[h=1]Man gets 9 years for 2013 Bellevue hash-oil explosion[/h] SEATTLE ? A man who joined two tech workers in running a hash oil operation that exploded in 2013, destroying a Bellevue apartment building and leading to the death of a former mayor, was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday.
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One of them was Nan Campbell, an 87-year-old former Bellevue councilwoman and the city's first female mayor. She was sleeping in another unit when the explosion happened.
... Nan Campbell tripped as she escaped the flames, broke her pelvis and died of complications from the injuries two weeks later.
Two more residents were left with broken bones after they had to jump from their apartments. One of them told the court in a letter that she is still in pain and will never be able to run or play soccer again.
On Monday David Richard Schultz II, 33, the man responsible for causing all of that human misery, appealed for mercy in Federal Court.
Schultz admits he'd been teaching two men to extract hash oil from marijuana in the apartment that blew up. He said he regrets what happened but was desperate to support his twin sons.
"I'm sure he's sorry, it doesn't bring back our mother," said Patty Campbell.
Nor does it explain why Schultz continued his illegal enterprise in California before being caught...
