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A man shot to death last month had been with his girlfriend when the two were robbed of a vehicle to settle a debt, according to court documents filed in support of charges in the case.

Neil Allen Alway, 39, and Ashley Lorraine Barry, 31, both transients, appeared in court Monday to face charges in connection to the incident.

Two additional suspects were arrested Monday night. John Michael West, 43, is accused of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery. Ashley L. Wideman, 23, is accused of first-degree kidnapping. Both are expected to appear in court Tuesday.

Alway faces a charge of first-degree murder for the slaying of Raymond C. Brandon. He and Barry both face charges of first-degree robbery and first-degree kidnapping.

A probable cause affidavit filed in the case gives the following account of events:

Allison Fields, who had been dating Brandon for nine months, told police that for the first few weeks of April, she and Brandon had been driving a silver Subaru Forester to a residence on Northeast 172nd Avenue to shower and eat breakfast.

On April 20, shortly after they arrived at the residence, the four suspects came into the room and ordered Fields and Brandon to take off their clothes.

Alway pointed a semi-automatic handgun at both Fields and Brandon before taking Brandon outside while Barry stayed with Fields inside the house.

Fields said she heard what sounded like someone being hit with an object and then Brandon screaming; Fields said she could tell he was frightened and in pain. Then, she told police, she heard a loud gunshot and the screaming stopped.

Alway and the other man, West, then ran back inside and said they all had to leave quickly.

Alway zip-tied Fields hands and led her outside, where Barry broke the drivers side window and unsuccessfully tried to start the Subaru without the keys.

Fields told investigators that Alway wanted to take the Subaru from them to settle Rays debt, the affidavit states.

The four then got into a white Jeep SUV with Fields and drove to the farm on Northeast 119th Street in Vancouver.

Once at the farm, Barry cut Fields zip ties and told Fields not to cry or she would be killed, adding that the only reason she was not dead already was because Barry knew Fields father.

Fields told Alway that her father already had a window to replace the one broken on the Subaru, and he agreed to drive her to her fathers so he could get the window replacement.

Looking for her father, Alway drove Fields to her grandmothers house and found her father outside. Fields ran toward him, and Barry and Alway fled, keeping the Subaru and Fields tablet computer.

On April 25, a Vancouver police officer arrested Alway and Barry on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle, a Jeep Wrangler. Alway was in possession of a black .40-caliber semi-automatic handgun and was charged with being a felon in possession of a weapon.

Two days later, Clark County sheriffs deputies were dispatched to 15308 N.E. 172nd Ave., southeast of Hockinson High School, for a report of a body found on the property.

A witness reported that she heard rumors that Brandon had been shot in the shed of a residence and went to the residence and spoke with a man who lived there. The resident denied knowing anything about the incident, but gave the witness permission to search the property. She found Brandons body in the shed and called 911.

The Clark County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Brandon, 34, and classified his death as homicidal violence. He suffered a gunshot wound to his chest.

Both Alway and Barry were interviewed and provided detectives with an account that was fairly similar to Fields account, though Alway told detectives that he was not involved, saying he was on the other side of the yard trying to get his Jeep out of the mud.

Alway told detectives that Brandon and the other man present during the incident were smoking in the backyard when he left. He also said that the other man had been carrying the gun found in Always possessions.

He said he learned about Brandons death from the newspaper.

During Mondays court hearing, Judge Derek Vanderwood set bail for Alway at $2 million and bail for Barry at $250,000. Both are scheduled to be arraigned May 11.

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REHOBOTH Voters at Mondays town meeting will be asked to approve a $26 million budget for the next fiscal year.

That figure represents a 4.89 percent increase over the current budget of $24.8 million.

The bulk of that amount $16.4 million, is designated for the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School budget. The figure is a 2.1 percent increase over the current fiscal year.

A total of $9 million has been designated for town government expenses a 10.34 percent increase over the current fiscal year.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the high school at 2700 Regional Road, North Dighton.

Voters will also be asked to approve $3.5 million for the costs of paying for window and roof replacement at the Palmer River School and window replacement at the Beckwith School. If the article is approved, there will be a vote on a temporary tax increase to pay for the project at a special town election.

Another article calls for the appropriation of $87,000 for installation of door security systems at Palmer River School, Beckwith Middle School and Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School.

There are also a number of proposed zoning bylaw changes, including a temporary moratorium on the sale and distribution of recreational marijuana.

A copy of the budget and town meeting agenda can be found on the town website at http://www.town.rehoboth.ma.us.

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Visitors of all ages were fascinated by the sights, sounds and speeds of the trains displayed at the Painesville Railroad Museum on May 6.

Model Train Days is an annual two-day event that features about 10 layouts from various train clubs including Lake Erie N-Scale Society of Lake and Geauga counties and Crooked River N Geneers in Cuyahoga County.

Painesville Railroad Museum Vice-President Tom Pescha also showcased one of his own train layouts.

Pescha said Model Train Days is an opportunity for people to get an idea of how to build train layouts, talk to train experts and learn about the Painesville Railroad Museum.

