Crime Briefs

Taylor Shellfish break-in

A man discovered inside Taylor Shellfish’s fenced property by Taylor Town Restaurant was arrested April 23 for allegedly stealing fuel cans.

Mason County Sheriff’s Office Deputy J. Ogden said he received a dispatch call after Taylor employee Carl Goldsby saw a man walking inside the restricted area.

“I approached the alleged suspect vehicle and noted a male, later identified as Edgar Mendoza Castillo, 29, lying down at the front of the vehicle, and appearing to be looking up under the vehicle. I also noted two gas cans,” Ogden wrote in a probable cause document.

Castillo did not speak much English, so MCSO Corporal Portillo was called to the scene to interpret.

Castillo told Portillo he was driving on U.S. Highway 101 when he had car trouble and pulled over.

“He alleged he had seen two males running out of the area with the two gas cans in hand. They allegedly had set the two gas cans down by a power pole some distance from the roadway before running away toward U.S. 101 … He thought the gas cans may be the fix to his vehicle issues. He advised he went over and took the two gas cans and brought them to his vehicle where I noted them,” according to the probable cause document.

Goldsby confirmed the gas cans belonged to Taylor Shellfish and said the business is “missing multiple items” including Milwaukee tools and a vehicle, the document states.

“From the outside of Edgar’s vehicle it was noted we could see Milwaukee items within the vehicle and elements of drug crimes,” Ogden wrote.

Goldsby showed deputies camera footage of a man who appeared to be Castillo inside the fenced area and who was the only person in camera view, according to the document. It appeared Castillo took apart a fence portion to enter, the document states.

Castillo was arrested on second-degree burglary charges and Judge Monty Cobb set bail at $2,500.

Castillo’s arraignment is May 6 in Mason County Superior Court.

Brothers’ fracas leads to arrest

A dispute involving three brothers left one brother with serious injuries and another arrested for assault.

The Diggle brothers’ fight was so alarming that a houseguest who “barely knows” Dakota Diggle called police for help after Timothy Diggle Jr. and Taylor Diggle allegedly beat Dakota so bad he suffered a possible fractured eye socket, according to a Mason County Sheriff’s Office probable cause document.

Dakota Diggle, 20, was at a house on Beeville Loop Road in Matlock on April 14 when he got into an argument with his father, Timothy Diggle, 64, according to the document.

After the argument, “his brother Taylor tackled him from behind and proceeded to strike him in the face 4 – 5 times” and kicked him on his side, the document states.

Dakota Diggle said his father then asked him [Dakota] to leave “to allow things to cool off,” MCSO Deputy C. Clark wrote in the document.

Dakota Diggle drove to the Matlock Store and returned 30 minutes later, he said, and as he was sitting on the couch his other brother Timothy Diggle, Jr. “barged through the door and immediately started to attack him,” according to Clark.

“Timothy Jr. began to strangle him for approximately 15 – 20 seconds causing difficulty breathing,” the probable cause document states.

Dakota Diggle then ran outside to the front porch followed by his brother who was still punching him, when both brothers smashed into the porch railing, breaking it and falling into the yard, according to the document.

Dakota Diggle said “Timothy Jr. struck him approximately 20 total times throughout the incident,” Clark wrote.

“I asked Dakota why his brothers had attacked him, and he advised his brothers believed he got into a physical disturbance with their father,” according to Clark.

Timothy Diggle, Jr. was arrested April 16 for second-degree assault and released on personal recognizance by Judge

Monty Cobb. His initial arraignment was Monday.