{"id":1804119,"date":"2023-01-12T16:20:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1804119"},"modified":"2023-01-12T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:22:23","slug":"suspect-in-brutal-seattle-bat-attack-could-be-released-before-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-brutal-seattle-bat-attack-could-be-released-before-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in Brutal Seattle Bat Attack Could Be Released Before Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuspect-in-brutal-seattle-bat-attack-could-be-released-before-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1804119&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rantz-homeless-story-900.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>In a photograph, the homeless suspect <a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3340830\/rantz-police-video-shows-homeless-man-hitting-woman-heat-with-bat\/\">An unprovoked and brutal attack on a baseball bat<\/a> that left an Amazon employee with a fractured skull still hasn\u2019t started his trial. In fact, since the alleged incident in January 2022, he\u2019s been waiting for a bed at a state facility, where his mental competency will be restored so he can face trial. He could now be released from prison.<\/p>\n<p>Wantez Tulloss has a long criminal history. He is a degenerate criminal who has been convicted of first-degree theft, assault and three violations to a domestic violence no-contact order.<\/p>\n<p>After he was caught on surveillance film taking a sexy turn, police charged him with first-degree attack. \u201cfull body swing\u201d with a bat to the back of a random victim\u2019s head. Tulloss was reportedly able to grab a slice of pizza afterward. Tulloss was a homeless person who lived in transitional housing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wantez Tulloss is a prolific criminal who is accused of striking this random woman with a bat. He swings full swing. She has suffered severe skull injuries that will require extensive surgery. After the attack, he was able to eat a piece of pizza.<\/p>\n<p>This is Seattle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dc8yJ8TAqP\">pic.twitter.com\/dc8yJ8TAqP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1490921793044901890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>No beds for the Suspect<\/h3>\n<p>Tulloss was given the order to undergo competency restoration at a Department of Social and Health Services Facility (DSHS). But Governor Jay Inslee\u2019s DSHS does not have enough beds for criminal suspects ordered into restoration.<\/p>\n<p>According to the state, a bed will be available between January 9th and 13th of 2023. However, Western State Hospital remains full. That timeline has been changed to Jan. 17 to 20, but a spokesperson warned the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH that it\u2019s \u201conly an estimate and dates could change if there is a Covid outbreak among patients or staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The waitlist for competency restoration\/evaluation sits at around 850 people, the spokesperson confirmed. The crisis prompted a DSHS memo sent to judges\/prosecutors, warning them that the department might refuse to treat some criminal suspects. If this happens, they would be released from jail. This memo was the first. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.q13fox.com\/news\/dshs-changes-may-mean-people-needing-mental-health-services-could-be-released-from-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> by FOX 13\u2019s AJ Janaval.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3767658\/rantz-seattle-pd-lost-153-police-officers-2022-500-defunding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rantz: Seattle PD lost 153 of its police officers in 2022. This is more than 500 officers since the defunding.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tulloss could be freed<\/h3>\n<p>Tulloss could be one of the suspects released depending on how DSHS reviews case reports. If the timeline for a mattress shifts again, a judge might have to release him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKing County prosecutors object to serious cases being dismissed. Judges are finding that the unreasonable delays violate a defendant\u2019s Constitutional rights,\u201d King County Prosecuting Attorney\u2019s Office spokesperson Casey McNerthney tells the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH. \u201cWhen people don\u2019t get services that the State of Washington is expected to provide, and when their criminal cases cannot legally move forward as a result, we frequently see people who are released reoffending with serious crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McNerthney says \u201cit\u2019s certainly a concern with others not getting a bed,\u201d Tulloss treatment may be refused by the DSHS.<\/p>\n<p>A Clark County judge released John Cody Hart last year after DSHS didn&#8217;t have a competency restoration bed. He was also facing a first-degree assault charge at the time. A few months later, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/news\/2022\/oct\/05\/suspect-in-idaho-killings-had-been-released-from-clark-county-jail-while-awaiting-bed-at-western-state-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arrest<\/a> Two counts of first-degree murder were filed against him in Idaho after he fatally shot the Hartland Inn owners in New Meadows.<\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to the Jason Rantz Show on weekday afternoons from 3:00 p.m. \u2013 6:00 p.m. on KTTH 770 AM (HD Radio 97.3 FM HD-Channel 3).\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/category\/podcast_results\/?pr=ac249c74-350e-438d-ade5-a8d30112724c&#038;pl=08fdb07e-7380-42cd-9c5a-a8d30112725a&#038;n=The+Jason+Rantz+Show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to the podcast<\/a><\/em><em>. Follow @JasonRantz on\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jasonrantz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/em><em>And\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JasonRantzShow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. For more analysis and news, keep checking back often.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a photograph, the homeless suspect An unprovoked and brutal attack on a baseball bat that left an Amazon employee with a fractured skull still hasn\u2019t started his trial. In fact, since the alleged incident in January 2022, he\u2019s been waiting for a bed at a state facility, where his mental competency will be restored &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1804122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4002,14658,5458,8260,7231,3819,7035,4230,4853],"class_list":["post-1804119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-attack","tag-bat","tag-bongino","tag-brutal","tag-released","tag-report","tag-seattle","tag-suspect","tag-trial"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1804119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1804122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1804119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1804119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1804119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}