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tTwo drunks, one knife; both guilty
A Mason County Superior
Court jury convicted a 20-year-old
Shelton man of participating in a
robbery last summer in which he
and another 20-year-old took $15
from a Shelton teenager and tried
to get cash from another teen.
Christopher Ray Mullen of
1719 Union Street was convicted
of second-degree robbery and at-
tempted second-degree robbery.
He earned a "strike" under the
state's persistent offender sen-
tencing law for the second-degree
robbery conviction. Persons con-
victed of three "strike" offenses
receive a mandatory sentence of
life in prison without the possibil-
ity of parole.
Mullen had been charged with
robbery in the first degree and at-
tempted robbery in the first de-
gree but the jury was unable to
reach a unanimous decision on
those charges. His codefendant,
20-year-old Brian Clayton Hard-
mg of 1619 Summit, Shelton, pled
guilty last fall to second-degree
robbery and attempted second-de-
gree robbery and was sentenced
to 13 months in prison.
MULLEN WAS taken into
custody after the jury returned
the verdicts on January 2 and is
scheduled for sentencing on Janu-
ary 22.
Both Mullen and Harding ad-
aitted they had been drinking
alcohol before they confronted
Joshua Kilts and Michael Cook
shortly before midnight on Au-
gust 15. According to testimony
at the trial, Harding was armed
with a knife when he and Mullen
demanded money from Cook, who
said he had none, and then took
$15 from Kilts' wallet.
Kilts was the first witness to
testify on December 27. He said
he and his friend, Mike Cook, had
been at his house and they decid-
ed to walk to the Red Apple Mar-
ket and get some sodas.
On the way to the store, he
said two guys identified as Mul-
len and Harding approached him
and his friend and asked them
if they wanted to fight. He said
he and Cook said, "No way" and
tried to continue walking. Kilts
said Harding was threatening to
beat them up and that Harding
took his hat and Cook's hat and
then asked them if they had any
money.
"MY FRIEND SAID he didn't
have any money and that's when
he (Mullen) grabbed my wallet
from my back pocket and took out
$15," Kilts said. He said while
Mullen was taking his money,
Harding had a knife in his hand.
Kilts said after the incident
he and Cook went to the Shelton
Shell, took cash out of an ATM
machine, got something to drink
and then went back to Cook's
house and called the police. He
said they were able to provide the
names of Mullen and Harding by
looking in a Shelton High School
yearbook.
Sergeant Jeff Rhoades of the
Shelton Police Department said
he investigated the report from
Kilts and Cook. He said the teen-
agers provided him with the
names of the two men who had
robbed them.
Rhoades said he went to the
residence on Union Street in an
attempt to locate Mullen and
learned from Garlinghouse that
Mullen was waiting to meet the
police at the Red Apple. Rhoades
said he and Officer Chris Kolstad
found Mullen walking down an al-
ley near the store. He also noted
Harding was arrested at a resi-
dence on Ellinor Avenue.
TESTIMONY RESUMED on
December 28 with Jackie Bridges,
who said he was with Mullen and
Harding and several other friends
on August 14 at the Union Street
residence where Garlinghouse
and Mullen live. "I was drinking. I
left with Brian Harding and Chris
Mullen. They were going to walk
me home," he said explaining he
lives about a half mile from Gar-
linghouse's place at 1329 Ellinor
Avenue, across Olympic High-
way South. He said Mullen and
Harding walked with him about
half way and then they turned
around.
Bridges said both Mullen and
Harding came back to his house
in the early morning hours of Au-
gust 15 but they were not togeth-
er. He said Harding "came back
to my house about 1:30 a.m." He
said Harding was arrested at his
residence.
Bridges said he was drunk and
could not remember what Harding
had told him about the incident.
He said he saw Mullen about an
Palm Pilot problem finds
y suspected of theft
(Continued from page 26.)
Officer Troy Wiktorek of the SPD
who said he was responding to a
[eport from Mason General Hospi-
" that an intoxicated patient had
spit on a nurse in the emergency
room. Pintar had been placed in
:straints and was being treated
l°raeut over his eye when he al-
an?my spat on the nurse.
1 Judge Sheldon appointed the
aw firm of Jones and Ferrell to
represent Pintar, set bail at $5,000
and scheduled arraignment for
January 12.
