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Not-guilty pleas:
'Creeper' and son facing
charges in burglary case
Two men accused of taking
items from the Belfair residence
of one of the men's father were ar-
raigned on Monday, January 22,
in Mason County Superior Court.
George Thomas Casterline
Jr. III, 32, of 505 East Summit
Avenue, Bremerton, and Brett
Alan "Creeper" Gardner, 37, of
12872 Game Trail Way, Port Or-
chard, entered not-guilty pleas to
charges of burglary in the second
degree.
They were arrested in Bremer-
ton on January 6 and are accused
Trooper says he
detected alcohol
and was attacked
A Belfair couple arrested over
the holidays for allegedly assault-
ing an officer of the Washington
State Patrol appeared for arraign-
ment on Friday, January 12, in
Mason County Superior Court.
Norman Eugene Vanderberg,
54, and Christine Louise Vander-
berg, 48, both of 41 NE Virginia
Avenue, entered not-guilty pleas
to charges of assault in the third
degree. Ms. Vanderberg also pled
not guilty to a charge of driving
under the influence of intoxicants.
They were arrested at about
11:46 p.m. on December 29 by
Trooper C.W. Bates, who said he
stopped the vehicle Ms. Vander-
berg was driving for erratic travel
on State Route 300 near Sand Hill
Road. Bates said he detected an
odor of intoxicants on her breath
and asked her to perform field so-
briety tests and to take a portable
breath test. He said the breath
test indicated a blood-alcohol level
of .165, which is more than twice
the legal limit of .08,
The trooper said that as Ms.
Vanderberg was being taken into
custody her husband exited their
vehicle and approached his patrol
car. Bates reported telling Mr.
Vanderberg to stop and return to
the vehicle but he continued to-
ward the trooper and allegedly
hit him with his right hand. The
trooper said he was adjusting the
hand restraints on Ms. Vander-
berg when she allegedly swung
her leg back and kicked him.
The Vanderbergs are scheduled
for omnibus hearings on March 5,
pretrial hearings on March 19 and
trials during the jury term begin-
ning April 3.
of taking items from 3558 NE
North Shore Road, the residence
of' George T. Casterline Jr. II, on
January 3. According to court
documents, the senior Casterline
said he hired his son and a man
he knew as "Creeper" to install in-
sulation in a crawl space but told
them they could not go inside the
residence.
He also said he locked the resi-
dence and gave the key to his
daughter, Beca Casterline. She
reported picking up her brother
and his friend "Creeper" at their
apartment in Bremerton and tak-
ing them to the residence. She told
them not to go inside the house.
When she returned to pick them
up she reportedly saw them inside
the garage and residence. The se-
nior Casterline reported finding
the garage door unlocked and a
bathroom window open. Miscella-
neous items were said to be miss-
ing from the residence including a
prescription for a pain-killing nar-
cotic. The senior Casterline said
he confronted his son about the
theft before reporting it to the Ma-
son County Sheriffs Office.
Casterline, Gardner and the fol-
lowing defendant in an unrelated
case are-scheduled for omnibus
hearings on February 12, pretrial
hearings on March 5 and trials
during the jury term beginning
March 13.
Ivan Lewis Rodriguez, 37, of
321 South First Street, Shelton,
entered not-guilty pleas to charges
of felony harassment and burglary
in the second degree.
He was arrested on January
11 by Officer Chris Kostad of the
Shelton Police Department who
said he was investigating a ha-
rassment complaint from Jennifer
Legault, a bartender at the Pine
Tree Restaurant.
Legault said she had a confron-
tation with Rodriguez on January
5 and told him he was not allowed
to come back into the bar. She said
he entered the restaurant at about
12:30 a.m. on January 11 and re-
fused to leave. She said she called
the police, but he left prior to their
arrival. Legault said when she
went outside to wait for officers,
he reportedly was standing next
to the front door and chased her
back inside the bar while shouting
profanities and threatening to kill
her.