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The Painesville Railroad Museum building, located at 475 Railroad Street, dates back to the late 1800s; and in 1997 the Western Reserve Railroad Association was formed to help save the historic landmark.

The museum recently underwent numerous renovations. The goal was to restore the building to preserve the past.

The restorations included adding two new ADA restrooms, receiving a new IT Station, drywalling, window replacement and adding new chandlers and ceiling fans in the main lobby.

Pescha said he is pleased with the event turnout and the community response to the recent building repairs.

Painesville resident Steve Brothag brought his 10-year-old grandson Hayden Thompson, who was visiting from Salem, Ohio, to the event.

Hayden said it was fun.

Kay Sheridan of Mentor also brought out-of-town guests to the show.

Sheridan said her grandchildren traveled seven hours from Fairfax, Virginia to visit.

One of her grandsons, 13-year-old Jack Sheridan, said the event reminded him of the train that his family used to put around the tree at Christmas time.

The event will continue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 7.

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A Mississippi-based contractor was arrested Friday after telling a deputy he accepted money from a man in Baton Rouge, but spent it elsewhere without completing the work.

Justin Walter Etheridge, 42 of McComb, Mississippi, was accused of accepting $2,800 for window replacement and kitchen cabinet work at a man's home. The victim said not only had the work not been done, but while attempting to rebuild kitchen cabinets, Etheridge had removed the cabinet doors and never returned them.

The man said when he confronted Etheridge about the incomplete work, the contractor told him he had spent the money on things unrelated to the job. An East Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputy questioned Etheridge about the work, and he admitted to spending the money elsewhere, according to a Sheriff's Office report.

Etheridge was scheduled for a meeting April 24at the Sheriff's Office headquarters to go over documentation on where the money was spent, but he did not show up, deputies said.

Etheridge was arrested and booked on counts of misapplication of payments and theft of assets from an aged person. His bail was set at $15,000.

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In its 2016/2017 U.S. Industry Statistical Review and Forecast, the American Architectural Manufacturers Associationreported total housing starts continued their growth curve in 2016 with strong gains particularly in the single-family segment, up by 10 percent. The report provides information on window, door and skylight market trends and product relationships. Historic data for 2006 through 2014 and forecast data for 2017 through 2019 also are included. Forecasts are based on projections of construction activity as of March 2017.

According to the report, the overall new housing market is expected to continue at a strong level of growth through 2019. Single-family starts are expected to continue to take the lead in 2017 and experience another 10 percent increase. While the West and Midwest regions of the United States have experienced stronger growth in the last year, the South and Northeast are expected to be more dynamic over the next two years.

The demand for prime windows improved by 3.1 percent in 2016, driven by continued strong new housing demand. The demand for windows in new housing increased by just under 5 percent in 2016, with increases of 7 and 8 percent forecasted for the next two years as the housing recovery continues. Meanwhile, remodeling and replacement window demand increased modestly again, by just under 2 percent in 2016, with growth in this segment also likely to be somewhat improved in 2017 against the backdrop of strengthening existing home sales.

Residential skylights closed the year at 960 thousand units, a growth rate of 4 percent over 2015 volume. New construction skylight activity was up 10 percent, while remodeling and replacement skylight activity was up 2 percent versus 2015.

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A Cornish windscreen fitting company has reiterated their generous offer for anyone who finds themselves having to repair a window they smashed to save an animal, following an incident in St Ives last month.

Cornwall Windscreens, a mobile service which operates all across the duchy, is offering cost price replacement glass to anyone in the "unlikely position" of having to pay for window repairs because they rescued an overheating animal from a car.

They also promise to double to price for any owner who has to pay for the damage, with profits going to animal charities.

The company has been offering this service for years and has enjoyed positive feedback, but they got in contact with Cornwall Live after we posted a video of a man smashing the window of a parked car to rescue a dog that he felt was 'dying' in the heat.

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Clive Oxley, who runs a property maintenance business in St Ives, was buying lunch in the town when a friend said he saw a dog locked in a 4x4 in a nearby car park.

Clive Oxley recorded this footage as he saved the springer spaniel.

Clive rushed to the car park behind the launderette and called police who told him not to do anything unless the dog was distressed. But, seeing the pooch on lying on its back with its legs in the air and its tongue hanging out, Clive felt it was struggling to breathe and he had to do something.

He smashed the car window and rescued the springer spaniel, filming the immediate aftermath on his mobile phone.

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He then gave the springer spaniel some water before its owner returned. "You couldn't even touch the roof of the car, it was flipping boiling," he told Cornwall Live.

"The woman came back and started screaming at me. She said she'd just been to Pizza Express. By the time she got there the police were there too.

Cornwall Windscreens hope their offer will urge more people to make efforts to save a life.

Natasha Tozer-Martin, of Cornwall Windscreens, heard about Clive's actions and praised them.

The company, which she runs with her husband, brought in the aforementioned service years ago when they noticed the problem happening more and more.

She said: "There is a distinct increase of dogs being left in cars to suffer. People are becoming more aware that this is not right, but regardless there are still cases of criminal damage - all because people have saved the lives of animals, in most cases.

