PORT ANGELES – A Port Hadlock man is in jail after what authorities described as a crime spree yesterday in Clallam County.
46-year-old James Kingsland was booked into the Clallam County Jail early this morning on burglary, theft and malicious mischief charges.
It started Monday morning when Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a burglary at Peninsula Friends of Animals’ cat shelter on Hwy 101 near Port Angeles. Video surveillance showed a suspect arriving in a green Chevy Astro registered to Kingsland and the video matched photos of Kingsland’s driver’s license photo. Deputies say Kingsland entered the cat shelter, rifled through cupboards, stole some syringes, and left a t-shirt inside the building. They say he then stole a 1989 Chevrolet truck registered to Peninsula Friends of Animals and left the scene.
Later that morning, Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a report of a theft of a FedEx vehicle at the FedEx warehouse located on Easy St. east of Port Angeles. Employees reported that someone had punched the ignition of truck, drove it around and left the vehicle on scene. The fleet vehicle was equipped with a dash cam showing the suspect inside the truck who was identified as Kingsland. The FedEx truck was also equipped with a GPS tracking device which showed Kingsland drove the truck up and down Easy St. multiple times. Kingsland was also identified in video surveillance unlawfully entering other vehicles at the FedEx facility and stealing items including a box of cameras.