PORT TOWNSEND — A Bremerton woman has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for a series of burglaries from 2023, the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s office said.
Tina Louise Woods was sentenced Friday after she was found guilty following a nine-day trial last month. She was convicted on 16 charges, including residential burglary, second-degree burglary, theft and malicious mischief, the prosecuting attorney’s office stated in a press release.
“These crimes caused real harm to our community — not just financially, but emotionally,” Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Anna Phillips stated in the release. “The defendant’s actions left many local business owners and residents feeling violated and unsafe in their own spaces. Today’s verdict brings some measure of justice for them.”
The burglaries occurred in June 2023 and October 2023, according to the press release.
More than $3,200 in electronics and personal items were stolen from a home on Osprey Ridge Drive in Port Ludlow in June 2023, and just hours later, the Chimacum Post Office was broken into, with stolen equipment and packages leading to Woods’ identification, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.
Woods used similar forced-entry methods, typically involving shattered glass doors, to burglarize Secret Gardens in Port Townsend, according to the press release.
Surveillance video and physical evidence, including the use of a stolen credit card and a link to a 1995 Jeep Wrangler registered to Woods’ husband, built a timeline of events, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.
In October 2023, burglaries occurred in Quilcene and Brinnon. On Oct. 10, six locations, including Whitney Gardens and the Brinnon Post Office, were targeted, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.
Witness descriptions, vehicle footage and surveillance videos pointed to Woods, who wore distinctive clothing and was driving a stolen gray Acura MDX, according to the press release.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office worked with agencies in Kitsap, Mason and Clallam counties as well as the Suquamish Tribal Gaming Commission to build the case.
The stolen Acura MDX was discovered at Woods’ home on Oct. 24, 2023, along with a backpack linked to a separate Kitsap County burglary, a stolen boat, trailer and Ford F350, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.
Woods was found hiding inside a dresser when a search warrant was executed, according to the press release. She was arrested without incident and later charged in connection with burglaries across multiple jurisdictions.
The Jefferson County conviction resulted in a sentence of 141 1/2 months. Additional sentencing is pending in Kitsap County, according to the press release.
