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ONE BURGLARY AND ONE ATTEMPTED BURLGARY IN SKAMANIA COUNTY RESULTS IN PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF FIVE JUVENILES IN CLARK COUNTY

1/22/2025

On January 19th, 2025, at 2337 hours, Clark County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputies responded to the report of a commercial burglary at the Shell Station at 4409 NE 78th Street. A witness reported they heard glass breaking and saw three or four subjects in masks with backpacks enter the Shell Station. The witness reported that the suspects were associated with a smaller dark-colored SUV that had pulled into the nearby industrial park. A few minutes later, the alarm company called in alarms at this location. The area was checked but no suspect or vehicle was located. Video later showed four suspects entering the store after breaking the glass.

 About 22 minutes later, another alarm came into dispatch from the Wayside Market at 1309 NE 134th Street. Responding deputies found a broken window and again found that suspects had entered the store. At the time of arrival at the market no suspects were located. The store video showed a dark grey Subaru station wagon associated with the suspects outside the store.

 At approximately 0301, on 01/20/2025, the Skamania County Communications Center received a report of a burglary at the Skamania Store, near Milepost 33 on State Route 14, and a vehicle description was provided. It was later determined the North Bonneville Chevron also had an attempted burglary and a window was broken by unknown suspects.

Skamania County Communications Center relayed the information to C.R.E.S.A. regarding the incidents in Skamania County. Clark County law enforcement personnel received police radio traffic advising a grey Subaru was involved in at least one burglary in Skamania County and was reported to be last seen headed back into Clark County on SR-14.

 A Camas Police Department officer located the vehicle near NE 192nd Avenue. A traffic stop was attempted, but the vehicle eluded. CCSO initiated a pursuit of the vehicle. The pursuit went north through Vancouver out into Clark County, and the vehicle was last seen heading north on SR-503 before briefly losing pursuing units. A CCSO deputy located the vehicle southbound on NE 152nd Avenue from NE 99th Street and continued the pursuit into a neighborhood when the vehicle stopped near NE 90th Street and NE 152nd Avenue. Five male suspects exited the vehicle and fled on foot.  One suspect was detained after a short foot pursuit while the four other suspects ran inside a nearby residence.

 Additional deputies arrived and containment was set up around the residence. Deputies were able to contact an adult female inside the residence. Eventually, all four remaining suspects were taken into custody without incident.

 All five suspects are juvenile males. They are ages 17, 16, 15, 14, and 14. They were booked into the Juvenile Detention Hall.