PAO's "RBI" Project

Recent Examples of Prolific Burglars

Martin Huber, 08-1-012528-5 SEA.

King County Case:  Arrested November 20, 2008, after a neighbor of the victim found the defendant half-way through an apartment window. The defendant had burglary tools and a backpack full of property that had been stolen from other apartments in the complex. Two other apartments in the complex had been burglarized on November 19.   The defendant had pawned some of the property from the November 19th burglary shortly after the burglary occurred. Based on the above information the State filed Attempted Residential Burglary charges.

Huber was arrested on December 1, 2008, in Snohomish County while committing a residential burglary. It was discovered in the course of that arrest that Huber was in possession of jewelry that had been stolen during a burglary in King County.

Snohomish County Cases: Huber currently has three Residential Burglary charges pending in Snohomish County Superior Court with offense dates in October and November of 2008. In two cases, the victims came home to find Huber in their house.  One detained him until police arrived. On February 1, 2009, Huber was arrested for shoplifting at a Fred Meyer store in Everett; he was stealing a crow bar and a screw driver.  Snohomish County has indicated that there are additional Possession of Stolen Property (PSP) and Trafficking charges that can be added, as well as additional Residential Burglary cases that Huber may be charged with.

John Forbes,  08-1-13365-2 and 09-1-00767-1.

He plead guilty as charged last week to two counts of residential burglary with the aggravating factors (occupied residence and "free crimes") with an agreed exceptional sentence of 10 years (Statutory maximum for residential burglary.  The standard range was 63 - 84).

Forbes has a burglary history dating back 20 years. What makes him so scary is that his Rape 1 conviction involved entering a woman's home and raping her.  In his 2006 residential burglary conviction, he entered another woman's home through her garage.  She woke up with him standing at the foot of her bed holding a flashlight.

Both of these cases involved entering homes occupied by single women:

On December 11, 2008 in Bothell, the defendant broke into home of a woman and her 11-year-old daughter, both of whom were home sleeping at the time, at 1:15 a.m.  A neighbor saw him park his car by the house prior to the burglary.  The neighbor contacted police who arrived and caught the defendant as he attempted to flee.

On December 18, 2008 in Bothell, the defendant broke into the home of a woman as she was sleeping. She woke up at 3 a.m. to see him in her bedroom.  He fled.  K-9 police tracked him. He confessed post Miranda.

Both cases were charged up front as residential burglaries.  The defendant's criminal history score is an 11, making his range 63-84 months.  In both cases, the State added the "multiple offenses going unpunished" aggravator (RCW 9.94A.535(2)(c)) and the "victim present in the residence when crime committed" aggravator (RCW 9.94A.535(3)(u).

The defendant's criminal history is as follows:

• Rape First Degree (1990)
• Possession Stolen Property First Degree (2004)
• Possession Stolen Property Second Degree (1990)
• Attempt to Elude (2004)
• Residential Burglary (2006)
• Felony Harassment (2006)
• Burglary Second (1988)
• 20 adult misdemeanors including attempted Possession Stolen Property, Theft, Obstructing and Vehicle Prowling

Joseph England has 10 pending Residential Burglaries where he stole cars, guns, laptops, jewelry, video games and even . . . Christmas gifts.  His cases are pending at the Maleng Regional Justice Center (MRJC):  09-1-02370-7 KNT, 09-1-03086-0 KNT, 09-1-02402-9 KNT.

James Sly is likely responsible for dozens of motel and hotel room burglaries.  He mostly steals laptops.  We've had several cases with him using the same MO each time: 08-1-12795-4 KNT, 08-1-12838-1, 05-1-13333-0.  This defendant has an offender score of 21!  (all thefts, burglaries, etc.)  He was sentenced to 60 months recently.

Jill Eckert and Peter Garcia are responsible for countless thefts from people's homes.  They posed as potential home buyers and during Open Houses would steal jewelry and other items.  Because they had permission to enter, we charged them with Trafficking.  They are pending at MRJC right now at the case setting stage, 09-C-02665-0 KNT and 09-C-02666-8 KNT.

Lynell Denham is a true professional commercial burglar with an offender score of 18.  He drills large holes into business, uses 2-way radios with partners, and has diagrams of the business he plans to hit.  His latest case was resolved in August 2008 when he got 51 months, 07-C-09420-9 KNT.

Taiwo Heiser broke into five homes and stole guns, watches, TVs, checkbooks, and other items.  A victim was home on one instance,  08-1-090563-7 KNT.  He pled guilty to three counts and was sentenced to a Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative (DOSA) with 25 months in custody and 25 months in treatment.  He had an offender score of 7.

Roy Rima 08-C-09523-8 and Adam Okerson 08-C-09522-0, each have pending cases for burglary here and in Pierce County.  No one was home, but they were specifically looking for guns.

Henok Gebremichael 09-C-02244-1, 08-C-00250-7, 08-1-12296-1, and his associate Brandon Valdez 09-C-02245-0, 09-C-0740-0.  This duo is responsible for a rash of burglaries from Seattle to Des Moines and also a bunch in Burien.

Juvenile Burglars

J. R. - 09-8-00258-6, 09-8-00255-1, 09-8-00262-4, 09-8-00257-8, 09-8-00264-1
J. W. - 08-8-04490-6, 09-8-00260-8, 08-8-03398-0, 08-8-03785-3
J. S. - 09-8-00254-3, 09-8-00256-0, 09-8-00261-6, 09-8-00265-9
J. H. - 08-8-02305-4, 08-8-03374-2
P. N. - 08-8-04523-6, 08-8-04524-4, 08-8-04367-5, 08-804526-1, 08-804525-2
J. K. - 09-8-01096-1
D. J. - 08-8-02724-6, 09-8-00340-0, 08-8-02718-1, 07-8-00644-5

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