We Monty Ray Willy, 42, of 711
est Pine Street, Shelton, was
identified in an investigation of
theR in the second degree.
He was arrested on January 4
by Officer Mike Fiola of the SPD
Who said he was investigating a
report from Bert Fisher, manager
at Our Community Credit Union,
that his Palm Pilot had been tak-
InafO hi's office on January 2.
., ault, another employee of
ne credit Union, told the officer he
saw a man in Fisher's office while
Fisher Was out to lunch.
Willy's wife Karen reportedly
brought the Palm Pilot to the po-
lice department at about 8:45 p.m.
on January 2.
Judge Sheldon appointed
Charles Lane as defense attorney,
set bail at $2,500 and scheduled
arraignment for January 12. She
ordered Willy to have no contact
with Fisher, Nault or Michelle
Richie, a potential witness, and
said he cannot go to the credit
union.
On Thursday, January 4,
Shawn Patrick Parker, 34, of
1818 Summit Drive, Shelton, was
identified in an investigation of
eight counts of forgery.
He was arrested on January 3
by Detective Paul Campbell of the
SPD who said he was investigating
a report from Ella Parker. She re-
portedly said her son stole checks
in October and forged her name
and cashed them. Parker allegedly
cashed the following checks at the
Red Apple Market: on October 27
for $25; on October 28 for $5.50; on
November 15 for $25; on Novem-
ber 16 for $15; and on November
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Fahrenheit (in.)
January 3 48 37 .60
January 4 42 33 .29
January 5 46 32 2.06
January 6 43 36 .18
January 7 50 39 1.72
oanuary 8 48 39 .28
January 9 48 33 .21
t Measurements are recorded for
ae National Weather Service at
anderson Field.
The new year is off to a wet
start with more than eight inches
of precipitation in the first nine
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d Applying for marriage licenses
Uring the past week, according
to the Mason County Auditor's Of-
rice, were:
21 Michael Jeffrey Stanton, 45,
lir, and Shannon Mae Crabb,
, elIair.
_ Fernando Miquel Rodriguez,
5 a, S helton, and Lorane Denise
ber, 23, Shelton.
iee, trois. Eugene Nichols II, 27,
alr, Kara Dawn Petersen, 24,
'elfair.
Jeffrey E. Sherwin, 34, Belfair,
and Shawna Anne Smith, 38, Bel-
fair.
days of 2007. The 75-year monthly
average for January is 10.63 inch-
es. However, more than twice that
amount fell last year with a stag-
gering 23.27 inches of precipita-
tion recorded in January 2006.
Wednesday morning the Na-
tional Weather Service predicted
mostly sunny skies on Thursday
with breezy conditions and winds
from the northeast at 15 to 25
miles per hour. The high should be
between 29 and 36 degrees. Thurs-
day night should be clear, with
lows between 13 and 20 degrees
and winds from the northeast at
10 to 15 miles per hour.
Forecasters expect more sun-
shine on Friday, with light winds
and highs between 31 and 36 de-
grees. Friday night through Satur-
day night should be partly cloudy.
The lows should be between 21
and 28 degrees with the high in
the upper 30s.
The extended forecast calls for
mostly sunny skies and a high
around 40 degrees on Sunday.
Sunday night should be partly
cloudy with a low between 25 and
30 degrees.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Day should be mostly sunny with
highs between 40 and 45 degrees.
Expect mostly cloudy conditions
Monday night through Tuesday.
The low should be between 28 and
33 degrees, with the high between
40 and 45 degrees.
28 for $20.
He is also suspected of cashing
checks at Brad's Quick Step on No-
vember 26 for $10 and at Shelton
Shell on November 28 for $7 and
November 29 for $25.
Judge Sheldon appointed Lane
as defense attorney and released
Parker on his promise to appear
for arraignment on January 11.
She said he should have no contact
with his mother and must provide
an address other than the one at
her residence.
On Wednesday, January 3, Ste-
ven Michael Dorland, 24, of 100
SE Sa-Heh-Wamish Court, Shel-
ton, was identified in an investiga-
tion of theft in the first degree. He
was arrested January 2 by Detec-
tive Mike Foster who said he was
investigating reports of multiple
thefts from David Lopeman. Lope-
man indicated Dorland, his grand-
son, may be responsible for three
of four thefts he reported.
