PORT ANGELES — The 21-year-old man who police say had his picture automatically taken by a security camera as he burglarized The Landing mall last weekend faces charges of second-degree burglary and third-degree theft.
Andrew W. White of Port Angeles is accused of taking cash from an unidentified business at The Landing and is scheduled for arraignment Friday.
Clallam County Superior Court Judge S. Brooke Taylor set $2,500 bail in White’s first court appearance Monday.
Port Angeles Police Officer Sky Sexton identified White from a photograph taken from a security camera at The Landing, 115 E. Railroad Ave., where White allegedly entered a closed business through an unlocked outer door Friday night or Saturday morning and stole the cash.
Found outside bar
White was spotted sitting against a window at the R Bar, 132 E. Front St., wearing the same clothes at 4:03 p.m. Saturday, court documents show.
He was arrested without incident and booked into the Clallam County jail, where he remained Monday night.
Police declined to name the business, citing the ongoing investigation.
Authorities couldn’t say whether White was connected with a string of burglaries elsewhere in downtown Port Angeles or along Eight Street in the uptown commercial district that have been investigated since late March.
“We haven’t been able to piece together anything to indicate that he’s responsible for any other burglaries than the one at The Landing mall,” Port Angeles Police Cpl. Bob Ensor said Monday.
$166 in cash
According to the certification for probable cause, White was found with $166 in cash — five $20 bills and 66 $1 bills — rolled up in his pocket.
Police also found a methamphetamine pipe and a marijuana pipe in White’s possession, court papers show.
Second-degree burglary is a Class B felony that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. Third-degree theft is a gross misdemeanor.
The Gateway Gaming Center arcade and Thai Peppers restaurant in Harbor Towne Mall, 222 N. Lincoln St., were broken into last Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Cash was taken from both, and arcade machines and a coin machine in the gaming center were damaged.
Dan Kerber, owner of the Gateway Gaming Center, closed the shop when he discovered the damage and about $900 missing.
Arcade to reopen
Kerber announced Monday that his business will reopen at 10 a.m. today.
“The damaged machines have not been replaced or repaired as of yet, but I am placing a temporary change machine inside the arcade for customers to use,” Kerber wrote in an email to the Peninsula Daily News.
Unlike the 13 previous burglaries or attempted burglaries in Port Angeles, electricity was not cut off in The Landing incident, police said.
Anyone with knowledge about the crimes is asked to phone the Port Angeles Police Department at 360-452-4545 or North Olympic Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest and filing of felony charges. Tips can be left anonymously.
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Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-417-3537 or at rob.ollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.
