Suspects found with mail from Othello, Warden
Rachal Pinkerton Staff Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 10 months AGO
DAVENPORT — Authorities say two suspects are in custody after being seen searching through the mailboxes of homes in an area north of Davenport and that in their possession was mail from Othello and Warden residents.
The Lincoln County Dispatch Center received a phone call on Tuesday, Feb. 11, from a concerned citizen, according to a Facebook post from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 12. The caller said it appeared that the occupants of a vehicle were searching through mailboxes and provided a description of the car and occupants. The citizen then continued to follow the vehicle at a safe distance and reported further information to dispatch, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
Three sheriff’s deputies responded to the call, located the vehicle on Highway 25 and followed the suspects. The occupants appeared to attempt to elude law enforcement before finally stopping, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Officers later booked 35-year-old Karalynn Solis and 36-year-old Leora Guery into the Lincoln County Jail.
Upon obtaining a search warrant, deputies found hundreds of pieces of stolen mail that included driver’s licenses, tax forms, passports, credit cards and other personal mail. They also found felony narcotics, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
On Thursday, Feb. 13, the sheriff’s Facebook page reported the locations and amount of mail that had been taken, including: 35 pieces from Othello; three pieces from Warden; 85 pieces from Moses Lake; and two pieces from Ritzville. Deputies also found 52 pieces of mail from Davenport, 92 from Pasco, 32 from Wenatchee, 120 from East Wenatchee, one piece from Ephrata, 13 pieces from Entiat, 53 from Kennewick, 27 from Chelan, 25 from Coulee Dam, 47 from Grand Coulee, one piece from Olympia, one piece from Spokane Valley, one piece from Malaga and two pieces from Yakima.
Of the 593 pieces of mail obtained, there were 43 credit and debit cards, three gift cards, eight IDs and driver’s licenses and two passports. None of the names matched the names of the suspects, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
Those with stolen mail are being notified.
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