On Wednesday, January 17,
Jeffrey Lee Frizzell, 21, of 112
North Division Street, Elma, pied
not guilty to felony eluding and is
scheduled for an omnibus hearing
on February 12, a pretrial hearing
on February 26 and trial during
the jury term beginning March 5.
He said he failed to appear for ar-
raignment on November 6 because
he was arrested in Grays Harbor
County and is incarcerated in the
jail there.
Frizzell was arrested October
20 by Officer Tasesa Maiava of the
SPD who said he saw Frizzell op-
erating a motorcycle on Railroad
Avenue without a helmet. The offi-
cer said he attempted to stop Friz-
zell and the man took off, drove
onto the sidewalk in the 400 block
of Railroad and turned onto Fifth
Street at a high rate of speed.
Maiava estimated the speed at
45 miles per hour in a congested
area of town and said Frizzell
made his way through the streets
and alleyways on to a walking
trail at North Seventh and Lau-
rel streets. He allegedly refused
to stop, got back on the bike and
went up the trail but was located
and arrested ....
CHRISTENING THE city's new water maintenance
is Shelton City Commissioner Dick Taylor, on right,
Rich Crump, Shelton's water department crew
watches.
City is
its new water rig
CSI has come to Shelton, but
don't expect filming locally for the
TV show dealing with crime scene
investigations.
In this case CSI stands for Com-
plete Systems Inspection truck, the
City of' Shelton's new water main-
tenance rig, which was christened
Tuesday afternoon at the city shop
on Pine Street, with Commissioner
Dick Taylor doing the honors with
a bottle of faux champagne.
The new truck, purchased at
a cost of some $85,000, including
special equipment, will be used
for preventative maintenance on
the city's water system, including
valve exercising and line flushing.
"Our new truck will be the 'get
'er done' truck for the water depart-
ment," said Rich Crump, Shelton's
water department cre.w leader.
The truck features a
called the Spin Doctor, a
lic-driven valve
ing and closingvalves, a
adjust valve boxes and a
of other things, such as a
lic jackhammer for valves
need to be replaced.
Other members of the
department crew include
Phillips, Brian Dobie,
baugh, Matt Deemer, Wes
and Tony Roy. They and
will be trained to use the
Crump said he expects
to go into operation around
city starting February 1.
"We read the meters, do
ing; whatever it takes to
system working," he said,
that the truck's "going to be
for our system and the public.
Gun and pot mean pri
A 35-year-old Shelton man who
admitted selling marijuana to a
police operative to make some
extra money was sentenced to
prison after he changed his plea
to charges in Mason County Supe-
rior Court.
Kyle Christopher Swartz, 35, of
431 Gosnell. Lane, entered Alford
pleas of guilty on January 11 to
four charges: two counts of deliv-
ery of marijuana, possession of pot
with intent to deliver and unlaw-
Four drugs found;
she killed herself
pathologist did not produce an ob-
vious cause of death, the coroner
sent blood and urine samples to
the state toxicologist for tests.
After the forensic pathologist
received the toxicology report from
the state, he advised Stockwell
that the woman had died of mul-
tiple acute drug intoxication. Four
drugs were involved, according
to the toxicology report: doxepin,
citalopram, methocarbamol and
carisoprodol.
Schnitzer graduated from Shel-
ton High School in 1971 as Robin
Schuffenhauer.
ful possession of a firearm in the
second degree.
The next day, January 12, he
received three concurrent sen-
tences of 16 months for the drug
convictions and a concurrent sen-
tence of 12 months for the firearm
conviction. Swartz lost his right to
own, use or possess a firearm after
a conviction in Mason County on
January 21, 1992 for theft in the
second degree.
DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
Mike Dorcy said Swartz sold
marijuana to a police operative
working with the Mason County
Sheriffs Office on August 18 and
August 28. He said the first buy
was made at Swartz's residence
and the one on August 28 near
Oakland Bay Junior High School
was photographed by detectives.
Officers said they served a search
warrant at his residence on Au-
gust 30 and found marijuana and
a .45-caliber Ruger pistol and
recovered items associated with
packaging and sale of marijuana,
he added.