The items which were taken and
pawned, included two chainsaws,
two welders, a brush cutter, hand
tools, a high-performance engine
and a television set with a total
value of $7,397, according to Fos-
ter's report. The detective said he
went to Cash Northwest on Pacific
Avenue in Lacey and saw Dorland
with his grandmother, Shirley
Lopemen, come out with a welder
which had been reported stolen.
Dorland reportedly admitted com-
mitting the thefts and eight others
in an interview with Foster.
Judge Sheldon appointed Lane
as defense counsel and released
Dorland on his promise to appear
for arraignment on January 5. She
ordered Dorland to have no con-
tact with his grandfather or his
residence.
On Tuesday, January 2:
• Michael Shawn Graham,
35, of 80 East Skyline Drive, Shel-
ton, was identified in an investi-
gation of theft in the third degree
and trafficking in stolen property
in the first degree. He appeared in
court with attorney James Gazori.
He was arrested December 28
by Officer Kenny Driver of the
SPD who said he was investigat-
ing a report from Wal-Mart em-
ployees Cedric Clark and Michael
Benson. They said Graham, also
an employee, took a futon which
he was supposed to deliver on De-
cember 27 to a customer and gave
it to two friends. Graham then al-
legedly took another futon which
he was supposed to deliver but
never did.
Graham allegedly told Driver
his friends gave him $100 for the
futon. Judge Sawyer released Gra-
ham on his promise to appear for
arraignment on January 16. He
ordered him to have no contact
with Clark or Benson and told him
not to go to Wal-Mart properties.
hour after Harding was arrested.
Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold
Schuetz pressed Bridges about in-
consistencies in what he had told
the prosecutor just prior to his tes-
timony. He read from a statement
Bridges gave to Rhoades: "Chris,
when he came by my house, said
me and Brian were being stu-
pid. We took some kid's hat." He
asked Bridges if he remembered
saying that and Bridges said, "I'm
not sure."
GARLINGHOUSE SAID he
was friends with Harding and a
roommate with Mullen, whom
he'd known for about six years. He
said MuUen, Harding and Bridges
left his place on August 14 as "a
threesome" and said it could have
been after midnight.
"They came back after drop-
ping Jackie oil'. They did explain
they did do something. Then Bri-
an's morn called and said the cops
were looking for him. I told Chris,
'I don't want the cops at my house'
and I told him to leave. The cops
showed up and I told them he'd be
at the Red Apple."
Again Schuetz asked Gar-
linghouse about statements he
made just prior to his testimony.
Garlinghouse admitted, "Both of
them said they had taken some
stuff from a kid."
The state's case was interrupt-
ed for testimony from Harding, a
witness for the defense. He was
transported from Stafford Creek
Corrections Center. Harding said
he and Mullen left with Bridges
and walked him to the front porch
of his house and then he and Mul-
len walked back to Garlinghouse's
place. "Along the way we seen the
victims, Mr. Cook and Mr. Kilts.
I said, 'Hi' trying to get their at-
tention. They did not respond. I
was intoxicated so I was insulted
by their cold shouldering me," he
said.
"I ASKED THEM how old
they were and if they wanted to
engage in a fight. They said no,
they didn't want to fight so I took
one of the kids' hats off his head
and I asked him if he wanted to
fight and the other one stepped
up and I took his hat too. I had
a fifth of Southern Comfort in my
coat pocket," Harding continued.
He denied having a knife. He
also said no money was taken
from anyone's wallet. He said
Mullen did not take either hat
or any money. Harding admitted
threatening Kilts and Cook but
said, "I never hit them." Defense
attorney Ronald Sergi asked Har-
ding about Mullen's role in the in-
cident. Harding said Mullen told
him, "Come on, Brian, they don't
want to fight." He said the only
thing Mullen did was "encourag-
ing me to stop and walking with
me."
Harding continued, "When we
made it back to Mr. Garlinghouse's
residence, everyone was telling
me it wasn't cool what I did. I just
wanted to continue drinking so
I left with the hats." He said he
went to Bridges' residence. When
Schuetz asked, "You're taking it
on your own shoulders and cov-
ering for your friend?" Harding
answered, "No." He also repeated
that Mullen was with him but
did not participate in taking the
hats.
