Spokane County Sheriff's Department Press Release:
On Friday November 3rd 2012 at approximately 1:25 p.m., Spokane Valley
Sheriff's deputies responded to a possible prowler call in the 11200 block of
East Aloha Court in Spokane Valley. A neighbor in the area who had reported
being a victim of a recent burglary stated he observed a male walking around a
house looking in the windows and continued into the backyard of the
residence.
Deputy Walker arrived at the location,
contacting the witness and began checking for the male. He found an unlocked
door and no one appeared to be home at the residence. Deputy Dodge arrived to
assist in the search but the male couldn't be located.
The deputies began checking the surrounding area
and another neighbor contacted Deputy Walker. He told him he just observed the
possible suspect in the backyard of the residence. Deputy Walker ran to the
backyard and observed the suspect going over the fence. Additional deputies
responded to the area to assist.
Deputies located the suspect, 21-year-old
Michael G. Mendez, several minutes later. During the investigation, it appears
Mendez may have been inside the residence next door while deputies checked the
initial location. Witnesses observed Mendez place some property under a deck
in the backyard of a residence as he tried to run and hide from deputies. The
property was recovered and believed to have been stolen from the second
residence.
Mendez was transported to the Spokane County
Jail where he was booked for felony Residential Burglary, 3 misdemeanor charges
for Criminal Trespass and a misdemeanor of Obstructing a Peace Officer.
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