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Shaw Island burglar
sentenced to 45 days

posted 02/27/01
Thomas John Rupp, 18, Orcas Island, pleaded guilty to residential burglary. Rupp was sentenced to 45 days confinement -- all can be served on the county Work Crew.

Prosecutors accused Rupp and two teens of entering a Shaw Island residence, stealing an aboriginal bow and arrows and liquor in January. The three fled the residence by boat but were intercepted by deputies in a patrol boat.

Three charged
in Shaw Island burglaries

posted 01/30/01
Thomas Rupp, 18, of Orcas Island pleaded innocent to one count of residential burglary in San Juan County Superior Court Jan. 29, 2001. He was arrested Jan. 21 along with two Orcas Island juveniles after they allegedly broke into a home on Neck Point on Shaw Island.

Residential burglary is a Class B felony punishable by up to ten years in a state correctional institution and or a fine of up to $20,000.

According to court documents liquor, an aboriginal bow and arrows were taken from the home. When the three suspects were apprehended in the boat by sheriff's deputies, three arrows were found in an oarlock.

Shaw Islanders
foil burglars

posted 01/23/01
Vigilant Shaw Island residents alerted Special Deputy Al Wilding Sunday, Jan. 21, when they observed a small boat land at a private dock on Shaw Island. A Jan. 15 break-in at a Neck Point home triggered the heightened awareness. Sheriff's deputies launched two boats, one from Lopez Island and one from Orcas Island, and intercepted the small boat off Bell Island.

The boat contained items -- heirloom bows and arrows; glassware and liquor -- allegedly stolen from the home on Shaw Island. William Rupp, 18, of Deer Harbor was arrested for second-degree theft. A 17-year-old Orcas Island man was also arrested. Another juvenile was released. A fourth person was questioned Monday.

According to Sheriff Bill Cumming, the department has gathered information implicating the suspects in the Jan. 15 and 21 burglaries.

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