Schuetz recalled Kilts and
asked him about the testimony
in which Harding claimed he was
"the only actor."
"THAT IS NOT the truth.
Chris took money and Brian had
a knife. Chris took my hat and
Brian took Michael's hat," Kilts
said.
Testimony resumed on Janu-
ary 2 with 18-year-old Michael
Cook. He said he and Kilts "were
just hanging out at his house and
decided to go to the store to get
some sodas. We were heading for
the Red Apple. We were walking
and kind of approached by two
kids. One of them said, 'Hey, what
are you doing.'
"I recognized one of them,
Chris, from school," he said point-
ing to Mullen. "They were asking
us if we wanted to fight them. We
said we didn't want to get into
anything. They came up to us and
took our hats off our heads. Brian
took mine and Chris took Josh's.
We were just kind of scared. We
started to walk away."
Cook continued, "They said,
'Have you got any money?' I
showed them my pockets. I think
it was Brian that pulled some-
thing out and he had a knife at
his side. Chris was getting Josh's
wallet. Chris got it out of his back
pocket. The money was taken out
of it and the wallet was given back
to Josh." ,t
COOK SAID after Harding
and Mullen took the money, he
and Kilts "just started to walk
away. We ended up at Shell. We
went back to my house and Josh
called the cops. We looked in the
yearbook and pointed both of them
out for the cops."
Mullen testified in his own de-
fense. He said he has been friends
with Harding since middle school.
Mullen said on August 15, "we
were accompanying our friend
home. We only walked to about
four blocks from his house."
He said he and Harding ran
into Kilts and Cook as they were
walking back to Union Street.
"Brian asked them if they wanted
to fight. They said that they didn't
want to fight. We ended up ap-
proaching them again.
"We were looking at them, try-
ing to figure out if we knew them
or not," Mullen continued. "Brian
said they had nice hats and he
took them."
HE DENIED taking Kilts' hat.
Mullen also denied taking the
wallet from Kilts' pocket and said
Harding did not do this either.
Sergi asked Mullen about his
level of intoxication. "I was think-
ing clear," he said. "I told him
(Harding) we should just go back
to my house. I think he had more
to drink than I did. As far as I
know he did not have any weap-
ons." Mullen said Harding did
have a bottle of booze with him.
He continued, "We went back to
my house. Brian stayed about 20
minutes and then he left. I ended
up going to sleep." Mullen testi-
fied that after about half an hour
"one of my friends came in my
room and said the cops were look-
ing for me. I got dressed and told
them if they showed up I would
• be at the Red Apple. Keith didn't
want them at the house."
Mullen said he never told Gar-
linghouse he was involved in the
robbery. "I told Jackie we were
involved in something earlier in
the night. I didn't say I took any-
thing," he said.
DURING QUESTIONING by
Schuetz, Mullen said he went to
Bridges' residence before going to
the store to meet the police. He
said Harding took both hats, add-
ing, "I have no idea what he did
with them."
When Schuetz asked, "Every-
thing here is scripted to get you
off?. Isn't that the real truth?"
Mullen responded, "No."
Members of the jury who de-
liberated about four hours before
returning the guilty verdicts were
Tina Austin, M. Geanne Dycus,
Linnea Wallin, Michael Pena,
Carolyn Hoosier, Alfred Capde-
pen, Ann Marie Cappiello, Janet
O'Connor, Donald Falk, Donald
Hoag, Carmen Socorro-Seamons
and Susan Olson.
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Thursday, January 11, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 27
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tTwo drunks, one knife; both guilty
A Mason County Superior
Court jury convicted a 20-year-old
Shelton man of participating in a
robbery last summer in which he
and another 20-year-old took $15
from a Shelton teenager and tried
to get cash from another teen.
Christopher Ray Mullen of
1719 Union Street was convicted
of second-degree robbery and at-
tempted second-degree robbery.
He earned a "strike" under the
state's persistent offender sen-
tencing law for the second-degree
robbery conviction. Persons con-
victed of three "strike" offenses
receive a mandatory sentence of
life in prison without the possibil-
ity of parole.
