge Stevens County CommisMinnesota and New Mexico how she had been affected sioners Working To Lift
and I am sure many more by the incident. The defen- the Level 4 Industrial Fire
are coming. The Emergency dants mother spoke on his Precaution
Coordinator, former Stevens behalf and told Judge Neilson
The Stevens County
County Sheriffs detective, that her son had been headCommissioners
are actively
Jim Caruso, says this is the ing down the right road until
working
with
the
Departworst disaster ever to come to about 2007. She said that her
ment
of
Natural
Resources,
Stevens County. He was just son tried Meth one time and
hired just before these fires that from then on, that is all area legislators, as well as
began and has been working he wanted. She told a brief the Governors Office to lift
hard to keep organized and story of his drug addiction the Level 4 Industrial Fire
the people informed. This is and that he would do OK for Precaution (IFPL) to permit
hard to do because the fire sit- a while and then get back into salvage logging activities on
uation is fluid. It can change it. Like every good mother, lands hit by recent wildfires
when and where it is approradically in a few hours.
she was grieved to see her priate.
son ruin his life and asked
Above all, do not burn any- the Judge to be a lenient as he
thing or carelessly dispose of could in his sentence.
The
Commissioners
any cigarette. Careless peounderstand that once the fire
ple set most fires. There are
The state pointed out that has occurred, the burnt timlightening caused fires, but he has been to prison before, ber has a limited shelf-life;
most start along side a road and after the sentencing here, the time frame for salvage
or in a yard. Just be careful was headed for Snohomish logging is short and the fire
with everything that burns. County for a sentencing on a danger is greatly reduced.
Wait till the wet season be- Robbery charge there. In that In fact, most of the justificafore burning anything.
case he had less of a role, but tion for Level 4 precaution is
was an accomplice. He has gone but safety hazards may
Michael Ray Snyder, 31 multiple prior felony convic- still be present. The Comyrs old, was sentenced to tions.
missioners are working with
204 months in prison last
DNR to possibly find retired,
After summarizing or other professional forestTuesday. He received this

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waiver process. If this action
were approved, it would provide the professional expertise and knowledge necessary
to safely log without pulling
current DNR staff away from
firefighting efforts.
The
Commissioners
are absolutely determined
that landowners affected by
the fires in this county be
allowed to access their own
lands for healthy restoration

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Level II - Limits cerand economic recovery. The
Commissioners will continue tain activities to between 8
to use every means available p.m. and 1 p.m.
Level III - Prohibits
to help accomplish this.
some activities and limits
Industrial Fire Precau- others to between 8 p.m. and
tion Levels (IFPL) is a for- 1 p.m.
Level IV - All operaest closure system set up to
reduce wildfire risk and is tions are prohibited.
used by DNR, Forest Service,
Stevens County
BLM and Bureau of Indian
Commissioners
Affair. They include:
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ment and fire watch service
is required.