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"Every year we offer this service for anyone who finds themselves in this trouble and people have been very grateful. We're only a husband and wife team, if national companies started doing this it would be great - a lot more lives could be saved."

She added that dog bans and the price of kennels have contributed to this problem, but believes people need to be more educated about how their animal can become dehydrated.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said people have the right to break a car window if they believe a dog is in distress.

A statement read: "With warm weather, we always see a rise in the number of reports of dogs being left in cars. The temperature can rise very quickly inside a car during the summer months, dogs do not have the ability to cool themselves down and therefore can suffer from heatstroke, which can be fatal.

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"Police have the right to break the window of a car to free the animal if they believe that a dog is in distress. If a member of public sees a dog in a car in a warm day please call the police immediately and we will advise from there."

It has also been advised that anyone considering breaking in should take a picture of the dog and the car. If someone is with you, get them to bring up the weather for your area on their phone so you can screen shot the temp, then break the car window.

Cornwall Live's poll asking "Should you smash a car window to rescue a dog on a hot day" received 1.4k votes and the following results: Yes (96%), no (3%) and don't know (1%).

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One problem for commercial and residential landlords which is encountered time and time again is to do with the repair, maintenance and upkeep of windows; particularly within older buildings which are purpose built either as flats or office blocks. The question which often arises is can windows be replaced or is repair sufficient? If I replace the windows (and where it is the landlords responsibility to do so) can I recover that cost through the service charge mechanisms contained within the tenants lease?

The recent Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) case of Tedworth North Management Limited (and others) v Miller and others was asked to review on appeal, amongst other things:

1. whether the repairing covenant contained within a lease had been engaged so as to allow the landlord to replace all of the windows within a residential block; and,

2. whether the landlord was entitled to recover the cost of such replacement via the service charge mechanisms.

Whilst the case does not establish any new principles, it is a useful reminder of what landlords, and to an extent tenants, should consider when reviewing whether to repair or replace windows.

Background

The appellant landlord is the owner of a purpose built block of 49 flats in Chelsea. The block was built in the 1980s and contained single-glazed Crittall windows set within a wooden sub-frame. There had been discussions over a number of years with the tenants regarding the replacement of the single glazed windows to more efficient double glazed units as well as the general repair to the windows. Some of the tenants, over time, had upgraded their windows themselves with a double glazed version. When it was decided that the block management company would carry out repair works to the windows, such works having been identified as the replacement of the window frames with new powder-coated metal Crittall versions, it was agreed that the landlord would also install double glazed windows to some of tenants flats (at their request). The cost of the replacement of the wooden frames was to be charged to the tenants via the service charge provisions within the lease.

The reason for the replacement of the window frames was that some of the windows had been identified as requiring repair, where rot had been discovered, and all of the wooden window frames required redecoration. Whilst it was accepted that the rot could be repaired using a resin to in-fill, and then re-painted, it was thought by the landlord that the economic benefits of replacing the wooden frames with metal ones would be better and cheaper for the tenants long term. For example, scaffolding for the building, at a cost of 82,000 would only be required this once as opposed to every five years when the redecoration was required. In addition, the metal frames were more energy efficient meaning savings for the tenants.

The landlord proceeded to undertake the works and charged the cost of the replacement of all of the sub-frames through the service charge. However, two of the tenants challenged the ability to do so.

The Law

It is well established that, normally, a landlord can only recover the costs of repairs to a building and not the cost of improving it. Further, for the repair covenant to be engaged, and thus the landlord entitled to re-charge the cost of the repair to the tenants via the service charge, there must firstly be an element of disrepair.

The Tribunals Decision

Whilst there was agreement that the condition of some of the window frames was poor, it was agreed that the windows could be repaired using the resin in-fill. The landlord argued that as some repair was required, this triggered its ability to be able to repair all of the frames with the new metal ones rather than patch repairing as and when required to do so, over a period of time, which would prove more costly in the long run.

The tenants disagreed and stated that the level of repair required (which amounted to approximately 1,266 for the resin repairs alone) did not justify the replacement of all of the sub-frames with metal ones at a substantial cost.

Whilst it was agreed that there was, no doubt, an economic benefit to the replacement of the wooden sub-frames with the metal ones, the Tribunal found in favour of the tenant. The requirement to repair the windows on the facts of this case did not mean that it was reasonable for the wooden sub-frames to be replaced; therefore, the requirement to repair all of the sub-frames had not been met and the landlord was not entitled to re-charge the full costs of doing so to the tenants.

The Tribunal was quick to point out that the approach taken in this case should not cast doubt on the approach taken by the courts in other cases involving windows and that such cases are fact sensitive.

Practice points

1. As ever, and as required by legislation with residential tenants on a long lease, always consult your tenants with regards any proposed works to avoid any issues at a later date.

2. Ensure that suitably qualified professionals provide detailed reports into the condition of any part of a building if replacement, as opposed to repair, is being considered so that: a) a fully informed and reasoned decision as to the best course of action can be made; and b) if that decision is challenged at a later date, there is suitable evidence justifying how and why the decision was made.

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