PORT ANGELES — A 24-year-old Sequim man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for taking a bass guitar and other items from members of a Port Angeles grunge band, city police said.
Collin Joseph Richard Kennedy pleaded guilty March 24 to first-degree burglary and was sentenced to 26 months plus 18 months of community custody.
Port Angeles police said Kennedy stole a Yamaha bass and other items from John Kingsley’s Port Angeles residence Feb. 20.
Charges of first-degree robbery, heroin possession and an aggravated burglary enhancement were dismissed in exchange for the guilty plea, court papers said.
Police said Kennedy entered the West 17th Street residence through an unlocked door, took the items from a jam room and tossed the property over a nearby fence.
Kennedy allegedly brandished a knife when confronted by Kingsley, the singer of a 1990s-style grunge band called The Mudbanks, and fled into a wooded area of Lincoln Park.
Port Angeles police, Clallam County sheriff’s deputies, Elwha tribal police, the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team and a Sequim police K-9 unit contained an area where Kennedy was arrested.
Kennedy was ordered May 4 to pay Kingsley $789 in restitution for a broken bass guitar, an unrecovered iPhone and three Seattle Seahawks iPhone cases, court papers said.
Kennedy was being held Wednesday at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center.
“There were two major factors that contributed to the successful investigation of this case,” Port Angeles Police Cpl. Joshua Powless said in a Monday news release.
“The first was watchful neighbors that were paying attention and were able to point law enforcement in the direction of the suspect.
“The second was the quick response by area partner agencies, highlighting the essential teamwork and the great relationship between local law enforcement agencies.”
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Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5072, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.
