Sharon Stone

by Neale Frothingham/South Seward Park Block Watch Captain

The Rainier Valley Post recently posted a story from seattlepi.com, about a 71-year old who is allegedly running a drug house in the South Seward Park neighborhood near Rainier Beach High School.

In the story, the owner of the home, Sharon Stone, tells reporter Levi Pulkkinen that the current civil suit by the City of Seattle, seeking to seize her home, as well as the criminal charges against her, “stem from a long-running grudge held by Seattle police.” The article went on to quote Stone directly, “’I raised my kids and my grandkids here. I don’t have nowhere to go.’”

Sharon Stone has somewhere to go. The State Penitentiary!

Police reports submitted to the Prosecutor indicate that they seized 22.5 grams of cocaine from Sharon’s bedroom! Those reports also indicate that undercover officers spoke with her on the phone when arranging to make drug purchases from the home and that in one case they recovered marked dollar bills from her after a drug purchase at the home.

The City of Seattle’s current lawsuit against Sharon Stone, was, in our view, initially brought reluctantly by the City Attorney. It was only after 120 of Sharon’s neighbors wrote a letter to Peter Holmes, that her activity was thoroughly investigated by his office and the suit was brought.

Once the matter was brought to his attention, his office worked very closely with the neighborhood and Seattle Police to gather the evidence necessary for the lawsuit. We could not ask for a better partner in this effort than Peter Holmes and his staff of attorneys.  Citizens initiated this and the police and City Attorney responded accordingly.

This neighborhood has provided dozen’s of statements, sworn under penalty of perjury, as evidence in the City’s lawsuit. So much for this being a vendetta against a helpless little old lady!

Finally, if drug charges are a vendetta to get Sharon, it has a lot of conspirators. Sharon was convicted in Snohomish County for dealing drugs out of motels. Everett area police, the Snohomish County Prosecutor, the Snohomish County Superior Court, and the State Court of Appeals that ruled against her when she appealed elements of her case, must be in on the vendetta too.

The facts simply don’t support the claim made by Sharon Stone. Did I also mention she has convictions for a weapons charge and perjury?

The whole Rainier Valley has an interest in this case. At times, there are as many as six police cars at Mrs. Stone’s home. When that happens, who responds to other 911 calls in the vast area south of I-90 between Lake Washington and the Duwamish River? All non-life threatening calls get stacked up in queue to wait until matters at the Stone house have been brought under control. The thief, seen by someone on North Beacon Hill, running down the street with their stuff, gets away.

The residents of South Seward Park and Rainier Beach have had enough. The rest of the Rainier Valley has had enough. After 40-years of criminal activity at her Rainier Valley home, its time for the City of Seattle to seize Sharon’s home.

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Related:

• City Moves to Shutter Rainier Beach ‘Drug Nuisance’ House (3/20/11)

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