Cole T. Moon returns to his seat to wait to be taken back down to the Lewis County Jail after bail hearing.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Just as he was finishing up serving jail time for his role in a burglary to the McDonald’s restaurant in Centralia, Cole T. Moon found himself charged with new felonies related to past alleged activities.
Moon, 24, recently pleaded guilty to the McDonald’s incident and was given just 45 days in jail because he was a first time offender.
The break-in was just one in a series of nine which took place during 2015 in cities between Portland and Lacey with similar methods – the thieves cut holes in the roofs of fast food restaurants and then cut holes in their safes and stole money, according to authorities. Three took place in Centralia.
An acquaintance of Moon’s pleaded guilty on Wednesday to five of the crimes and is facing a potential sentence of more than 12 years in prison.
As part of his plea agreement, 26-year-old Alexis Cardenas was required to provide a truthful statement about his activities and the names of all who helped him.
The new information, presented in charging documents, alleges there was an attempted burglary at the Centralia McDonald’s a few weeks before the known break-in on May 28, 2015. But they brought the wrong cutting tool and abandoned the venture, according to authorities.
Moon also is now implicated in the incident at Arby’s on April 14, 2015 as well as others in other counties, according to charging documents.
Lewis County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Will Halstead charged Moon yesterday with one count of second-degree burglary, one count of attempted second-degree burglary, one count of first-degree malicious mischief and a count of attempted first-degree malicious mischief.
Moon had just completed serving his time the day before in the Lewis County Jail.
Temporary defense attorney Kevin Nelson said his client had a solid place to live and a job lined up as bail was discussed.
Lewis County Superior Court Judge Joely O’Rourke agreed with Halstead’s request for bail of $100,000 for Moon.
Moon’s arraignment is scheduled for Thursday.
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For background, read “Fast food roof top burglar convicted after plea deal” from Wednesday March 22, 2017, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
the real Hamburgler! 😉
That’s hilarious. I can just imagine this guy in lock-up. Counting down, with expectation, his final days of chocking down tasteless, bland MRI’s and warm powdered fruit drinks. Breathing the recirculated stale potpourri of expelled male flatulence. Then, he gets a teaser of one day breathing the alfresco of freedom and palatable food…until deja vu!
So much for loyalty amongst thieves
So much for the fast food business, it turned into fast Felony’s
Lol they all took guilty plea deals with public defenders. 12 years in prison for actions that netted less than 15000 hardly a deal. then For speedy trials and now they get more charges. Obviously these people
Come from poor backgrounds and cannot afford to pay for a decent lawyer sorry but all yalls are getting the shaft! Should have been a frauding government or county employee you get more money and less time for your thievery if you get caught at all. Better off getting a bunch of credit cards and declaring bankruptcy and there’s not really anything anyone could do. Stop watching movies and take the less exciting embezzlement route that does include cutting tools and this wouldn’t have happened. Lol if you want steal become a govt employee! Right?!?!?