By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A pair of suspected burglars fleeing a patrol deputy, hit water on South Market Boulevard in Chehalis, spun out and wrecked earlier today, with one detained and the second one subsequently found hiding in the basement of a home.
The resident was at home 200 block of Washington Avenue, but not aware a stranger was in his house, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
The incident began around 11 a.m. when an individual reported seeing a suspicious man and woman in and around her neighbor’s house on Linda Vista Drive south of Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office.
The couple left when they realized they’d been spotted but a responding deputy stopped the car on the 2100 block of Jackson Highway, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown indicated.
As a Chehalis police officer arrived for back up, the Honda Accord took off, according to Brown.
Brown said the fleeing Honda nearly struck a Chehalis police vehicle before losing control and striking a concrete pillar in a business parking lot near Second Street.
The two jumped out and began running, she said, with the driver finally being found as law enforcement officers along with Chehalis K-9 Reign conducted a track.
Russell L. Cobb, 44, of Kent, was arrested and faces numerous possible charges including burglary, eluding and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to Brown. Theresa L. St. Clair, 30, of Renton, was arrested for burglary. Both were booked into the Lewis County Jail.
Cobb had two outstanding felony warrants for his arrest, she said.
Brown said numerous items, including credit cards, seen in the car appeared to be stolen.
At the home on Linda Vista Drive, someone had had stacked up firearms inside the residence in apparent preparation to take them, before getting spooked, according to Brown.
The Honda Accord was stolen in Fife.
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CORRECTION: This news story has been updated to correctly reflect which police dog was tracking the suspect.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
thank you Local Cop, yes, it indeed was the chehalis police dog and not the sheriff’s office dog … thank you for pointing out that error. –sharyn decker, news reporter
It’s more convenient for them. Steal from a home in Lewis County, then on the way back North, stop by Centralia on the way home for a drug/merchandise exchange.
The K9 was actually from the Chehalis PD
Sure we don’t have enough scumbags in this county. Now they are commuting here from other locations.