In a plea agreement worked
out by Dorcy and defense counsel
James Gazori, the state agreed to
dismiss a charge of possession of
pot with intent to deliver and to
add a charge of delivery. Swartz
had been charged with delivery of
pot, possession of pot with intent
to deliver and unlawful possession
of a firearm. Dorcy said the police
operative made a total of three
controlled buys and if the case had
gone to trial, the state would have
added two counts of delivery to the
three-count information. The state
also agreed to drop a school zone
enhancement to one of the deliv-
ery charges. The enhancement for
selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a
school bus stop is 24 months in ad-
dition to the standard sentence.
In an Alford plea a person does
not admit guilt but pleads guilty-
to take advantage of an offer from
the state and because the evidence
is such that a jury would be likely
to convict.
With an offender score of three,
the sentencing range is from from
six to 18 months on the drug charg-
es and from nine to 12 months on
the firearm conviction, Dorcy said.
He recommended a mid-range sen-
tence of 12 months plus one day.
Sentences of six to 12 months are
served in the Mason County Jail
and sentences of 12 months plus
one day are served in a Washing-
ton State Department of Correc-
tions facility.
GAZORI SAID his client has
learned an important lesson: "This
was not a way to help a friend
make money as Mr. Swartz puts
it." He said there has been suffi-
The December 9 death of Shel-
ton resident Robin Schnitzer, 53,
has been ruled a suicide by Mason
County Coroner Wes StockwelI.
The woman was found that Sat-
urday by her boyfriend lying on
the kitchen floor of her Timber-
lakes home and unresponsive. An
aid unit and the sheriffs office re-
sponded to the home, but she was
pronounced dead there.
During the initial investigation,
there was evidence of Schnitzer
taking an overdose of pills, Stock-
well said. But after an autopsy by
the county' contracted forensic
cient time for Swartz "to
he's responsible for this."
"I took a shortcut in life
was a bad one. I'm done
mistakes in my life," Swartz
"I'm 35 years old. I have
want to get this behind me
I just want to start my life
again. I made some bad
and I'm sorry. I truly mean
Judge James
Swartz: "There are a
things that trouble me
come to cases like this." The
said the theft conviction
have been a shot across the
You knew what illegal
brought you then. Years doW
road, here we go again.
to make a little extra
an illegal activity. You're a
dealer, plain and simple."
Judge Sawyer said
would be on nine to 12
community custody and
him to have a drug-alcohol
uation and to follow all
mended treatment. Sawyer
posed legal financial obli
a $1,000 drug fine, an
fine of $5,000, $500 to the
victims' compensation fund
$400 in court costs. He
the right to assess
coupment when Gazori, who
appointed to defend SwartZ,
mits his final bill.
Three arrested
Three people arrested in a
theft investigation involving the
forgery of personal checks taken
from a vehicle appeared in Mason
County Superior Court.
On Friday, January 19, Chris-
topher Michael James, 19, of 111
North Valley Drive, Shelton, was
identified in an investigation of
theft in the first degree and Aimee
Patricia Stallman, 20, of 21 East
Willow Place, Shelton, was iden-
tified in an investigation of theft
in the first degree and six counts
of forgery. Stallman is also known
by the last name Lund.
Steven Kris Shehan, 22, of 30
Noble Place, Shelton, was identi-
fied on Monday, January 22, in an
investigation of forgery and theft
in the third degree.
They were arrested following
in forgery scheme
an investigation by Detective
Paul Campbell of the Shelton
Police Department of a report on
January 10 from Jolene Lacombe
who said some of her checks had
been forged. She also said her
checkbook had been stolen out of
her vehicle.
ACCORDING TO court docu-
ments, a check of$100 was made
out to Stallman and cashed at
Loans 4 You in Shelton on Janu-
ary 5 and a check for $100 was
made out to Shehan and cashed
at Loans 4 You on December
24. James allegedly cashed two
checks on Lacombe's account: one
for $800 on January 4 and the
other for $765 on January 5.
