CPD Arrests Burglary Suspect
At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Coeur d’Alene officers contacted burglary suspect Theodore Waterman in the parking lot at the 11th St. entrance to Tubbs Hill. Officers were aware Waterman had three felony warrants for previous burglary charges and was a suspect in multiple other cases. Waterman was taken into custody without incident on burglary charges, and additional burglary charges are forthcoming. Detectives in Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls and Kootenai County have been investigating several auto and residential burglaries in which victims returned to their vehicles and discovered their windows smashed, or the trunk lock popped and their belongings missing. Several of the vehicles in the reported auto burglaries had been parked at the base of Tubbs Hill. Many of the items taken in these crimes were debit cards or credit cards/Sgt. Christie Wood, Coeur d'Alene Police Department.