Recently, two men arrested by Redmond police were sentenced or are awaiting sentencing for two separate cases relating to vehicle prowls and automobile thefts. They were arrested at the end of last year and beginning of this year.
In the first case, Zachery Stanfill was arrested on Dec. 30, 2014 after police connected him to a series of vehicle prowls and automobile thefts in the Overlake neighborhood of Redmond that took place in November 2014.
Redmond Police Department Assistant Chief Kristi Wilson said police were able to link Stanfill to a black BMW, which was captured on surveillance video and was a “known associated vehicle from prior police contacts.”
Wilson said after he was arrested, Stanfill admitted in an interview that he had pawned property taken from a stolen van. He also admitted to attempting to steal additional vehicles and breaking into several vehicles on the Microsoft campus.
Wilson said Stanfill was convicted of taking a motor vehicle without permission in the second degree, trafficking in stolen property in the first degree and three counts of vehicle prowling in the second degree.
Wilson said Stanfill was sentenced to a residential drug offender sentencing alternative (DOSA), where he will serve between three and six months at an inpatient facility and have another 24 months of supervised probation.
“Should he fail at the requirements of his supervision, he will be sentenced to 17-22 months confinement,” she said.
In the second case, Michael LeMay was arrested Jan. 2 after police investigated the theft of a van that occurred in December 2014, from the 2500 block of 152nd Avenue Northeast.
The van was recovered the next day, but $10,000 worth of work equipment and tools stored inside were also stolen.
Wilson said the van theft was captured on surveillance and LeMay was identified as the suspect.
During an interview following his arrest, Wilson said LeMay admitted to being present during the theft and participating in the theft of the equipment.
LeMay pleaded guilty to tracking in stolen property in the second degree and his sentencing is pending.
