photos of robbery suspect

From the OSPD:

On 1/19/10 at approximately 10pm Ocean Shores Police responded to a report of man lying in the roadway in the 800 block of Pt. Brown Ave NW, near Cadillac Jacks. Upon arrival police found a 33-year old Ocean Shores man with serious injuries to his back and side. The man was treated by Ocean Shores fire personnel and transported to Grays Harbor Community Hospital and later airlifted to Harborview. The man was unable to be interviewed and it is unknown at this time if he was the victim of a hit and run traffic collision. The Ocean Shores Police are asking anyone with information on this incident to call them at 289-3331.

From the Ocean Shores Police Dept.:

The Ocean Shores Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at Twin Star Credit Union, 900 Pt. Brown Ave NE, on Tuesday, January 19 at 5:30pm. Bank employees reported that a lone, masked gunman came into the credit union just before closing. The gunman herded the employees to the back of the credit union and forced them to open the vault. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of money, the gunman order the employees out of the building and had them lock the door behind them. He then told the employees to walk to the nearest house, where they could call police. The gunman then fled across Pt. Brown Ave onto Ocean Shores Blvd on foot. No employees were injured. Ocean Shores Police called in off duty personnel in an effort to contain the escape route of the suspect while awaiting K-9 units from the Hoquiam Police Department and the Grays Harbor Sheriffs Office. After an extensive search of the area no suspect was located.

The gunman was described as a male, approximately 6’2’, slightly heavy set last seen wearing a long sleeve blue sweatshirt, blue jeans, brown shirt, a blue mask and gloves. The gunman was carrying a handgun.

Anyone with information can contact Det Chris Iversen or Deputy Chief Russ Fitts at 360-289-3331.

From the Daily World:

A 35-year-old Ocean Shores man must serve a year in jail for a misdemeanor hunting charge after allegations he helped chase down a deer with a car and kill it with a knife.
Deputy prosecutor Gordon Wright said James J. Breslin Jr. was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 365 days in county jail and about $3,200 in fines for unlawful hunting of big game.
“I’m satisfied with the outcome,” Wright said.

From the Ocean Shores Police Dept.:

The Ocean Shores Police Department is investigating a series of commercial burglaries that occurred between January 1 and January 2, 2010. The burglaries occurred to neighboring businesses in the 700 block of Pt. Brown Ave NW. The Dusty Trunk and Celebrate the Seasons were entered and cash taken from the cash registers. The adjacent Amici Building was also entered with Coldwell Banker and the Flying Cats experiencing a loss of cash and two televisions. There  were no signs of forced entry and the buildings were found locked when employees arrived. The Ocean Shores Police Department asks anyone with information to please call Det. Iversen at 289-3331.

From today’s Daily World:

By Jacob Jones

A 52-year-old Ocean Shores man allegedly offered cash and an Acura sedan in exchange for the murder of his wife of 20 years.
The Grays Harbor Prosecutor’s Office has charged James E. Morris with solicitation to commit murder in the first degree after he allegedly tried to hire an undercover detective as a hit man last week.
Court records stated Morris recently approached a friend about hiring someone to kill his estranged wife, another Ocean Shores man and burn down the man’s house. An undercover detective recorded a meeting with Morris on Dec. 22, outlining his requests.
“The defendant stated that he wanted to wait … until he had some money to set things in motion and offered to give (the detective) his wife’s Acura sedan and $2,500 cash,” court records stated. “He stated that he wanted to wait a while, but that he wanted it done.”

According to Grays Harbor County jail information, James Elmer Morris was arrested by the Sheriff’s Department and booked on Tuesday for solicitation to commit murder. He is being held on $500,000 bail.

A vehicle was REPORTED to be doing 90 mph. According to Russ Fitts of the Ocean Shores Police Department, no citation was issued; the suspect driver was contacted by police officers. But, since no speeding was witnessed, no citation was issued.

(Notes from the Police log: “Red vehicle . . . doing 90 mph.”)

Grays Harbor Sheriff’s log

March 13

Ocean City

Assault. Drinking involved.

March 14

Ocean City

Subject drinking, behaving erratically, making racial slurs.