Sex offender registered in Des Moines
Des Moines police are notifying the public of a Level 3 sex offender release. He has registered his address in the 23300 block of 19th Ave. S. Alfredo F. Manuel, 63, is a white male 5'9" and 200 lbs. He has grey hair and brown eyes. Manual was convicted of two counts of child molestation in the first degree on May 26, 1993 and was released from prison in November of 1999. Both victims were known to Manuel and were females ages 10 and 12. Manuel has been charged and convicted of other sex related offenses in the '80s and '90s. Manuel's victims range from 10 to 17-year-old females. When Manuel was a teenager he also offended with a 10-year-old boy he was babysitting. Manuel disclosed that he has committed other non-adjudicated sex crimes with minors as well as voyeurism (peeping) and exhibitionism (public flashing and exposure) on numerous occasions. Although Manuel did receive sex offender treatment while in prison, he was rated as a high risk to re-offend. Manuel is not under DOC supervision.

Suspect in '83 SeaTac slaying pleads not guilty
A Florida man, who was arrested in December in connection with a fatal stabbing at a motel near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 1983, pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge in King County Superior Court on Monday. John Wayne Folds is accused of killing Frank Kouny, a 36-year-old San Francisco man who was visiting Seattle on business. Authorities said Folds was recently linked to the slaying through DNA. Folds was 19 when authorities say he went to a Motel 6 with Kouny, an interior designer he had just met on a flight from San Francisco to Seattle. People on the overnight flight said they saw Kouny socializing with several men on the plane before heading to a car-rental counter with a young man, according to charging documents. Kouny was alone when he checked into the Motel 6, 18900 47th Ave. South, at 3:45 a.m. Feb. 15, 1983. Six hours later a housekeeper found him slain on the floor of his room, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. The investigation went cold until Nov. 10, when detectives received a call from the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab saying it had matched Folds' DNA to that found on Kouny and on cigarette butts in the motel room. Folds' DNA was listed in a national criminal database because of a 2002 burglary conviction in Florida. Folds was recently extradited to Seattle and booked into the King County Jail, prosecutors said. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

Grenade found in renter's yard
The renter of a home in the 14000 block of 7th Pl. S found what appeared to be a grenade in his yard. While he was doing some landscaping when he saw a grenade among the debris that had fallen from an apple tree. The renter called a friend that has military background to investigate the grenade. The friend felt it was possibly real and called 9-1-1 immediately. The deputy who arrived could not tell if it was explosive or not from viewing it so he cleared the area and called the bomb unit for assistance. A detective from the bomb unit used x-ray to determine the grenade's firing mechanism was not functional. Then he collected the grenade for disposal.

Car break-ins, vandalism, prowlers and thefts
1200 blk S.W. 124th St., 12600 blk 4th S.W., 200 blk S.W. 143rd St., 1200 blk S.W. 137th St., 400 blk S.W. 144th St., 15800 blk 4th Ave S., 300 blk S. 177th Pl., 1200 blk S. 115th St., 11800 blk Glendale Ave. S., 900 blk S.W. 160th St., 1300 blk S.W. 144th Pl., 15700 blk 23rd Ave. S.W., 500 blk S.W. 138th St., 700 blk S.W. 156th St., 200 blk S.W. 152nd St., 14800 blk 1st Ave. S., 100 blk S.W. 119th St., 100 blk S.W. 119th St., 100 blk S.W. 155th St., 15200 blk 10th Ave S.W.