PORT ORCHARD — The three juveniles arrested for witness harassment and intimidation were found guilty by a Kitsap County Juvenile Court judge, according to the county’s prosecutor’s office.
The juveniles were found guilty of attempted intimidation of a witness, according to Timothy Drury, chief of the juvenile division. The juveniles were arrested Sept. 9 at Kingston High School during the investigation into alleged threats of violence against the high school. Matthew Smiley, a former student, is charged with making the threats.
The juveniles received probation and are required to perform community service, according to Drury. They are on deferred disposition and have a chance to remove the charges from their records if they meet the requirements.
No additional arrests have been made since the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department took the three — and one 19-year-old — into custody, according to sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Scott Wilson.
Kingston High School has completed its investigation of the incident and “taken appropriate action in regard to the students,” according to Chris Willits, the North Kitsap School District’s assistant superintendent.
“Our district does not release information regarding whether or not students have received disciplinary consequences,” Willits wrote to the Herald.
The juveniles — two 17-year-old males and one 16-year-old female — were released from detention by mid-September. One male was released to his parents following posting of bail Sept. 10; the other two were released by court order Sept. 17 and 18.
A fourth arrest was made during the follow-up investigation into the alleged threats made by Smiley and witness harassment. Sebastian Carroll, 19, was arrested Sept. 9 at the Bremerton Department of Corrections Office. He was later charged with intimidating a witness. He remains in Kitsap County Jail on $250,000 bail for intimidation, and escape from community custody — no bail.
Carroll’s next court date is Oct. 7.
Smiley, 18, remains in jail on $2 million bail. His next court date is Oct. 7.
