PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man already accused of summertime burglaries was formally charged Friday with residential burglary and second degree theft for a crime last month.
Andrew Mahlum, 27, remained in custody Sunday at the Clallam County jail in lieu of $75,000 bail bond.
His arraignment is set for Friday, and a trial is scheduled for Nov. 15.
Court documents give this account:
Two laptop computers were reported missing Aug. 8 by the Queen of Angels School.
When Port Angeles Police contacted Jeneva Maneval on another matter, she told officers that Mahlum had left some electronic items in her backyard and that he had also stolen a Nintendo Wii from her home on West 11th Street.
The electronic items are believed to include those taken from the school.
Court documents said that after Maneval confronted Mahlum about the Wii, he purchased a new one for her.
Officers eventually located the stolen Wii at Peninsula Pawn Brokers.
According to the court documents, police also found Mahlum with a video camera.
He told officers he didn’t know where it came from, and police are looking into its origins.
Mahlum was previously arrested and charged with residential burglary, third-degree trafficking stolen items and third-degree theft.
Mahlum is among those arrested following investigations of more than 60 home burglaries in the Port Angeles area this summer.
