Overview
- Nicholas Well and Rosario Lopez-Castro made initial court appearances this week and are jailed in Kitsap County on $750,000 bail each.
- Well is scheduled for arraignment on Monday, Nov. 17, while Lopez-Castro has a court appearance set for Friday.
- Charges include second-degree attempted murder, first-degree robbery and vehicle theft, with enhancements for use of a deadly weapon and targeting a Good Samaritan.
- Victim Melvin Swagerty was stabbed in the neck, face and chest on Oct. 19, airlifted to Harborview Medical Center, and says doctors revived him during surgery.
- Deputies arrested the suspects in Port Orchard in the stolen SUV, recovered a bloody knife, and placed the couple’s seven children into protective custody; Swagerty has since spoken about his recovery and community support, including a fundraiser that surpassed $80,000.