🌱 Patch AM: Why a Bonney Lake woman died days after her Pierce County arrest

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In today's newsletter:

• Why a Bonney Lake woman died days after her Pierce County arrest
• How state “sanctuary” rules surfaced after a Bonney Lake man’s fatal crash

Also on today's calendar: SSCT CHRISTMAS HAM SHOOT — Swiss Sportsmen's Club of Tacoma and 3 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler with a few showers, with a high of 50 and low of 41 degrees.
• Thursday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 55, low: 40.
• Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 48 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bonney Lake woman dies in county jail days after arrest (mynorthwest.com) — A 31-year-old Bonney Lake woman, Stasha Lyn Wiltfong, died Friday at the Pierce County Jail after being found unresponsive in a two-person cell. Jail staff and firefighters attempted life-saving measures, and deputies are now investigating. She had been arrested in Puyallup on fraud-related charges and also had an active warrant from Bonney Lake Municipal Court.
   

• Why Washington authorities refused ICE detainer for 'criminal illegal alien' truck driver (overdriveonline.com) — A Bonney Lake man, 29-year-old Robert Pearson, was killed in a multi-vehicle truck crash on SR 167 near Auburn, prompting national scrutiny over Washington’s “sanctuary” policies. The article explains how state law limits local cooperation with ICE detainers, why another truck driver in a separate school-bus crash was released, and how federal officials are criticizing those policies.
   

📸 Around Bonney Lake

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bonney Lake

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Bonney Lake Panthers vs Olympia Bears
  Bonney Lake High School, 10920 199th Ave Ct E, Bonney Lake
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 21

• SSCT CHRISTMAS HAM SHOOT — Swiss Sportsmen's Club of Tacoma
  Swiss Sportsman Club Park , 9205 198th Ave E , Bonney Lake
  9:20 am

Monday December 22

• Lake Washington Girls Varsity Basketball @ Bonney Lake
  Bonney Lake High School , 10920 199th Ave Ct E , Bonney Lake
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• CLOSED-Christmas Eve
  City of Bonney Lake , 9002 Main St E , Bonney Lake

Thursday December 25

• CLOSED-Christmas Day
  City of Bonney Lake , 9002 Main St E , Bonney Lake

Saturday December 27

• Acoustic Night @ Cocoa Legato
  George’s Bonney Lake Tavern , 18212 WA-410 , Bonney Lake
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Homeschool Culinary Arts
  Marion Grange Hall , 27725 Sumner Buckley Hwy , Buckley
  1:30 pm
• Holiday Paint & Sip at Top Down Brewing in Sumner by Artvana December 2025
  Top Down Brewing Company , LLC , Sumner
  6:00 pm
• Emerald Ridge Boys Varsity Basketball @ Sumner
  Sumner High School , 1707 Main St , Sumner
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Fiber Crafts for Homeschoolers
  Marion Grange Hall , 27725 Sumner Buckley Hwy , Buckley
  12:00 pm
• Main Street Reads
  Buckley Pierce County Library , 123 River Ave , Buckley
  1:00 pm
• Poetry and Writing Club
  Sumner Pierce County Library , 1116 Fryar Ave , Sumner
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• missing kitty!
  our beloved cat, gary, has been missing for a little over 24 hours in bonney lake near 193rd ave. he is a big and orange fluffy cat with bright green… (Nextdoor Rhodes Lake)
• Hello neighbors
  Movers Help Just moved to a new house in Auburn from Bonney Lake but I prefers my old houses’s washer dryer over the one in my new place, so I am… (Nextdoor Brookhaven)

• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Bonney Lake. Apply here.
• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Forklift Operator in Bonney Lake. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bonney Lake here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sumner

• Why Rhubarb Is So Popular In Seattle (tastingtable.com)
• Washington Huskies land top WA football recruit for 2027 (theolympian.com)
• Pedestrian fatally struck by driver on SR 410 in Pierce County, troopers say (thenewstribune.com)

Puyallup

• Washington Huskies land top WA football recruit for 2027 (seattletimes.com)

Buckley

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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