'Not a safe situation': County is evicting homeless campers
EVERETT — Authorities are clearing a downtown homeless camp amid safety concerns, leaving the dozens of people living in tents and under tarps few options for where to go next.
Notices posted Wednesday at the Snohomish County-owned plaza on the northeast corner of Oakes Avenue and Wall Street warned that the campus would be closed to camping on Sunday at 5 p.m. Anyone remaining may be arrested for trespassing, said the signs, plastered to a chain link fence that partially surrounds the encampment.
County Executive Dave Somers made the decision to break up the encampment after the sheriff’s office was called to the area for several incidents in recent weeks.
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The decision follows a reported assault and a robbery near the camp that have spawned security concerns among county leaders.
At about 12:15 p.m. on June 19, a female county employee reported that a woman had struck her in her arms and chest near the entrance to the courthouse, according to the sheriff’s office. The suspect, a 41-year-old Everett woman, later admitted that she swung at the employee and was arrested on suspicion of fourth-degree assault, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Courtney O’Keefe.
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