James reportedly said he gave
his automatic teller card on his
account at Our Community Cred-
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it Union "to someone" who depos-
ited a check for $800 and he got
$200 when the amount was with-
drawn. He also reportedly told
Campbell he cashed a check for
$765 and he got $300 for the use
of his bank account. James is sus-
pected of taking a total of $1,565.
A check for $600 was cashed by
Martin Manley on December 29
and a check for $37 was cashed
at Domino's Pizza in Shelton on
December 29, Campbell reported.
Stallman is suspected of signing
Lacombe's name to all six checks
which totaled $2,402.
Judge James Sawyer appointed
Eric Valley as defense counsel for
Shehan, Ronald Sergi as defense
counsel for James and Andrew
Rubenstein of the Evergreen Law
Group to represent Stallman. He
set bail at $2,500 for Shehan and
Stallman and released James
on his promise to appear for ar-
raignment on February 1. She-
han is scheduled for arraignment
on January 29 and Stallman is
scheduled for arraignment on
February 2.
SAWYER ORDERED the
three potential codefendants to
have no contact with each other,
Lacombe, Loans 4 You, Our Com-
munity Credit Union or Martin
Manley, another potential code-
fendant.
Shehan was arrested on a war-
rant issued December 12 when he
failed to appear in court in a 2006
case in which he is charged with
possession of methamphetamine.
A pretrial hearing in that case is
scheduled for January 29.
Warrants were issued for
following people who
pear on Monday for
in Mason County Superio
Debra Faith Minton,
William Edward
$10,000; Shane Wesley
$1,399.13; Gavin Lee
$5,189.83; Teasa M.
$18,623.30; Melissa Anne
ers, $7,161.16;
nings, $3,721.72;
Reh, $2,231.01; Kimberly
Reihl, $6,502.67;
Riedle, $8,493.47; and
Lee Rogers, $5,145.61.
ple failed to appear on
trial-readiness hearings
rants were issued for their
Debbie Marie WhitneY,
and Kevin Lawrence
$20,o00.
Not-guilty pleas:
'Creeper' and son facing
charges in burglary case
Two men accused of taking
items from the Belfair residence
of one of the men's father were ar-
raigned on Monday, January 22,
in Mason County Superior Court.
George Thomas Casterline
Jr. III, 32, of 505 East Summit
Avenue, Bremerton, and Brett
Alan "Creeper" Gardner, 37, of
12872 Game Trail Way, Port Or-
chard, entered not-guilty pleas to
charges of burglary in the second
degree.
They were arrested in Bremer-
ton on January 6 and are accused
Trooper says he
detected alcohol
and was attacked
A Belfair couple arrested over
the holidays for allegedly assault-
ing an officer of the Washington
State Patrol appeared for arraign-
ment on Friday, January 12, in
Mason County Superior Court.
Norman Eugene Vanderberg,
54, and Christine Louise Vander-
berg, 48, both of 41 NE Virginia
Avenue, entered not-guilty pleas
to charges of assault in the third
degree. Ms. Vanderberg also pled
not guilty to a charge of driving
under the influence of intoxicants.
They were arrested at about
11:46 p.m. on December 29 by
Trooper C.W. Bates, who said he
stopped the vehicle Ms. Vander-
berg was driving for erratic travel
on State Route 300 near Sand Hill
Road. Bates said he detected an
odor of intoxicants on her breath
and asked her to perform field so-
briety tests and to take a portable
breath test. He said the breath
test indicated a blood-alcohol level
of .165, which is more than twice
the legal limit of .08,
The trooper said that as Ms.
Vanderberg was being taken into
custody her husband exited their
vehicle and approached his patrol
car. Bates reported telling Mr.
Vanderberg to stop and return to
the vehicle but he continued to-
ward the trooper and allegedly
hit him with his right hand. The
trooper said he was adjusting the
hand restraints on Ms. Vander-
berg when she allegedly swung
her leg back and kicked him.
