Seventeen-year-old Brian A. Carreon, looks over court documents as his bail hearing comes to a close in Lewis County Superior Court.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A 17-year-old Centralia boy who took a video of himself trimming someone else’s medical marijuana plants told police he was pressured by two guys to take them to get some marijuana, and ended up part of a home invasion earlier this year in which a dog was shot.
The teen was arrested yesterday and charged today as an adult in Lewis County Superior Court.
Centralia police were called to a residence on the 1200 block of Marion Street on the night of Feb. 19, where the victim and his girlfriend said they’d just settled into bed when about three males barged through the door demanding money and weed, and fired numerous shots killing their pit bull.
Marion Street, Feb. 19, 2015
Dustin Palermo said he had no idea who they were or why they came to his house, and speculated at the time it could have been related to him winning money at the casino the night before. The former Navy corpsman had a legal amount of medical marijuana plants growing inside, for himself and another patient.
Charging documents in the case don’t relate if anything was actually stolen, but state the intruders were inside for only about 45 seconds and that security video seemed to show one of them firing frantically at the dog as they were leaving.
When police arrived, the pit bull, Misty, lay dead on the sidewalk of a gunshot wound to her abdomen.
Lewis County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher asked a judge this afternoon to hold Brian A. Carreon, 17, on $75,000 bail.
“The defendant has no criminal history, but was with two other individuals, one who was armed with a firearm,” Meagher said.
Defense attorney Joely O’Rourke suggested her client’s bail could be lower, as he has stable employment and community ties.
He’s a cook at the Rollerdrome, and teaches young kids to skate, O’Rourke told the judge, noting it’s a job he’s held for the past year and a half. He attends Calvary Chapel every Sunday and one of his roommates works at Green Hill School, she said.
Judge Richard Brosey left it at $75,000, as it was in the arrest warrant.
Meagher said the other two suspects have not been arrested, but after the court hearing, requested a $500,000 warrant for the person he says was the shooter. The judge signed the warrant.
Outside the courtroom, Meagher said Carreon’s sister was charged on Monday for rendering criminal assistance, as the Portland woman was believed to have been driving the car that night.
The deputy prosecutor had high praise for Centralia police, for having “really bird dogged this,” and following all kinds of dead end leads.
The 10-page affidavit of probable cause states that officers found nine shell casings and two bullet jacket fragments at the scene.
It also tells how Palermo posted a clip from his home security video onto Facebook – filmed with infrared cameras – asking for anyone who could identify the three figures to contact him.
Three different individuals told police they recognized Carreon and a pair of brothers who live locally, and the girlfriend Tina Bell picked one of the brothers from a montage, but said she wasn’t 100 percent sure, according to charging documents.
Meagher told the judge today the brothers were named in the documents, but he wasn’t sure they would be a part of the case.
“In all fairness, I don’t anticipate them being named as defendants,” Meagher clarified.
Charging documents offer some of the following details:
Carreon initially told police he was home the night it happened, and with his sister for a time, until 9 p.m.
A detective investigated the sister, and went to Portland to get a picture of her 1999 Honda, which Palermo felt certain was the same car that drove away from his home after the robbery.
Taina Duncan was arrested in Portland last week.
Duncan described a night in which she came to visit her brother, that he wanted to get some weed and that she didn’t know his two friends who went with them. Her daughter was in the car as well.
Carreon subsequently told detectives he’d taken a video of himself once when he went with an acquaintance to trim Palermos’ plants, and he’d shown it to someone else.
He said he was phoned by that person who said he knew he had a connection to get weed, and was headed up. He was pretty sure the two males drove up from Portland with his sister.
Carreon qualified for a court appointed lawyer. He is charged with one count of first-degree robbery.
His arraignment is scheduled for July 16.
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For background, read “Dog killed in Centralia home invasion” from Friday February 20, 2015, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
well he must not be to good of a kid if he is helping kick in doors and shoot at people and kill there dog I hope justice will serve them all right!!
For the stupid fuck head he said Anthony must be a Spanish descendent he is actually Philippino ! He’s a nice man. He lives with my dad and I and always looked out for me . He was attending college & had a job that he’s had for over a year. He’s a nice kid who had a rough life.
Nothing would stop me from seeking revenge had they killed on of my dogs.. I would willingly go to prison to know that the scum-bag was never to walk this earth again.
