A Grays Harbor County woman is facing charges in Lewis County Superior Court after allegedly being found in possession of a stolen laptop and methamphetamines.
Hoquiam resident Caroline Diane Deisler, 54, has been charged with one Class C felony charge of second-degree possession of stolen property and one misdemeanor charge of controlled substance possession.
She made her preliminary appearance in Lewis County Superior Court via video feed from the Lewis County Jail on Monday, Oct. 12.
The charges were filed after she was allegedly found with a stolen laptop and a white substance believed to be methamphetamine on Oct. 9.
According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by prosecutors, a local resident contacted the Chehalis Police Department on the morning of Oct. 9 to report that her laptop had been stolen from her vehicle while it was parked at the Chehalis Deli.
Using the “Find My” application, the woman was able to ping its location twice — first at the Quesadilla Factory on South Gold Street, then in downtown Chehalis on Northwest Pacific Avenue.
As she tracked it, it moved again, this time to Staples in Chehalis, where the woman told police she believed her laptop was held by suspects driving a teal-colored Ford Explorer.
Chehalis police first contacted a male suspect, who denied having any knowledge of the laptop.
Then “a female, associated with the male, identified as Caroline Deisler, was contacted near the teal Ford Explorer,” the affidavit stated.
When asked about the laptop, Deisler produced it and allegedly “stated that she found the laptop in a bag in a ditch approximately a week or two ago in Castle Rock.” The woman who reported the theft had given the police the laptop’s serial number, and they confirmed it was hers.
After officers placed Deisler under arrest for allegedly possessing stolen property, they conducted a search and discovered a “small packet with a white substance” the officers believed to be methamphetamine.
The laptop’s screen was cracked and the owner estimated it would cost $400 to repair. The laptop’s value was approximately $800.
During her Oct. 12 appearance before Lewis County Superior Court Pro Tem Commissioner Kathryn Eyraud, the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office stated while she did have a criminal record, it was “very old,” with her last conviction for a misdemeanor coming in 2004. He asked for a $5,000 unsecured bond, along with a no-contact order.
Defense attorney Rachel Tiller agreed to the state prosecutor’s bond request. Eyraud set Deisler’s bond at $5,000 and her arraignment hearing for 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15.
