Lucky for us locally they got caught.
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PORT LUDLOW — Three more men were arrested Wednesday in the thefts of veterans' grave markers at a North Kitsap cemetery last week, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff's detectives have arrested a 38-year-old Poulsbo man, a 28-year-old Poulsbo man and a 41-year-old Central Kitsap man, and recovered eight of the 12 grave markers.
Kitsap County Sheriff's spokesman Scott Wilson said detectives believe the 28-year-old Poulsbo man and the 41-year-old Central Kitsap man pried the grave markers off. They've been booked into the Kitsap County jail on suspicion of first-degree theft and first-degree trafficking stolen property, with bail initially set at $100,000, said Kitsap County Sheriff's spokesman Scott Wilson.
The 38-year-old Poulsbo man is accused of purchasing eight of the grave markers for $200 from the suspects.
Detectives were also able to recover eight of the 12 grave markers taken, and some show signs that someone attempted to grind them down; four remain "in the wind," Wilson said. The 12 grave markers are worth about $15,000.
The grave markers were reported stolen after a spouse of one of the deceased veterans found them gone on Friday, Veterans Day, from the Breidablik Evergreen Community Cemetery.
Robert J. McDonald, 41, of Bremerton, already has been charged by Kitsap County prosecutors with second-degree trafficking stolen property for allegedly trying to sell the markers. Arrested Tuesday and initially booked on $35,000 bail, he is no longer listed in the Kitsap County jail.
The case broke open when an anonymous caller told deputies he believed that men had possibly taken the grave markers to Navy City Metals in Gorst. Employees there then identified McDonald to deputies, as the law requires them to do when people sell scrap metals to the business.
Detectives are still investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Lissa Gundrum at (360) 337-5669.
Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/nov/1.../#ixzz1duYBvsDo
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PORT LUDLOW — Three more men were arrested Wednesday in the thefts of veterans' grave markers at a North Kitsap cemetery last week, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff's detectives have arrested a 38-year-old Poulsbo man, a 28-year-old Poulsbo man and a 41-year-old Central Kitsap man, and recovered eight of the 12 grave markers.
Kitsap County Sheriff's spokesman Scott Wilson said detectives believe the 28-year-old Poulsbo man and the 41-year-old Central Kitsap man pried the grave markers off. They've been booked into the Kitsap County jail on suspicion of first-degree theft and first-degree trafficking stolen property, with bail initially set at $100,000, said Kitsap County Sheriff's spokesman Scott Wilson.
The 38-year-old Poulsbo man is accused of purchasing eight of the grave markers for $200 from the suspects.
Detectives were also able to recover eight of the 12 grave markers taken, and some show signs that someone attempted to grind them down; four remain "in the wind," Wilson said. The 12 grave markers are worth about $15,000.
The grave markers were reported stolen after a spouse of one of the deceased veterans found them gone on Friday, Veterans Day, from the Breidablik Evergreen Community Cemetery.
Robert J. McDonald, 41, of Bremerton, already has been charged by Kitsap County prosecutors with second-degree trafficking stolen property for allegedly trying to sell the markers. Arrested Tuesday and initially booked on $35,000 bail, he is no longer listed in the Kitsap County jail.
The case broke open when an anonymous caller told deputies he believed that men had possibly taken the grave markers to Navy City Metals in Gorst. Employees there then identified McDonald to deputies, as the law requires them to do when people sell scrap metals to the business.
Detectives are still investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Lissa Gundrum at (360) 337-5669.
Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/nov/1.../#ixzz1duYBvsDo
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