score, an international, we can have a blips.
We only deal with people who came to us wanting a sincere relationship.
Call today, learn more, and skip the blips.
Join me, Ryan Van Miller, for how to make the most of your money, your career, your future.
On The Money with Ryan Van Miller, Saturday nights at 10.30 on TV 11.
From KSGW-TV 11, the first news of the night.
With Charles Johnson, Robin Sewell, weathered with Dave Torsha, sports with Tony Watts.
This is the 10 o'clock news.
We may all rest a little easier tonight after an intense seven month investigation, and arsonist is behind bars.
Good evening again. A 27 year old Linwood man is in custody tonight charged with three counts of arson.
Yet apparently that's just the beginning.
Investigators believe this suspect could be responsible for at least 40 other arsons dating back to last August.
Bail will be requested on Keller in the amount of one million dollars.
He has been charged with one count of arson one, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
And two counts of arson two, which carry a maximum penalty of 10 years on each count.
Take a good look at the sketch on your far right.
That is a likeness of 27 year old Paul Keller, the man investigators believe is a serial arsonist.
Keller may be involved in setting as many as 40 fires in the Snohomish King County area, but the investigation is still continuing.
Keller was picked up this morning at his apartment in Linwood.
Investigators say it was the sketch and his unusual profile that ultimately led to the arrest.
See, Keller doesn't fit into the mold of your typical arsonist.
Salesman, well dressed. As I mentioned at that time, this is not your normal picture that you get in your mind of an arsonist.
That got some people thinking about it and generated a lot more calls and got us in the right direction.
Right now, Keller is charged with setting this fire at the North Cascade Materials Warehouse in Everett on January 1st.
As well as another business and a residential fire on November 2nd.
But since August 6th of last year, there have been more than 100 arson fires from South Snohomish County to King County that investigators say have a similar signature.
We're talking at least $10 million in damage.
And investigators believe Paul Keller may be responsible for at least half, maybe more.
In fact, investigators are looking into four fires in eastern Washington they believe may be connected to Keller.
Now, as I mentioned before, Paul Keller does not fit the profile of a typical arsonist.
He has no criminal history and his neighbors describe him as clean cut, quiet and very friendly.
Today in the Alderwood Complex where he lived, we got reaction to the news.
It's pretty scary to think that he's in the next building.
He goes out at night and, you know, just like everybody else does, you know, goes out with their friends.
But he goes out and starts fires and he lives right next door to you.
I'd seen him around a few times and usually coming and going from his car in an occasional hurry.
Usually he was carrying either a police, it looked like a police band radio or scanner and a beeper on it.
And he looked pretty clean cut and I didn't think anything of it.
I had talked to some of the other neighbors just today about this and they said that they thought he was a member of either the fire department or the police department.
Chris Nelson from ATF told us today that he believed Keller did have a motive, but they will not release that information until further investigation.
They also made it clear to us that their job is far from over.
Until they find out who is responsible for all the arsons, the task force will stay together.
Now that's good news for families like the Sylvesters.
They lost everything, including their business, when an arsonist torched their home last October.
In fact, they barely escaped with their lives.
Bill told us back then he couldn't wait until the day when that arsonist was caught because in his mind the person did much more than just start a fire.
I consider it attempted murder.
He didn't set the outside of the carport on fire.
He set the inside wall of the carport, which is the wall of the house that he set on fire.
He tried to kill somebody.
Paul Keller will make his first court appearance tomorrow.
Arson is not suspected in a fast moving fire that damaged a Tacoma home.
Neighbors spotted flames coming from this home at about 10.30 last night.
They called 911 and started pounding on the doors and windows trying to make sure there was no one still inside.
We didn't get inside the house.
The garage door was open and we just walked into the garage and felt the door to see if it was hot into the house.
Then we opened up the door and the dog came running out, but we didn't see anybody in the house.
No one was injured.
The exact cause of the fire has not been released.
In other news tonight, a dispute between Jack in the Box President Robert Nugent and King County inspectors.
Nugent testified yesterday before the U.S. Senate that inspectors tested the temperature of hamburgers at the Mercer Island Jack in the Box before the cooking process was finished.
But inspectors claimed they waited until the burgers were done.
That's when they found the temperature of the meat well below the Washington State standard of 155 degrees.
Jack in the Box is being blamed for at least one death and dozens of illnesses from people who contracted the E. coli bacteria after eating in their restaurants.
Few will forget the horrible story of Todd Musselman's death.
He was killed on Highway 512 last Sunday in what can only be described as a senseless and horrific crime.
But today, Todd was remembered as more than a victim.
To families and friends who buried the 27-year-old, soon-to-be father, Todd Musselman was a loving man and a hero, Claudie Connell reports.
Today, the Musselman family buried a son, a brother, a husband, and a soon-to-be father, 27-year-old Todd Musselman.
Earlier, friends, family, and Air Force personnel crowded into a stillicum chapel to say their goodbyes to the Desert Storm veteran.
Others had to listen from outside as a packed room remembered Todd Musselman as the best brother and a devoted husband eager to be a father.
