PORT ANGELES — Steven Dean Goodman, who was wanted in connection with a July 21 burglary in Port Angeles, remained in the Clallam County jail Thursday after his arrest the night before in Beaver.
No bond was set as of Thursday for Goodman, 24, of Port Angeles, who had been at large since the burglary of a Cherry Street home.
Goodman was booked for investigation of one count of resisting arrest related to him allegedly running from police, as well as charges filed against him in absentia last week.
Those charges are two counts each of theft of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm, and one count each of first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary.
Two others alleged to have been involved in the burglary — Matthew Tyler Charles, 27, and Roxanne Rae Venske, 24 — were arrested July 21.
Tips from the public placed Goodman in the Lake Pleasant area near Beaver along U.S. Highway 101, about 14 miles northeast of Forks, at about 8 p.m. Wednesday, said Ron Cameron, chief criminal deputy with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office.
A sheriff’s deputy and two Forks officers, who had a description of the car Goodman reportedly had been driving, saw the car at the Hungry Bear Cafe along Highway 101 just west of the intersection of Bear Creek Road, Cameron said.
They saw Goodman running from a car parked in the parking lot, Cameron said.
The officers and the deputy caught up with Goodman just before he reached the Sol Duc River and took him into custody without incident, Cameron said.
Goodman was checked into Forks Community Hospital on Wednesday evening for a condition unrelated to his arrest, Cameron said, saying he didn’t know what the condition was.
Charles has pleaded not guilty to two counts each of theft of a firearm and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, and one count each of first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary.
Venske has pleaded not guilty to one count each of first-degree burglary as an accomplice, attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle and unlawful imprisonment.
Port Angeles police give the following account:
Robert Langdon, the owner of the Cherry Street home who lived nearby, called 9-1-1 at about 9 a.m. to report the home appeared to have been broken into.
Langdon told police that Charles and a man later identified as Goodman ran from the home, each holding a firearm wrapped in a blanket, into a waiting burgundy Pontiac Grand Am.
The home’s resident told police a rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and about $150 in cash had been stolen from the house.
Charles and Venske, who was thought to be driving the Pontiac, were arrested together in the 1400 block of Dan Kelly Road after a multi-agency search that canvassed a swath of unincorporated Clallam County south of state Highway 112 and west of the Elwha River.
Goodman has a criminal history of drug possession and minor theft in Clallam County, according to Clallam County Superior Court records.
Most recently, Goodman pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine in July 2011 and was sentenced to a 12-month drug offender program and six months in community custody, according to court records.
Goodman also pleaded guilty to one count each of second-free burglary and third-degree theft in July 2008 after he reportedly took tools from his sister’s house without her permission.
Goodman was sentenced to 375 days in jail with 184 days suspended in this case, according to court records.
In August 2007, Goodman, when he was 18, was sentenced to two months in jail after he reportedly stole his mother’s credit and debit cards from her purse while Goodman was staying at her house in Sequim.
Reporter Jeremy Schwartz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5074, or at jschwartz@peninsuladailynews.com.
