Lewis County Sirens.com

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Diana Howard’s security camera paid off as deputies arrested the man yesterday suspected of repeatedly pilfering food from the freezer in her Centralia-area garage.

Freezer burglar suspect

Four times in the past month, the 63-year-old discovered various items missing and last week set up a surveillance camera at her property on Old Highway 99 near 220th Avenue Southwest.

After it captured images of a man picking through her freezer over the weekend, Howard shared those photos with the news media and the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office yesterday morning received an anonymous email someone who said they recognized the man in the picture, sheriff’s Lt. Greg Elwin said.

Deputies compared the images with a photo of the person and yesterday morning arrested 46-year-old Darrell Normand, of Rochester for residential burglary, Elwin said.

Normand lives about a half mile from Howard’s house, he said.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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