MARIJUANA MAY HAVE MOTIVATED ASSAULT ON DISABLED MAN

The young men under investigation in connection with the beating of a
disabled Port Hadlock man may have been trying to get his medical
marijuana, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says.

The victim, 45, who was beaten as he sat in his wheelchair, remained in
serious condition yesterday at Harborview Medical Center. He apparently
suffered a blow to the back of the head from a baseball bat.

Jefferson County investigators are uncertain what role three Chimacum High
School students played in the attack, but deputies seized their car, which
was seen leaving the disabled man's apartment complex.

A 20-year-old man who was with the students is suspected of the attack and
was booked into the Jefferson County Jail under investigation of assault
and burglary.