Mullen had been charged with
robbery in the first degree and at-
tempted robbery in the first de-
gree but the jury was unable to
reach a unanimous decision on
those charges. His codefendant,
20-year-old Brian Clayton Hard-
mg of 1619 Summit, Shelton, pled
guilty last fall to second-degree
robbery and attempted second-de-
gree robbery and was sentenced
to 13 months in prison.
MULLEN WAS taken into
custody after the jury returned
the verdicts on January 2 and is
scheduled for sentencing on Janu-
ary 22.
Both Mullen and Harding ad-
aitted they had been drinking
alcohol before they confronted
Joshua Kilts and Michael Cook
shortly before midnight on Au-
gust 15. According to testimony
at the trial, Harding was armed
with a knife when he and Mullen
demanded money from Cook, who
said he had none, and then took
$15 from Kilts' wallet.
Kilts was the first witness to
testify on December 27. He said
he and his friend, Mike Cook, had
been at his house and they decid-
ed to walk to the Red Apple Mar-
ket and get some sodas.
On the way to the store, he
said two guys identified as Mul-
len and Harding approached him
and his friend and asked them
if they wanted to fight. He said
he and Cook said, "No way" and
tried to continue walking. Kilts
said Harding was threatening to
beat them up and that Harding
took his hat and Cook's hat and
then asked them if they had any
money.
"MY FRIEND SAID he didn't
have any money and that's when
he (Mullen) grabbed my wallet
from my back pocket and took out
$15," Kilts said. He said while
Mullen was taking his money,
Harding had a knife in his hand.
Kilts said after the incident
he and Cook went to the Shelton
Shell, took cash out of an ATM
machine, got something to drink
and then went back to Cook's
house and called the police. He
said they were able to provide the
names of Mullen and Harding by
looking in a Shelton High School
yearbook.
Sergeant Jeff Rhoades of the
Shelton Police Department said
he investigated the report from
Kilts and Cook. He said the teen-
agers provided him with the
names of the two men who had
robbed them.
Rhoades said he went to the
residence on Union Street in an
attempt to locate Mullen and
learned from Garlinghouse that
Mullen was waiting to meet the
police at the Red Apple. Rhoades
said he and Officer Chris Kolstad
found Mullen walking down an al-
ley near the store. He also noted
Harding was arrested at a resi-
dence on Ellinor Avenue.
TESTIMONY RESUMED on
December 28 with Jackie Bridges,
who said he was with Mullen and
Harding and several other friends
on August 14 at the Union Street
residence where Garlinghouse
and Mullen live. "I was drinking. I
left with Brian Harding and Chris
Mullen. They were going to walk
me home," he said explaining he
lives about a half mile from Gar-
linghouse's place at 1329 Ellinor
Avenue, across Olympic High-
way South. He said Mullen and
Harding walked with him about
half way and then they turned
around.
Bridges said both Mullen and
Harding came back to his house
in the early morning hours of Au-
gust 15 but they were not togeth-
er. He said Harding "came back
to my house about 1:30 a.m." He
said Harding was arrested at his
residence.
Bridges said he was drunk and
could not remember what Harding
had told him about the incident.
He said he saw Mullen about an
Palm Pilot problem finds
y suspected of theft
(Continued from page 26.)
Officer Troy Wiktorek of the SPD
who said he was responding to a
[eport from Mason General Hospi-
" that an intoxicated patient had
spit on a nurse in the emergency
room. Pintar had been placed in
:straints and was being treated
l°raeut over his eye when he al-
an?my spat on the nurse.
1 Judge Sheldon appointed the
aw firm of Jones and Ferrell to
represent Pintar, set bail at $5,000
and scheduled arraignment for
January 12.
We Monty Ray Willy, 42, of 711
est Pine Street, Shelton, was
identified in an investigation of
theR in the second degree.
He was arrested on January 4
by Officer Mike Fiola of the SPD
Who said he was investigating a
report from Bert Fisher, manager
at Our Community Credit Union,
that his Palm Pilot had been tak-
InafO hi's office on January 2.
., ault, another employee of
ne credit Union, told the officer he
saw a man in Fisher's office while
Fisher Was out to lunch.
