COURTS & CRIME

Karpf sentenced to time served

Kennedy Karpf, 25, pleaded guilty Jan. 5 to first-degree rendering criminal assistance in connection to helping William Williams, 41, who fled after allegedly shooting and killing Janus Afo on Sept. 28 in Shelton.

Judge Daniel Goodell followed state’s recommendations and sentenced Karpf to time served in Mason County, 79 days, with no restitution or probation.

Karpf’s attorney Rose Boughton said Karpf had “no criminal history whatsoever,” and that Karpf was “quite afraid” of Williams.

“She knows this is a series of poor decisions,” Boughton said.

Goodell said at sentencing that he recognized Karpf’s “young age” and that she was “involved in something way over her head.”

Deputy injured while responding to campfire next to Shelton post office

Shelton officer G. Portillo suffered minor injuries during an arrest after receiving a call about “vagrants setting a small campfire” at the Shelton post office at 9:25 p.m. Jan. 1, according to a police report.

Derek Robbins, 31, was standing by the fire and a records check showed he had an outstanding felony warrant for escape from community custody on an original charge of third-degree assault, Portillo wrote in the probable cause document.

The deputy handcuffed Robbins and told him he was being taken to jail.

“Robbins was arguing the validity of the warrant and stated that he was not going anywhere. Robbins was inside the rear passenger seat of my patrol vehicle but he placed his legs outside the door frame, preventing me from closing the door. As I tried to push Robbins’ feet inside the vehicle, Robbins lowered his head, rushed towards me, and head-butted me by striking my left upper torso. Robbins’ physical force caused me to stagger rearward,” according to the document.

A second officer helped Portillo restrain Robbins and get him into the patrol car. Portillo cut and scraped his knees and cut his knuckle in the scuffle, the document states.

Robbins has been charged with third-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and is in the Mason County jail.

Alleged Safeway serial shoplifter charged

A man who allegedly shoplifts “daily” at the Shelton Safeway despite being permanently trespassed from the location has been charged with second-degree burglary, a class B felony, according to court documents.

Dalton Huff, 29, was arrested Jan. 1 for an alleged theft that occurred at the Shelton Safeway on Dec. 28. According to the probable cause document, a Safeway employee called police while Huff was attempting to steal a bottle of alcohol. The employee’s manager saw Huff pick up the bottle and “pass all point of sale and attempt to exit the building,” Officer C. Pickens wrote in the document. The manager said Huff turned to her and “smiled” as he started walking out with the stolen alcohol, according to the document.

Two male customers then approached Huff and “advised him to return the stolen merchandise,” and he dropped the bottle and fled, the document states.

The manager “knew Huff from multiple theft incidents at Safeway” and told police Huff “enters the store multiple times in one day and steals daily,” Pickens wrote.

Pickens wasn’t able to locate Huff at the time. He was arrested several days later.

Judge Daniel Goodell released Huff on personal recognizance and stipulated Huff abide by no trespass orders and not visit the Shelton Safeway.

Huff’s arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 16.

Deputies recover stolen Clallam County bus, arrest driver

Mason County deputies stopped a reportedly stolen Clallam County Transit bus on state Route 3 south of E Pickering Road. Dec, 27 and arrested Port Angeles resident Hailey Weatherbie, 35, for possession of a stolen vehicle.

MACECOM told deputies to be on the lookout for the bus shortly before Deputy M. Limper saw the distinctive 29-foot white bus with blue stripe pass his patrol car, according to court documents. Limper was northbound and turned around to pursue the southbound bus.

“I began giving verbal instructions with and without my PA system for the driver of the bus to exit. A short time later, a female with dark hair wearing a yellow reflective jacket with a backpack, walked out from the passenger side and came to the back of the bus. Without being prompted and despite me telling her to stop, the female emptied out all contents of a small backpack, her pockets, and took off the reflective jacket and hoodie,” Limper wrote in the probable cause document.

Limper said when he asked the woman her name, she responded, “You know who I am. I’m in handcuffs.”

Limper waited for backup and deputies cleared the bus, finding no other occupants.

Clallam County police told Limper they viewed security footage showing a woman with dark hair, dressed in a reflective jacket, enter the bus and then the bus left.

Judge Monty Cobb released Weatherbie on personal recognizance and she has not been charged.