Bail is set at $100,000 for a man accused of using a forklift to steal an ATM from the front of the Washington State Employees Credit Union (WSECU) building in the 1700 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue on Sunday, Jan. 13.
The suspect, identified as Keith Steven Kimball, 27, of Spanaway, was arrested in Pierce County on a separate ATM theft case on Thursday, Jan. 18, according to the Chehalis Police Department and court documents filed in Lewis County Superior Court.
Kimball was charged in Lewis County Superior Court with one count each of first-degree theft, first-degree malicious mischief, second-degree burglary and theft of a motor vehicle on Jan. 23.
The court issued a $100,000 warrant for Kimball’s arrest that same day.
“The state is seeking a warrant so that if Mr. Kimball is released or bonded out of Pierce County, he will be brought to Lewis County to face these charges,” the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office stated in charging documents.
Court documents indicate Kimball’s bail in Pierce County was $17,500. He was released from Pierce County sometime before Monday, Jan. 29, when he was booked into the Lewis County Jail. Kimball had a preliminary hearing in Lewis County Superior Court on Tuesday, Jan. 30.