Willy's wife Karen reportedly
brought the Palm Pilot to the po-
lice department at about 8:45 p.m.
on January 2.
Judge Sheldon appointed
Charles Lane as defense attorney,
set bail at $2,500 and scheduled
arraignment for January 12. She
ordered Willy to have no contact
with Fisher, Nault or Michelle
Richie, a potential witness, and
said he cannot go to the credit
union.
On Thursday, January 4,
Shawn Patrick Parker, 34, of
1818 Summit Drive, Shelton, was
identified in an investigation of
eight counts of forgery.
He was arrested on January 3
by Detective Paul Campbell of the
SPD who said he was investigating
a report from Ella Parker. She re-
portedly said her son stole checks
in October and forged her name
and cashed them. Parker allegedly
cashed the following checks at the
Red Apple Market: on October 27
for $25; on October 28 for $5.50; on
November 15 for $25; on Novem-
ber 16 for $15; and on November
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High Low Precip.
Fahrenheit (in.)
January 3 48 37 .60
January 4 42 33 .29
January 5 46 32 2.06
January 6 43 36 .18
January 7 50 39 1.72
oanuary 8 48 39 .28
January 9 48 33 .21
t Measurements are recorded for
ae National Weather Service at
anderson Field.
The new year is off to a wet
start with more than eight inches
of precipitation in the first nine
. __
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;i
d Applying for marriage licenses
Uring the past week, according
to the Mason County Auditor's Of-
rice, were:
21 Michael Jeffrey Stanton, 45,
lir, and Shannon Mae Crabb,
, elIair.
_ Fernando Miquel Rodriguez,
5 a, S helton, and Lorane Denise
ber, 23, Shelton.
iee, trois. Eugene Nichols II, 27,
alr, Kara Dawn Petersen, 24,
'elfair.
Jeffrey E. Sherwin, 34, Belfair,
and Shawna Anne Smith, 38, Bel-
fair.
days of 2007. The 75-year monthly
average for January is 10.63 inch-
es. However, more than twice that
amount fell last year with a stag-
gering 23.27 inches of precipita-
tion recorded in January 2006.
Wednesday morning the Na-
tional Weather Service predicted
mostly sunny skies on Thursday
with breezy conditions and winds
from the northeast at 15 to 25
miles per hour. The high should be
between 29 and 36 degrees. Thurs-
day night should be clear, with
lows between 13 and 20 degrees
and winds from the northeast at
10 to 15 miles per hour.
Forecasters expect more sun-
shine on Friday, with light winds
and highs between 31 and 36 de-
grees. Friday night through Satur-
day night should be partly cloudy.
The lows should be between 21
and 28 degrees with the high in
the upper 30s.
The extended forecast calls for
mostly sunny skies and a high
around 40 degrees on Sunday.
Sunday night should be partly
cloudy with a low between 25 and
30 degrees.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Day should be mostly sunny with
highs between 40 and 45 degrees.
Expect mostly cloudy conditions
Monday night through Tuesday.
The low should be between 28 and
33 degrees, with the high between
40 and 45 degrees.
28 for $20.
He is also suspected of cashing
checks at Brad's Quick Step on No-
vember 26 for $10 and at Shelton
Shell on November 28 for $7 and
November 29 for $25.
Judge Sheldon appointed Lane
as defense attorney and released
Parker on his promise to appear
for arraignment on January 11.
She said he should have no contact
with his mother and must provide
an address other than the one at
her residence.
On Wednesday, January 3, Ste-
ven Michael Dorland, 24, of 100
SE Sa-Heh-Wamish Court, Shel-
ton, was identified in an investiga-
tion of theft in the first degree. He
was arrested January 2 by Detec-
tive Mike Foster who said he was
investigating reports of multiple
thefts from David Lopeman. Lope-
man indicated Dorland, his grand-
son, may be responsible for three
of four thefts he reported.
The items which were taken and
pawned, included two chainsaws,
two welders, a brush cutter, hand
tools, a high-performance engine
and a television set with a total
value of $7,397, according to Fos-
ter's report. The detective said he
went to Cash Northwest on Pacific
Avenue in Lacey and saw Dorland
with his grandmother, Shirley
Lopemen, come out with a welder
which had been reported stolen.