The Vanderbergs are scheduled
for omnibus hearings on March 5,
pretrial hearings on March 19 and
trials during the jury term begin-
ning April 3.
of taking items from 3558 NE
North Shore Road, the residence
of' George T. Casterline Jr. II, on
January 3. According to court
documents, the senior Casterline
said he hired his son and a man
he knew as "Creeper" to install in-
sulation in a crawl space but told
them they could not go inside the
residence.
He also said he locked the resi-
dence and gave the key to his
daughter, Beca Casterline. She
reported picking up her brother
and his friend "Creeper" at their
apartment in Bremerton and tak-
ing them to the residence. She told
them not to go inside the house.
When she returned to pick them
up she reportedly saw them inside
the garage and residence. The se-
nior Casterline reported finding
the garage door unlocked and a
bathroom window open. Miscella-
neous items were said to be miss-
ing from the residence including a
prescription for a pain-killing nar-
cotic. The senior Casterline said
he confronted his son about the
theft before reporting it to the Ma-
son County Sheriffs Office.
Casterline, Gardner and the fol-
lowing defendant in an unrelated
case are-scheduled for omnibus
hearings on February 12, pretrial
hearings on March 5 and trials
during the jury term beginning
March 13.
Ivan Lewis Rodriguez, 37, of
321 South First Street, Shelton,
entered not-guilty pleas to charges
of felony harassment and burglary
in the second degree.
He was arrested on January
11 by Officer Chris Kostad of the
Shelton Police Department who
said he was investigating a ha-
rassment complaint from Jennifer
Legault, a bartender at the Pine
Tree Restaurant.
Legault said she had a confron-
tation with Rodriguez on January
5 and told him he was not allowed
to come back into the bar. She said
he entered the restaurant at about
12:30 a.m. on January 11 and re-
fused to leave. She said she called
the police, but he left prior to their
arrival. Legault said when she
went outside to wait for officers,
he reportedly was standing next
to the front door and chased her
back inside the bar while shouting
profanities and threatening to kill
her.
On Wednesday, January 17,
Jeffrey Lee Frizzell, 21, of 112
North Division Street, Elma, pied
not guilty to felony eluding and is
scheduled for an omnibus hearing
on February 12, a pretrial hearing
on February 26 and trial during
the jury term beginning March 5.
He said he failed to appear for ar-
raignment on November 6 because
he was arrested in Grays Harbor
County and is incarcerated in the
jail there.
Frizzell was arrested October
20 by Officer Tasesa Maiava of the
SPD who said he saw Frizzell op-
erating a motorcycle on Railroad
Avenue without a helmet. The offi-
cer said he attempted to stop Friz-
zell and the man took off, drove
onto the sidewalk in the 400 block
of Railroad and turned onto Fifth
Street at a high rate of speed.
Maiava estimated the speed at
45 miles per hour in a congested
area of town and said Frizzell
made his way through the streets
and alleyways on to a walking
trail at North Seventh and Lau-
rel streets. He allegedly refused
to stop, got back on the bike and
went up the trail but was located
and arrested ....
CHRISTENING THE city's new water maintenance
is Shelton City Commissioner Dick Taylor, on right,
Rich Crump, Shelton's water department crew
watches.
City is
its new water rig
CSI has come to Shelton, but
don't expect filming locally for the
TV show dealing with crime scene
investigations.
In this case CSI stands for Com-
plete Systems Inspection truck, the
City of' Shelton's new water main-
tenance rig, which was christened
Tuesday afternoon at the city shop
on Pine Street, with Commissioner
Dick Taylor doing the honors with
a bottle of faux champagne.
The new truck, purchased at
a cost of some $85,000, including
special equipment, will be used
for preventative maintenance on
the city's water system, including
valve exercising and line flushing.
"Our new truck will be the 'get
'er done' truck for the water depart-
ment," said Rich Crump, Shelton's
water department cre.w leader.
The truck features a
called the Spin Doctor, a
lic-driven valve
ing and closingvalves, a
adjust valve boxes and a
of other things, such as a
lic jackhammer for valves
need to be replaced.