I cook food at the roller dome and teach kids to roller skate. On the weekends i go to church and during the evening i lurk the streets of Centralia looking for people to rob so i can add some extra money in the collection plate on Sunday. So bring your kids down to the roller dome so I can pilfer your cars in the parking lot and pick pocket your purse. After all im a roll model you can trust I work at the roller dome and my roommate works at Green Hill and we get stoned together. Have fun in prison, maybe you can teach bubba to roller skate. There going to be saying bring me the boy when you step off the prison bus. Hope the weed was worth it Jack Ass…
@Tina- Don’t listen to these inbred morons.They are just hating because theirllives suck…And I am sorry about what happened to Misty ..Dogs are just like family
True, “Retard” is not a correct term and it should not have been used.
Burnt toast is WAYYYYYY more fitting!
reatard is not even proper edict no more omg get up this the times im cool with beening called it dont bother me none 🙂
ihave nothing to say anyone i no what happen and its not the weed it has to do with a disabilty from when i was young so u dont no me or what happen they r not in jail thats y im scared every day sorry i didnt clarify so dont speak of me like u no with out the the facts thank you and have a nice day i no who i am im a good person and no one can say or tell me difrent no matter what people say 🙂
So the defense attorney says the suspect;s roommate works at Green Hill. Huh? who gives a shit where the roommate of a suspect in a robbery works? The roommate is not the suspect and has nothing to do with the suspect’s activities. I don’t get how the lawyer thinks the roommate’s occupation has any bearing on the “goodness” of the suspect. He attends church every Sunday? Yeah and commits armed robbery during the week. Please enough. Commit the crime shut up and do your time!
Tina, Its obvious that all the weed has affected you, not only are you paranoid “im scared for my life every day i live i look at everyone like they mite do something to me cuz i saw everything” you must have killed many brain cells also. Rarely have I seen someone who forms a sentence and spells like you. Can you say “Retard”?
Don’t deal or be involved in dope and lead a shady life and this won’t happen. I have ZERO remorse for the “victims”.
no we where watching a movie whe it happend it wax up loud we were in bed and my dogs bed is on the ground and no they didnt no about the casino but it still happen to us for no good reason so we dont need people saying we let them in or we did this or that cuz that not what happen im scared for my life every day i live i look at everyone like they mite do something to me cuz i saw everything there was five shots in misty my baby saved us that night or one of us mite be died i would never wish this on no one its hard to be scared everyday
Is this Brian guy a Spanish decendent. Donald Trump has got it right. He might have been born in America but Im thinking he’s spanish
I wouldn’t go so far to say pot smokers don’t commit crimes because pot smokers are as subject to human failings as anyone else, but I will say pot smokers are far less likely to get violent…when’s the last time anyone ever heard of a brawl breaking out at a pot party the way they do at a tavern? Just doesn’t happen unless another drug is involved.
I’m having a hard time believing the victim’s casino story because how would these teens from Portland know where to find him at home? I think Bill S’s scenario is more the likely one. Should be an interesting trial.
But but but marijuana doesn’t cause violence….???
It’s a drug just like coke or speed.
Pot smokers don’t commit crimes, let alone violent crimes.
What weird teens these are to commit such violent act over pot…
One unfit mother, four burglary participants…one w firearm killing a dog…
And dumbasses who have no idea who the others were who participated in the crime with them, lol. How ironic.
Lower bail because punk has no priors and holds down a job? Thumbs up to Brosey for keeping bail. Thumbs up to PA for charging as an adult. This dirtball should not be allowed to be around youth in our community, let alone work around them!
Did these kids make a mistake? Oh hell no, taking a candy bar is a mistake…burglary (esp w firearm involved where shots are fired) is not a mistake…that is complete lack of moral judgement. (ironically, one of the parts of the brain damaged by smoking pot) As has been proven by brain scans, I have personally seen.
Prison ought to give time for brains to heal…they are young enough.
To add, there is the old “dog didn’t bark” theory of crime. I don’t buy the victim’s story that they probably heard that he won money at the casino. I think he let them in because they had bought before. That’s why poor misty didn’t bark until the violence started and then the bastards shot that poor sweet pup.
Was growing a “legal” amount of Maryjane for himself and another person. That sounds like 30 plants which is a small grow operation. Had cameras and a pit bull to protect his weed but should have reinforced his doors and had a shotgun handy.
So the guy had lots of weed and probably some cash because he was probably selling. Was an inviting target for these lowlifes. My guess is that he let them in because he sold them weed before.
You really are the type of people you hang around with,if youre willing to break into someones home ,then shoot their dog,you fully deserve to spend YEARS in prison,you are disgusting
Soooo…. It says the female didn’t know the Un named two people yet they rode from Portland with her? It also says that the two Un named guys were friends of the male arrested…. And he’s local… Just seems odd
When you boys are sent up to prison i hope someone runs up in your Starfish and takes your candy bars. Enjoy prison..