Dorland reportedly admitted com-
mitting the thefts and eight others
in an interview with Foster.
Judge Sheldon appointed Lane
as defense counsel and released
Dorland on his promise to appear
for arraignment on January 5. She
ordered Dorland to have no con-
tact with his grandfather or his
residence.
On Tuesday, January 2:
• Michael Shawn Graham,
35, of 80 East Skyline Drive, Shel-
ton, was identified in an investi-
gation of theft in the third degree
and trafficking in stolen property
in the first degree. He appeared in
court with attorney James Gazori.
He was arrested December 28
by Officer Kenny Driver of the
SPD who said he was investigat-
ing a report from Wal-Mart em-
ployees Cedric Clark and Michael
Benson. They said Graham, also
an employee, took a futon which
he was supposed to deliver on De-
cember 27 to a customer and gave
it to two friends. Graham then al-
legedly took another futon which
he was supposed to deliver but
never did.
Graham allegedly told Driver
his friends gave him $100 for the
futon. Judge Sawyer released Gra-
ham on his promise to appear for
arraignment on January 16. He
ordered him to have no contact
with Clark or Benson and told him
not to go to Wal-Mart properties.
hour after Harding was arrested.
Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold
Schuetz pressed Bridges about in-
consistencies in what he had told
the prosecutor just prior to his tes-
timony. He read from a statement
Bridges gave to Rhoades: "Chris,
when he came by my house, said
me and Brian were being stu-
pid. We took some kid's hat." He
asked Bridges if he remembered
saying that and Bridges said, "I'm
not sure."
GARLINGHOUSE SAID he
was friends with Harding and a
roommate with Mullen, whom
he'd known for about six years. He
said MuUen, Harding and Bridges
left his place on August 14 as "a
threesome" and said it could have
been after midnight.
"They came back after drop-
ping Jackie oil'. They did explain
they did do something. Then Bri-
an's morn called and said the cops
were looking for him. I told Chris,
'I don't want the cops at my house'
and I told him to leave. The cops
showed up and I told them he'd be
at the Red Apple."
Again Schuetz asked Gar-
linghouse about statements he
made just prior to his testimony.
Garlinghouse admitted, "Both of
them said they had taken some
stuff from a kid."
The state's case was interrupt-
ed for testimony from Harding, a
witness for the defense. He was
transported from Stafford Creek
Corrections Center. Harding said
he and Mullen left with Bridges
and walked him to the front porch
of his house and then he and Mul-
len walked back to Garlinghouse's
place. "Along the way we seen the
victims, Mr. Cook and Mr. Kilts.
I said, 'Hi' trying to get their at-
tention. They did not respond. I
was intoxicated so I was insulted
by their cold shouldering me," he
said.
"I ASKED THEM how old
they were and if they wanted to
engage in a fight. They said no,
they didn't want to fight so I took
one of the kids' hats off his head
and I asked him if he wanted to
fight and the other one stepped
up and I took his hat too. I had
a fifth of Southern Comfort in my
coat pocket," Harding continued.
He denied having a knife. He
also said no money was taken
from anyone's wallet. He said
Mullen did not take either hat
or any money. Harding admitted
threatening Kilts and Cook but
said, "I never hit them." Defense
attorney Ronald Sergi asked Har-
ding about Mullen's role in the in-
cident. Harding said Mullen told
him, "Come on, Brian, they don't
want to fight." He said the only
thing Mullen did was "encourag-
ing me to stop and walking with
me."
Harding continued, "When we
made it back to Mr. Garlinghouse's
residence, everyone was telling
me it wasn't cool what I did. I just
wanted to continue drinking so
I left with the hats." He said he
went to Bridges' residence. When
Schuetz asked, "You're taking it
on your own shoulders and cov-
ering for your friend?" Harding
answered, "No." He also repeated
that Mullen was with him but
did not participate in taking the
hats.
Schuetz recalled Kilts and
asked him about the testimony
in which Harding claimed he was
"the only actor."
"THAT IS NOT the truth.
Chris took money and Brian had
a knife. Chris took my hat and
Brian took Michael's hat," Kilts
said.
Testimony resumed on Janu-
ary 2 with 18-year-old Michael
Cook. He said he and Kilts "were
just hanging out at his house and
decided to go to the store to get
some sodas. We were heading for
the Red Apple. We were walking
and kind of approached by two
kids. One of them said, 'Hey, what
are you doing.'
