By Cathy Logg
Herald Writer
MARYSVILLE — A rash of car thefts, vandalism and car prowls has swept through the Marysville area recently.
The height of the criminal activity seemed to have come about a week ago, during the weekend of March 2 and 3.
Marysville police reported 15 tires were slashed on the city’s eastside on Sunday night, along with a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle that resulted in the arrest of the driver, Cmdr. Steve Winters said.
The night of March 3, police investigated a report of a stolen vehicle, a number of vehicle prowls and malicious mischief incidents, and recovered two other vehicles that had been stolen, he said.
"Those two evenings were fairly active in terms of stolen vehicles and vehicle prowls and that sort of thing," Winters said.
Some of the incidents occurred outside the city, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said.
At Marysville-Pilchuck High School alone in the last seven weeks, deputies have responded to reports of two stolen vehicles, at least five thefts and some malicious mischief incidents, she said. On March 4, deputies investigated three vehicle prowls at the school, with damage and thefts of items like stereo equipment, compact discs, a cell phone and purse totaling $3,515.
On Feb. 27, someone used a BB gun to cause $1,000 damage to a school district driver’s education car, and another car prowl occurred on Feb. 4, with the loss estimated at $720.
"Somebody’s been active in that area," Jorgensen said.
Those numbers don’t include other car prowls and vandalism near the school, she said.
"There are patterns that happen with this stuff," Everett Police Sgt. Boyd Bryant said.
Many of the stolen vehicles are taken to provide drug users with transportation to and from their dealer’s home, he said. Several stolen vehicles from the Marysville and Arlington areas were recently recovered in Everett.
"We look for stolen cars around drug houses and often find them," Bryant said. "Someone will steal a car, drive it to the dealer’s house, get their drugs and leave the car in the area. They’ll steal another car to get home and later drive that one back to get more drugs, abandon that vehicle in the area, and maybe take one they’re previously left, or steal another car."
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