OLALLA, Wash. — The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office says that deputies arrested a Port Orchard man accused of wire theft.
Deputies found the 53-year-old man by the roadside of SE Nelson Road near Fagerud Road SE in Olalla.
He said he was waiting for a friend to drive him to work.
Deputies later found several hundred feet of cut wire from power poles while searching nearby.
After searching the suspect, they found cutting tools in a duffel bag belonging to him.
The suspect was booked into the Kitsap County Jail on suspicion of theft, malicious mischief, and a warrant for failure to appear in court on an unrelated charge.
Deputies say the damage was estimated to be around $7,000.
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