The Washington State Patrol says that an accident that had knocked out power for a large portion of Central and some of the east county yesterday late afternoon was caused by distracted driving. The report does not state what type of distracted driving, and there are no charges for using a cell phone while driving included.

A 33-year-old man from Shelton is in custody on several charges after he lead police in a pursuit while driving a front end loader he had stolen.

Lt Chastain with the Aberdeen Police Department has filled us in on some more of the details on yesterdays stabbing that resulted in the death of a 53-year-old Asian female an owner/operator of the Guest House Inn in Aberdeen.

Aberdeen Police Chief Shumate says in a news brief to media Wednesday evening that the stabbing victim at the Guest House Inn on W. Heron St was found in the lobby of the hotel after a call for an unknown medical problem and was discovered by members of the Aberdeen Fire Department who responded.