By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The lawyer representing suspected bank robber Larry Gene Bailey told a judge today he needed to postpone his client’s trial, as he looks into a legal issue.
“There’s a legal issue, I need to basically interview the officers in the case,” defense attorney Chris Baum said today. “That would give us time to do the interviews and file the motion.”
Baum and Bailey were in Lewis County Superior Court this morning for a scheduled brief review hearing.
Baum didn’t say what the issue was, only that he needed to speak with all the officers.
Bailey, 52, was arrested on the morning of Jan. 26, after ditching a BMX-style bicycle on the West Street overpass in Chehalis and trying to get away from a pursuing sheriff’s deputy through a barbed wire fence. Police found $36,000 cash in his backpack.
Chase Bank on South Market Boulevard had just been robbed about 45 minutes earlier.
When he was taken to Steck Medical Center to be treated for his injuries, Bailey allegedly told the nurse he had robbed a bank.
His trial was set for the week of March 23, but the court agreed today to move it to the week of May 18. Bailey has pleaded not guilty to first-degree robbery and possession of methamphetamine.
Prosecutors believe he has four previous convictions for bank robbery, in Kansas, Eastern Washington and Western Washington.
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For background, read “Chase bank robbery suspect facing possible third strike, pleads not guilty” from Thursday January 29, 2015, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Heck yea, there’s a legal issue.
It’s called Kidnapping and first degree robbery.