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CAMANO ISLAND, Wash. - Island County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a loaded rifle stolen from the back of a deputy's cruiser.
Sheriff Mark Brown says someone broke into a parked cruiser in front of the deputy's home on South Camano Island between 11 Friday night and 7 Saturday morning.
The thief took a Smith and Wesson AR-15 rifle, a police-issued laptop, a cell phone and a camera.
Sheriff Brown says the deputy had secured the weapon properly, in another locked piece of equipment within the car. He says the other equipment was also secured properly and the deputy did nothing which violates departmental policy.
"It's very disturbing that someone would be this brazen," Brown said. "The rifle was inside of a locked compartment inside the patrol car."
Brown won't reveal the exact location of the break-in, but says it's in the same general vicinity where he believes teen burglar Colton Harris Moore broke into several homes. Moore is still on the run.
"Colton Harris Moore is certainly a suspect," Brown said. "He's not in custody. This is an area he has frequented in the past, beyond that I don't want people to dial in or focus on one individual."
The items are worth roughly $6,000.
Brown says the burglar will face multiple felonies for the crime, if found.
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062009WAB-camano-island-burglary-KS.d39e51e.html?rss
Sounds just like what happened at the capitol building.
Sheriff Mark Brown says someone broke into a parked cruiser in front of the deputy's home on South Camano Island between 11 Friday night and 7 Saturday morning.
The thief took a Smith and Wesson AR-15 rifle, a police-issued laptop, a cell phone and a camera.
Sheriff Brown says the deputy had secured the weapon properly, in another locked piece of equipment within the car. He says the other equipment was also secured properly and the deputy did nothing which violates departmental policy.
"It's very disturbing that someone would be this brazen," Brown said. "The rifle was inside of a locked compartment inside the patrol car."
Brown won't reveal the exact location of the break-in, but says it's in the same general vicinity where he believes teen burglar Colton Harris Moore broke into several homes. Moore is still on the run.
"Colton Harris Moore is certainly a suspect," Brown said. "He's not in custody. This is an area he has frequented in the past, beyond that I don't want people to dial in or focus on one individual."
The items are worth roughly $6,000.
Brown says the burglar will face multiple felonies for the crime, if found.
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062009WAB-camano-island-burglary-KS.d39e51e.html?rss
Sounds just like what happened at the capitol building.