MOSES LAKE, Wash. (04OCT2014) – Authorities on Thursday recovered numerous pieces of property stolen during at least two recent Moses Lake area burglaries.
Thieves stole several firearms and other valuable during a September 27 burglary on County Road A-Northeast east of Moses Lake.
Acting on a suspicion of where the thieves may have had to travel to commit the crime, a sheriff’s deputy on Wednesday discovered a stolen go-cart on state game land about three miles southeast of Interstate 90 and Hiawatha Road. The go-cart was believed stolen during a recent theft nearby. Deputies guarded the scene Wednesday night and assembled more deputies and state Fish and Wildlife officers to search the game land the following day.
On Thursday, officers found hidden on the state land two stolen ATVs stuck in the mud flats of a dry lake bed, and 18 firearms which appeared to have been carried away from the Road A burglary in a large wheeled cart. Deputies also found a 1984 Oldsmobile which matched the description of a car seen near recent burglaries. Inside the car was Jarred T. Brockman, 18 of Moses Lake, along with evidence from recent burglaries. Brockman was arrested and deputies are recommending he face multiple charges of first-degree burglary, multiple counts of theft of a firearm, and multiple counts of third-degree possession of stolen property. He is lodged in the Grant County Jail. The Olds was seized as evidence.
Detectives believe the property found Thursday is all tied to reported burglaries in the Moses Lake area. The investigation continues.
Attached: Photo of recovered firearms.
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