Comments on: West Seattle Crime Watch: Suspected burglar arrested twice in one week, allegedly confesses to more

By: Sgt. Joe

Sgt. Joe — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:04:50 +0000

@Former WSEATTLE. email me with your case number and contact info. I will put you in touch with your case detective.
Sgt. Joe Bauer of SW Precinct
joseph.bauer@seattle.gov

By: Former WSEATTLE

Former WSEATTLE — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:26:55 +0000

Our WS Seaview home was burglarized in early December 2012, but we’ve since moved out of the country… any contact information from SPD? The numbers I have go into teleprompt void…

By: juju

juju — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:54:56 +0000

Two month’s later, and I am still discovering things that he took from us…things that were passed down from my great grandmother…it makes my heart hurt. He should have been in jail long ago…

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:36:44 +0000

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/justin.wood.752?fref=ts

Here is his facebook page, I knew him from High School. Doesn’t surprise me at all.

By: Shirley Enebrad

Shirley Enebrad — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:49:16 +0000

Justin Wood stole from my home seven years ago. We got back everything he had taken when his father went to the pawn shops to retrieve them. His father at the time made excuses for his son’s behavior. When I saw the blog articles about a serial burglar running amok in WS I knew instinctively that it was him. Glad he got caught and hoping that the judge will throw the book at him.

By: EdSane

EdSane — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:40:58 +0000

@AIDM, you are quite mistaken. How can someone be determined a “threat” to the public for a crime s/he has only been accused of and not convicted. I realize not everyone is familiar with the legal system. Again, bail is just a function to compel an individual to court. If someone has a history of skipping bail or is charged with a crime where there could be a significant sentence that’s when they create high (but not insurmountable ) bail.

By: WSB

WSB — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:42:16 +0000

Burglary is not a “strike” offense.

By: Nitro

Nitro — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:30:54 +0000

How does the three strikes rule work? Isn’t this like 24 strikes?

By: AE

AE — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:51:24 +0000

I feel so bad for all the people for whom this one person has caused so much grief. The first 2 times I was a victim of theft (car and burglary) I was a mess. Not fair that this person gets away with all the heartache he’s caused. I hope he loses all rights to live free.
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And yeah, where do they sell the stuff they steal? If that market was taken away, these losers would just loot your house for cash and drugs and leave your precious personal items alone.

By: S

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:10:55 +0000

I know him, and what he looks like! He’s a dirtbag…..

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:02:53 +0000

Thanks SPD! Job well done

By: hmmm...

hmmm... — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:56:40 +0000

Can’t believe this! Well, yes, I guess I can.

If you are a bad guy/gal you just get a shame on you. If you are the good guy/gal, you get a well, you need to get a better alarm, get a dog, don’t go out anywhere …

By: juju

juju — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:54:50 +0000

We were one of the houses robbed in January that he confessed to on the 15th…I was upset they let him go — and glad they caught him just a week later. What is frustrating is that he was arrested back in October…if they let these bastards back out pending trial, can’t they at least put a monitoring device on them in the meantime? The fact that he is finally caught is not going to bring back my piece of mind or any of my jewelry…and speaking of that — what is up with the damn laws and sketchy people who run those jewelry for money places? I think if you provide an easy way to get to get cash for stolen items, you become part of the crime and should be culpable in some way. This guy was obviously a regular at these places.

By: WSB

WSB — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:20:16 +0000

Thank you for the reminder, WSC. West Seattle’s state legislators are:

Rep. Eileen Cody
Sen. Sharon Nelson
Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon
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Go here for links to their pages/contact info
http://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/default.aspx?District=34

By: wscommuter

wscommuter — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:46:51 +0000

a – All felonies in WA are sentenced using a formula established by the legislature (not judges or prosecutors) where each type of crime, such as residential burglary, is ranked according to seriousness under the state’s Sentencing Guidelines. Likewise, multiple offenses, such as here, are multipliers which push the punishment range up. Previous felony convictions also count. The formula then arrives at a “sentencing range” (such as “41 months – 52 months”) which the judge is then required to sentence within (unless there are aggravating factors, and there may be here, due to the high number of offenses, which can allow a judge discretion to go even higher in punishment). This guy will be charged with multiple counts of Res. Burg. and will face more than just a year or two … but he won’t get 10 years either.

If you don’t like the punishment for Res. Burg., speak to your legislator. Only Olympia can change this – not a judge or prosecutor.