PORT ANGELES — A 32-year-old Port Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to a slew of charges related to a drug-related string of 18 burglaries, thefts and forgeries that occurred in Port Angeles in August and September.
Paul A. Spoon entered the plea to seven counts of second-degree burglary, five counts of theft of a firearm, two counts of second-degree theft, first-degree theft, residential burglary and forgery in Clallam County Superior Court on Friday.
Judge Ken Williams set a Nov. 14 trial.
A pre-trial hearing is set for Oct. 14.
Port Angeles police said Spoon was behind a ring of thefts from a Port Angeles residence and multiple government facilities, businesses and schools, including 11 computers from Olympic Christian School in Port Angeles valued at more than $5,000.
Spoon was arrested Sept. 14 after police found tools that were stolen from DelHur Industries in the living room of his apartment on Newell Road.
He remains in custody at the Clallam County jail without bond.
A known associate of Spoon’s, Stephanie J. Kahler, 28, of Port Angeles, was arrested Thursday in a Port Angeles alley for investigation of second-degree burglary and second-degree theft.
Port Angeles Deputy Chief of Police Brian Smith said more arrests are expected.
