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August 19, 2003, 12:46 AM
Robbers invade county prosecutor's home (Olympia,WA)
THE OLYMPIAN
Ed Holm, Thurston County Prosecutor, was the victim of the second home invasion burglary in as many days in Olympia.
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Department is investigat-ing the attack this morning.
The invasion follows a similar one that occurred in Olympia early Sunday.
Intruders pistol whipped Cecil Pritchard, 85, a World War II veteran, in his State Avenue N.E. home while de-manding cash, jewels and other valuables. The intruders held a gun to his wife’s face and threatened to kill her.
Investigators say the cases are similar in some respects.
Unlike the Olympia break-in, however, Holm, his wife and three children were not hurt when early-morning invaders entered their home through an open door shortly before 5 a.m. Monday.
Lt. Brad Watkins of the sheriff’s department said Holm and his wife were sleeping when the lights came on in their home in the 7400 block of Puget Beach Road N.E. in unincorporated Thurston County.
A man with a pistol standing at the foot of the bed de-manded they lie on the floor and they complied. The couple’s three children, two sons and a daughter, slept through the invasion and woke only when officers arrived later.
The couple saw two intruders but thought they may have heard other voices. In all, the intruders spent between 20 and 30 minutes ransacking the family home and left with wallets, credit cards, a TV, computer, jewelry and three long guns. Ed Holm’s county ID, identifying him as the county prosecutor, was in one of the stolen wallets.
“We have no information that prior to this home inva-sion robbery the suspects knew whose home it was they were breaking into,” Watkins said.
THE OLYMPIAN
Ed Holm, Thurston County Prosecutor, was the victim of the second home invasion burglary in as many days in Olympia.
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Department is investigat-ing the attack this morning.
The invasion follows a similar one that occurred in Olympia early Sunday.
Intruders pistol whipped Cecil Pritchard, 85, a World War II veteran, in his State Avenue N.E. home while de-manding cash, jewels and other valuables. The intruders held a gun to his wife’s face and threatened to kill her.
Investigators say the cases are similar in some respects.
Unlike the Olympia break-in, however, Holm, his wife and three children were not hurt when early-morning invaders entered their home through an open door shortly before 5 a.m. Monday.
Lt. Brad Watkins of the sheriff’s department said Holm and his wife were sleeping when the lights came on in their home in the 7400 block of Puget Beach Road N.E. in unincorporated Thurston County.
A man with a pistol standing at the foot of the bed de-manded they lie on the floor and they complied. The couple’s three children, two sons and a daughter, slept through the invasion and woke only when officers arrived later.
The couple saw two intruders but thought they may have heard other voices. In all, the intruders spent between 20 and 30 minutes ransacking the family home and left with wallets, credit cards, a TV, computer, jewelry and three long guns. Ed Holm’s county ID, identifying him as the county prosecutor, was in one of the stolen wallets.
“We have no information that prior to this home inva-sion robbery the suspects knew whose home it was they were breaking into,” Watkins said.