Other members of the
department crew include
Phillips, Brian Dobie,
baugh, Matt Deemer, Wes
and Tony Roy. They and
will be trained to use the
Crump said he expects
to go into operation around
city starting February 1.
"We read the meters, do
ing; whatever it takes to
system working," he said,
that the truck's "going to be
for our system and the public.
Gun and pot mean pri
A 35-year-old Shelton man who
admitted selling marijuana to a
police operative to make some
extra money was sentenced to
prison after he changed his plea
to charges in Mason County Supe-
rior Court.
Kyle Christopher Swartz, 35, of
431 Gosnell. Lane, entered Alford
pleas of guilty on January 11 to
four charges: two counts of deliv-
ery of marijuana, possession of pot
with intent to deliver and unlaw-
Four drugs found;
she killed herself
pathologist did not produce an ob-
vious cause of death, the coroner
sent blood and urine samples to
the state toxicologist for tests.
After the forensic pathologist
received the toxicology report from
the state, he advised Stockwell
that the woman had died of mul-
tiple acute drug intoxication. Four
drugs were involved, according
to the toxicology report: doxepin,
citalopram, methocarbamol and
carisoprodol.
Schnitzer graduated from Shel-
ton High School in 1971 as Robin
Schuffenhauer.
ful possession of a firearm in the
second degree.
The next day, January 12, he
received three concurrent sen-
tences of 16 months for the drug
convictions and a concurrent sen-
tence of 12 months for the firearm
conviction. Swartz lost his right to
own, use or possess a firearm after
a conviction in Mason County on
January 21, 1992 for theft in the
second degree.
DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
Mike Dorcy said Swartz sold
marijuana to a police operative
working with the Mason County
Sheriffs Office on August 18 and
August 28. He said the first buy
was made at Swartz's residence
and the one on August 28 near
Oakland Bay Junior High School
was photographed by detectives.
Officers said they served a search
warrant at his residence on Au-
gust 30 and found marijuana and
a .45-caliber Ruger pistol and
recovered items associated with
packaging and sale of marijuana,
he added.
In a plea agreement worked
out by Dorcy and defense counsel
James Gazori, the state agreed to
dismiss a charge of possession of
pot with intent to deliver and to
add a charge of delivery. Swartz
had been charged with delivery of
pot, possession of pot with intent
to deliver and unlawful possession
of a firearm. Dorcy said the police
operative made a total of three
controlled buys and if the case had
gone to trial, the state would have
added two counts of delivery to the
three-count information. The state
also agreed to drop a school zone
enhancement to one of the deliv-
ery charges. The enhancement for
selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a
school bus stop is 24 months in ad-
dition to the standard sentence.
In an Alford plea a person does
not admit guilt but pleads guilty-
to take advantage of an offer from
the state and because the evidence
is such that a jury would be likely
to convict.
With an offender score of three,
the sentencing range is from from
six to 18 months on the drug charg-
es and from nine to 12 months on
the firearm conviction, Dorcy said.
He recommended a mid-range sen-
tence of 12 months plus one day.
Sentences of six to 12 months are
served in the Mason County Jail
and sentences of 12 months plus
one day are served in a Washing-
ton State Department of Correc-
tions facility.
GAZORI SAID his client has
learned an important lesson: "This
was not a way to help a friend
make money as Mr. Swartz puts
it." He said there has been suffi-
The December 9 death of Shel-
ton resident Robin Schnitzer, 53,
has been ruled a suicide by Mason
County Coroner Wes StockwelI.
The woman was found that Sat-
urday by her boyfriend lying on
the kitchen floor of her Timber-
lakes home and unresponsive. An
aid unit and the sheriffs office re-
sponded to the home, but she was
pronounced dead there.
During the initial investigation,
there was evidence of Schnitzer
taking an overdose of pills, Stock-
well said. But after an autopsy by
the county' contracted forensic
cient time for Swartz "to
he's responsible for this."
