Authorities in Washington say they recovered $33,000 in stolen property from a Department of Corrections group home for recently released convicts, solving a string of recent burglary cases.
Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders this week announced two arrests and the recovery of an “abundance” of stolen property following an investigation that began on Aug. 15 when deputies responded to a residential burglary near Johnson Point.
In that case, a large amount of cash was stolen along with designer bags and jewelry, but “without cameras, there was little evidence to move on,” Sanders said.
On Sept. 9, the same victim reported a second burglary, but this time they had installed cameras. The surveillance video showed a black Mitsubishi and a gold Subaru, along with one suspect a deputy was able to identify from prior encounters…