PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who was arrested after a weeks-long manhunt will next appear in court Sept. 6 after pleading not guilty last week to burglary, robbery, firearm theft and resisting arrest charges.
Steven Dean Goodman, 24, pleaded not guilty Friday in Clallam County Superior Court to two counts each of theft of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm, and one count each of first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and resisting arrest.
The charges stem from a July 21 morning burglary of a home on Cherry Street in Port Angeles in which Goodman and Matthew Tyler Charles, 27, allegedly forced their way into the home and made off with a rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and $150 in cash, according to police accounts.
Goodman, who remained in the Clallam County jail Saturday on $250,000 bond, is next set to appear in court Sept. 6 for a case status hearing, with a preliminary jury trial date set for Sept. 30.
Charles, who remained in the Clallam County jail Saturday on $250,000 bond, has been charged with the same charges as Goodman, minus the single resisting-arrest count.
Charles, who has pleaded not guilty, is next set to appear in Clallam County Superior Court on Aug. 23.
Police accounts
According to police accounts, Charles and Goodman got into a waiting burgundy Pontiac Grand Am allegedly driven by Roxanne Rae Venske, 24, after the July 21 burglary, which happened at about 9:30 a.m.
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.
Venske is next set to appear in court Aug. 23 for a case status hearing.
Venske allegedly led pursing police officers on a brief car chase before the Pontiac was found damaged and abandoned near the end of Colville Road.
Charles and Venske were arrested together the evening of July 21 after a daylong search for them in an area of unincorporated Clallam County south of state Highway 112 and west of the Elwha River.
A Clallam County sheriff’s deputy and two Forks police officers arrested Goodman after they said he was seen running from a car parked at the Hungry Bear Cafe along Highway 101 just west of the intersection with Bear Creek Road.
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Reporter Jeremy Schwartz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5074, or at jschwartz@peninsuladailynews.com.