"I took a shortcut in life
was a bad one. I'm done
mistakes in my life," Swartz
"I'm 35 years old. I have
want to get this behind me
I just want to start my life
again. I made some bad
and I'm sorry. I truly mean
Judge James
Swartz: "There are a
things that trouble me
come to cases like this." The
said the theft conviction
have been a shot across the
You knew what illegal
brought you then. Years doW
road, here we go again.
to make a little extra
an illegal activity. You're a
dealer, plain and simple."
Judge Sawyer said
would be on nine to 12
community custody and
him to have a drug-alcohol
uation and to follow all
mended treatment. Sawyer
posed legal financial obli
a $1,000 drug fine, an
fine of $5,000, $500 to the
victims' compensation fund
$400 in court costs. He
the right to assess
coupment when Gazori, who
appointed to defend SwartZ,
mits his final bill.
Three arrested
Three people arrested in a
theft investigation involving the
forgery of personal checks taken
from a vehicle appeared in Mason
County Superior Court.
On Friday, January 19, Chris-
topher Michael James, 19, of 111
North Valley Drive, Shelton, was
identified in an investigation of
theft in the first degree and Aimee
Patricia Stallman, 20, of 21 East
Willow Place, Shelton, was iden-
tified in an investigation of theft
in the first degree and six counts
of forgery. Stallman is also known
by the last name Lund.
Steven Kris Shehan, 22, of 30
Noble Place, Shelton, was identi-
fied on Monday, January 22, in an
investigation of forgery and theft
in the third degree.
They were arrested following
in forgery scheme
an investigation by Detective
Paul Campbell of the Shelton
Police Department of a report on
January 10 from Jolene Lacombe
who said some of her checks had
been forged. She also said her
checkbook had been stolen out of
her vehicle.
ACCORDING TO court docu-
ments, a check of$100 was made
out to Stallman and cashed at
Loans 4 You in Shelton on Janu-
ary 5 and a check for $100 was
made out to Shehan and cashed
at Loans 4 You on December
24. James allegedly cashed two
checks on Lacombe's account: one
for $800 on January 4 and the
other for $765 on January 5.
James reportedly said he gave
his automatic teller card on his
account at Our Community Cred-
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it Union "to someone" who depos-
ited a check for $800 and he got
$200 when the amount was with-
drawn. He also reportedly told
Campbell he cashed a check for
$765 and he got $300 for the use
of his bank account. James is sus-
pected of taking a total of $1,565.
A check for $600 was cashed by
Martin Manley on December 29
and a check for $37 was cashed
at Domino's Pizza in Shelton on
December 29, Campbell reported.
Stallman is suspected of signing
Lacombe's name to all six checks
which totaled $2,402.
Judge James Sawyer appointed
Eric Valley as defense counsel for
Shehan, Ronald Sergi as defense
counsel for James and Andrew
Rubenstein of the Evergreen Law
Group to represent Stallman. He
set bail at $2,500 for Shehan and
Stallman and released James
on his promise to appear for ar-
raignment on February 1. She-
han is scheduled for arraignment
on January 29 and Stallman is
scheduled for arraignment on
February 2.
SAWYER ORDERED the
three potential codefendants to
have no contact with each other,
Lacombe, Loans 4 You, Our Com-
munity Credit Union or Martin
Manley, another potential code-
fendant.
Shehan was arrested on a war-
rant issued December 12 when he
failed to appear in court in a 2006
case in which he is charged with
possession of methamphetamine.
A pretrial hearing in that case is
scheduled for January 29.
Warrants were issued for
following people who
pear on Monday for
in Mason County Superio
Debra Faith Minton,
William Edward
$10,000; Shane Wesley
$1,399.13; Gavin Lee
$5,189.83; Teasa M.
$18,623.30; Melissa Anne
ers, $7,161.16;
nings, $3,721.72;
Reh, $2,231.01; Kimberly
Reihl, $6,502.67;
Riedle, $8,493.47; and
Lee Rogers, $5,145.61.
ple failed to appear on
trial-readiness hearings
rants were issued for their
Debbie Marie WhitneY,
and Kevin Lawrence
$20,o00.