His wife, now a widow pregnant with their first child, remembers Todd as a loving and thoughtful man.
When he'd hang up the phone or leave for work or just be away from me for any period of time, he'd always just say, I love you.
It was never goodbye. He just didn't want to leave me without saying goodbye.
None of his family or friends got to say goodbye. Todd never got to say goodbye.
But moments after he was shot here along Highway 512 on Sunday, he pulled off the side of the road to make sure his wife was okay.
Anna Musselman says she will tell their soon-to-be-born child that its father was a hero.
Many others here will remember Todd as a terrible and senseless victim shot because out of concern for his wife and unborn child, he was driving slowly on a foggy road.
This man, 22-year-old Ruben Michael Estavillo, is one of two being held in connection with Musselman's death.
That two suspects are in custody does little to relieve the horror of Todd Musselman's death.
He will be terribly missed by many in this community.
In Stillicum, I'm Claudia Cottle, Channel 11, 10 o'clock news.
Todd Musselman did not have any life insurance, so a fund has been set up for his widow and their unborn child.
If you would like to donate to the Anna Musselman Fund, you can do so at any First Interstate bank or send in your donation to the First Interstate at 5425 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, 98408.
Still to come on the 10 o'clock news, more accusations from new alleged victims.
It all spells more and more trouble for Oregon Senator Bob Packwood.
And up next, tennis and civil rights lose one of the true greats.
Arthur Ashe is dead.
Next time on Cheers, it seems a new neighbor owns part of Sammy's bar.
Oh, he's making me insane!
And his clientele isn't exactly getting the welcome mat from the gang.
You ever seen so many yuppies with gold cards?
But then his wall is downright unneighborly.
Ten bucks says he goes ballistic by midnight.
The fun's about to begin when Mr. Malone takes on the wall.
Is it down yet?
That's next time on Cheers.
Tonight at 11 on TV11.
If you find the interest rate on your credit card to be rather high, you should know about smart rate from the Discover card.
With smart rate, the more you choose the Discover card when making purchases, the lower your rate can be.
And the Discover card still charges no annual fee.
Now doesn't that put everything in a whole new perspective?
Smart rate, as low as 14.8 percent.
Smart rate, as low as 14.9 percent.
It pays to discover the card that pays you back.
Taking care of business, every day. Taking care of business, every way. I've been taking care of business, it's all mine. Taking care of business and working overtime. Workout.
Nobody sells more office supplies for less than Office Depot. Nobody.
We say goodbye tonight to not only a great sportsman, but a true humanitarian.
Tennis star Arthur Ashe died this afternoon of pneumonia, a complication of AIDS.
Last April, he told the world how he contracted the disease.
It was transmitted through a blood transfusion after one of my open heart bypass operations.
In all likelihood, the second operation in 1983.
I have known since the time of my brain operation in September 1988 that I have AIDS.
Ashe was the first black player to win the U.S. Open in 1968 and Wimbledon in 1975.
Both those years, he was ranked number one in the world.
But Ashe's contributions went far beyond the tennis court.
He fought numerous battles against apartheid and other human rights issues. And he was a champion in the fight against AIDS.
Arthur Ashe was 49.
The Washington Post is reporting tonight that 13 more women have accused Senator Bob Packwood of making unwanted sexual advances.
The account in Sunday Additions brings to 23 the number of women accusing the Senator from Oregon.
The original 10 accusations were reported in the Post last November.
Packwood declined several requests for interviews. He's under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee.
Packwood's lawyer has issued a statement saying that, quote,
the appropriate course of action is for the Senator Packwood to respond to these allegations before the Ethics Committee.
President Clinton is taking his economic proposals to the people.
He delivered the first radio address of his administration this morning.
The five-minute message outlined the foundations of his recovery plan.
Mr. Clinton promised to set an example for the rest of the nation by cutting back on government spending.
We've got to control the cost of government, starting with my own people.
I'll be making big cuts in the White House staff, cutting payrolls and perks and privileges.
I want to set an example so that I can take the fight to the rest of the government,
to eliminate unnecessary commissions, to reduce the federal payroll, to get rid of needless luxuries.
The president says he'll present his full economic plan in a few days.
There's also word out of the Clinton administration tonight that FBI Director William Sessions may be on his way out.
Today's Los Angeles Times reports several officials are very concerned about the director's ethics,
but Sessions told reporters he hasn't heard anything of the kind.
The White House seems to be thinking they want you to go. Have you heard anything from them?
No, I have not. And of course, as you well know, the White House has made it very clear that they will decide the issue when it comes.
Okay. Very well. I'm off to work this morning.
Thank you.
Last month, a Justice Department report found Sessions had abused his office for financial gain.
Sources say President Clinton won't take action until his legal counsel reviews the report.
The first Russian trucks carrying relief supplies to the former Yugoslavia left early this afternoon.
Russia is providing the war-torn area with aid as part of a U.N. program.
The chairman of Russia's Emergency Commission says his group will provide humanitarian aid to all people in need, regardless of nationality or religion.
Cyrus Vance and Lord David Owen held separate meetings today.