A Port Angeles teen faces possible jail time and fines after he and two minors allegedly burglarized Nature’s Gifts, a marijuana dispensary, at 755 W. Washington St., Suite C, in Sequim.
Sgt. Mike Hill with Sequim Police Department reports law enforcement were dispatched at 1:49 a.m. Thursday, May 10, to discover a window at the shop smashed in and boxes of rolling papers on the ground inside and outside the store.
A witness reported three individuals broke into the store and at 2:11 a.m. Sheriff Deputy Torri Middlekauff found and arrest three males in the field south of the store, including Brett Beck, 19, of Port Angeles, and two juveniles, whose names were not released.
Beck was booked later in the morning on May 10 into Clallam County Jail.
Court documents state Nature’s Gifts owner David Halpern and law enforcement reviewed video and seeing Beck allegedly breaking the window with a rock and he and one of the minors entered the store taking some rolling papers before running from the store.
One of the minors’ backpack allegedly had the same rolling papers inside it, law enforcement report, and that Beck’s backpack allegedly held a large rock used on the window, similar clothing seen on the video and rolling papers found in his sweatshirt.
Vincent Luis, general manager of the store, said thieves stole about $20 in rolling papers and caused about $350 in damage by breaking the window.
Luis said they were in the store less than 30 seconds and did not steal marijuana nor have easy access to marijuana.
Beck had a preliminary hearing in Clallam County Superior Court on May 10 and faces charges of burglary in the second degree, malicious mischief in the third degree, and theft in the third degree. Combined the three charges could lead up to 12 years of jail time and/or $30,000 in fines.
Beck was released on $5,000 bail and Judge Brian Cougenhour ordered that he cannot have contact with the minors or go to Nature’s Gifts, according to court documents.
His arraignment hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 18 in Superior Court.
