Some time during the evening hours of Sunday, January 31st and early morning hours of Monday, February 1st, the Rivers Edge Restaurant located at 4611 Tumwater Valley Drive SE was burglarized.
The suspects stole two 46″ Panasonic LCD televisions and an HP laptop from inside the restaurant. The loss to the business is estimated at $2,200.
Between 5 p.m. on January 19th and 5 a.m. the following morning, the county facility under construction at 3013 Ferguson Lane SW was burglarized. The suspects pried open doors and padlocks, causing hundreds of dollars in damage. Once inside, the thieves stole numerous tools, brass fittings, and copper wire. The losses total over $14,000.
During the evening hours of December 20th and early morning hours of December 21st, a 6′x10′ utility trailer was stolen from the 2600 block of Parkmont Lane SW. The trailer had “CIA Group” painted on the sides. It contained approximately $7,000 in construction equipment inside. When the trailer was later recovered on Old Olympic Highway near Kennedy Creek in Mason County, all the contents had been stolen.
On Saturday, January 9th, between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., a vehicle prowl occurred in the apartment complex parking lot in the 5800 block of Titleist Lane SE.
The suspect entered a ran 2003 Honda Element SUV and stole several rolling cases of jewelry in plastic display boxes used for jewelry parties. The jewelry is made by Silpada Designs and includes sterling silver rings, necklaces and bracelets valued at over $3,800.
On October 31st unknown suspects broke into several portable classrooms at the Olympia Regional Learning Center located in the 2000 block of 26th Avenue NE. The thieves stole backpacks, assorted computer equipment, cameras, and a projector. The majority of the stolen items were found the next day in the bushes at Friendly Grove Park which is located in the 2300 block of Friendly Grove Road. A Dell laptop computer and a Hitachi projector are still missing with an estimated value of $1200.00.
On October 9th, at about 1:45 a.m., there was a burglary at the Shop Fast Store, 2020 Black Lake Blvd SW. The suspect broke out the glass in the front door to enter. He then stole cartons of cigarettes valued at several hundred dollars.
The suspect is a white male wearing a gray and black ball cap with white emblem. He wore a black Adidas-style jacket with 3 white stripes down the arm. He wore an earring in his left ear and possibly also in his right ear.
Some time during the evening of October 5th and morning of October 6th, a first degree theft occurred at a construction site in the area of Willamette Drive NE and Orion Drive NE.
A trailer-mounted Ingersol Rand compressor was locked and secured to a bucket loader at the site, but was stolen during the night. The trailer plate number is 7770-UC, and the compressor was beige in color, valued at $9,000.
Since mid-August, there have been at least 12 business burglaries and four apartment burglaries in the Lacey Boulevard, Pacific Avenue area of Lacey. The same suspects are believed to be responsible for these burglaries.
The burglaries occur in the early morning hours, and often include outside shed type buildings and small espresso stands. The apartment burglaries often are the result of unlocked windows and doors.