"I recognized one of them,
Chris, from school," he said point-
ing to Mullen. "They were asking
us if we wanted to fight them. We
said we didn't want to get into
anything. They came up to us and
took our hats off our heads. Brian
took mine and Chris took Josh's.
We were just kind of scared. We
started to walk away."
Cook continued, "They said,
'Have you got any money?' I
showed them my pockets. I think
it was Brian that pulled some-
thing out and he had a knife at
his side. Chris was getting Josh's
wallet. Chris got it out of his back
pocket. The money was taken out
of it and the wallet was given back
to Josh." ,t
COOK SAID after Harding
and Mullen took the money, he
and Kilts "just started to walk
away. We ended up at Shell. We
went back to my house and Josh
called the cops. We looked in the
yearbook and pointed both of them
out for the cops."
Mullen testified in his own de-
fense. He said he has been friends
with Harding since middle school.
Mullen said on August 15, "we
were accompanying our friend
home. We only walked to about
four blocks from his house."
He said he and Harding ran
into Kilts and Cook as they were
walking back to Union Street.
"Brian asked them if they wanted
to fight. They said that they didn't
want to fight. We ended up ap-
proaching them again.
"We were looking at them, try-
ing to figure out if we knew them
or not," Mullen continued. "Brian
said they had nice hats and he
took them."
HE DENIED taking Kilts' hat.
Mullen also denied taking the
wallet from Kilts' pocket and said
Harding did not do this either.
Sergi asked Mullen about his
level of intoxication. "I was think-
ing clear," he said. "I told him
(Harding) we should just go back
to my house. I think he had more
to drink than I did. As far as I
know he did not have any weap-
ons." Mullen said Harding did
have a bottle of booze with him.
He continued, "We went back to
my house. Brian stayed about 20
minutes and then he left. I ended
up going to sleep." Mullen testi-
fied that after about half an hour
"one of my friends came in my
room and said the cops were look-
ing for me. I got dressed and told
them if they showed up I would
• be at the Red Apple. Keith didn't
want them at the house."
Mullen said he never told Gar-
linghouse he was involved in the
robbery. "I told Jackie we were
involved in something earlier in
the night. I didn't say I took any-
thing," he said.
DURING QUESTIONING by
Schuetz, Mullen said he went to
Bridges' residence before going to
the store to meet the police. He
said Harding took both hats, add-
ing, "I have no idea what he did
with them."
When Schuetz asked, "Every-
thing here is scripted to get you
off?. Isn't that the real truth?"
Mullen responded, "No."
Members of the jury who de-
liberated about four hours before
returning the guilty verdicts were
Tina Austin, M. Geanne Dycus,
Linnea Wallin, Michael Pena,
Carolyn Hoosier, Alfred Capde-
pen, Ann Marie Cappiello, Janet
O'Connor, Donald Falk, Donald
Hoag, Carmen Socorro-Seamons
and Susan Olson.
EXPERIENCED ReeFERS wanted.
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MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN: Full-
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grounds and building maintenance at
youth camp near Belfair, WA. Experi-
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Must possess valid driver's license,
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ground check. $10.88/hr. plus benefits.
Closes 1/24/07. Application available
253-475-0307/800-541-9852 or www.
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SOUTH PUGET Sound Community Col-
lege invites applications for the following
positions: Program Specialist 4 - Enroll-
ment Services, closes 5 p.m., Friday,
January 26, 2007. Custodian I, closes
5 p.m., Wednesday, January 31, 2007.
For application information and specific
position requirements, visit the website
at www.spscc.ctc.edu; An employment
application and required supplemen-
tal examination can be obtained in the
Human Resources Office, South Puget
Sound Community College, 2011 Mott-
man Road SW, Olympia, WA 98512.
Phone (360) 596-5500; or call the Hu-
man Resources Job Line at (360) 596-
5473; or e-mail jobline@spscc.ctc.edu.
TDD access call (360) 596-5439. AN
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work environment. Benefits include
paid holidays, vacation pay, profit shar-
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Drug testing, background checks. EOE.
Contact Human Resource Dept., Welco
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