January 1, 2010 in City

In brief: Tips sought on suspect in North Side stabbing

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Crime Stoppers of the Inland northwest is offering a cash reward for information that leads to the arrest of a 45-year-old man sought in connection with a stabbing Tuesday night in northeast Spokane.

Ronald D. Piercy, is wanted on suspicion of first-degree burglary and second-degree assault for allegedly stabbing a man in the 200 block of East Empire Avenue, Spokane police said.

Police said the victim returned home about 6:30 p.m. to find Piercy standing in his garage. Piercy allegedly stabbed the victim with an unknown object and ran away.

The victim sustained non-life threatening injuries and chased Piercy but lost him in the area of Walton and Lidgerwood. Piercy’s vehicle was located near the crime scene.

Anyone with information can call (800) 222-8477.

Registration begins for Bloomsday run

Early registration for Lilac Bloomsday Run 2010 is open at www.bloomsdayrun.org. The 7.5-mile race through Spokane, set for May 2, is in its 34th year.

Those who sign up by Feb. 14 will have a chance to win a trip for two to one of Seattle’s most popular races, the 3.75-mile St. Patrick’s Day Dash on March 14. The winner will receive roundtrip airfare for two, two nights in a hotel and free entry into the run.

Those signing up for Bloomsday also are invited to donate to the race’s designated charity this year, SNAP, Spokane County’s community action agency, which serves low-income, homeless and other vulnerable populations.

Full details on Bloomsday will be released in early March.

Seattle man won’t fight extradition in killings

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – A Seattle man charged with the murder of his girlfriend and their 13-week-old daughter will not fight extradition to Washington state.

Santa Cruz County Assistant District Attorney Andrew Isaac said 30-year-old Daniel Thomas Hicks waived his right to contest being sent back to Seattle during a court appearance Thursday. Isaac said it is up to King County authorities to determine when they want to go to California and bring Hicks back to Washington.

Hicks is accused of killing 28-year-old Jennifer Morgan and their infant, Emma. The mother and daughter were found shot to death Dec. 22 in the basement of her parents’ Seattle home, where Morgan had lived for several years with Hicks.

Police used cell phone records to trace Hicks to Santa Cruz.

Seattle cancels plans to name park ‘Perugia’

SEATTLE – It only took a day for the city of Seattle to backpedal on its plan to name a new park “Perugia” in honor of a sister city better known these days as the Italian community where Seattle’s Amanda Knox was convicted of murdering her British roommate.

Seattle Parks Superintendent Tim Gallagher said Thursday that “due to community concerns about the naming of Perugia Park,” the city will “temporarily shelve the naming process for this park.”

In early December, an Italian jury convicted Knox, 22, of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in a cottage the two shared in Perugia.

Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison.

The name was chosen by a park-naming committee, composed of members of the parks board, the Seattle City Council and parks staff. Six other city parks bear the names of Seattle sister cities.

The new park is in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

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