By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Law enforcement officers yesterday arrested a 23-year-old Oakville man in connection with the home invasion two weeks ago in which two masked men carrying machetes targeted an Oakville home.
The Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office suspected the motive was to steal the resident’s recent casino winnings.
Deputies responded about 5 a.m. on May 1 to the 200 block of East Alder Street after the man and woman there reported a pair of individuals had kicked in their door and assaulted them. The intruders left without getting any money.
Chief Criminal Deputy Steve Shumate said that deputies and officers with Chehalis Tribal Police at about 2 p.m. yesterday located Derrick D. Klatush on Balch Road in Oakville and arrested him for first-degree attempted robbery, first-degree burglary and assault.
Police are actively pursuing the second suspect, a 28-year-old man who is also from Oakville, according to Shumate.
Investigators are continuing to develop information to determine if these suspects were also involved in the robbery to the marijuana dispensary a month earlier, according to Shumate.
On April 8, the Oakville School was locked down as numerous law enforcement officers responded when the Green Harbour Medical Marijuana Co-Op on the 100 block of East Pine Street was robbed of money and drugs by two men in ski masks.