Cheney man arrested for alleged Sprague burglary

SPRAGUE—A Cheney man was arrested and booked into Lincoln County Jail Saturday morning in connection to a burglary at a Sprague address. Bruce Paul Havens, 48, who resides on the 25400 block of South Columbia Basin Highway just south of Tyler, was arrested by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies and two Washington State Patrol troopers in connection with stolen scrap metal from a property on 9243 Wollweber Road here.

Corey Stolp of Edwall called LCSO to report a suspicious Ford SportTrak pulling a flatbed trailer near Wollweber and Schirr Roads Dec. 10. Stolp then told deputy Kody Becker he saw a man, later identified as Havens, in the unoccupied Wollweber Road address with the vehicle parked outside, according to police records.

Stolp said Havens told him he was looking for his brother’s Toyota pickup he lost when he was drunk. When Stolp told Havens he was on private property, Havens left, according to records.

Becker had previously contacted Havens and believed he was stealing scrap metal from old farmhouses. The property on 9243 Wollweber is unoccupied but operated by Don Ringwood, who said he wanted to press burglary charges, according to records.

Becker, deputy Dain Harden and state patrol troopers found the Ford SportTrak at Havens’ residence on Columbia Basin Highway. Stolp then picked out Havens from a photo lineup of six images, according to records.

Havens was then arrested and charged with second-degree burglary. He remained in jail as of press time.