Two suspects already facing charges for their alleged involvement in four burglaries in Centralia earlier this year are now facing charges in Lewis County Superior Court for burglaries that occurred in the Vancouver area in February and March.
The suspects were reportedly targeting businesses for their cash machines and ATMs, according to the Centralia Police Department.
The suspects, identified as Wanida Supatra Prommarin, 29, of Renton, and Deondre Jackson-Durden, 32, of Seattle, are accused of breaking into the B&D Market on North Tower Avenue at approximately 2 a.m. on March 30, 2023, opening the ATM with a sawzall and stealing $9,000 in cash; breaking into the Century Market on North Tower Avenue sometime before 7 a.m. on April 4 and stealing approximately $1,600 from the register; breaking into the Twin City Licencing Office on South Gold Street at approximately 3 a.m. on April 5, stealing the ATM and stealing cash from the cash drawers for a total of over $5,000 stolen; and attempting to break into the El Amigo Market on North Tower Avenue just before 1:20 a.m. on April 8.
Jackson-Durden and Prommarin were arrested April 8 after they and two others were interrupted by officers during the April 8 burglary and then tried to flee from a stolen vehicle that officers stopped with a PIT maneuver within a block of the Tower Avenue business.
The other two suspects escaped capture at the time and their names had not been publicly released by law enforcement as of Thursday, Aug. 31.
Jackson-Durden and Prommarin were charged April 10 with one count each of first-degree burglary, possession of stolen vehicle, violation of the uniform controlled substances act, possessing a stolen firearm, first-degree malicious mischief, and attempt to elude a pursuing police vehicle stemming from the April 8 burglary to the North Tower Avenue business; one count each of second-degree burglary, first-degree theft, and first-degree malicious mischief stemming from the April 5 burglary; one count each of second-degree burglary, second-degree theft, and second-degree malicious mischief stemming from the April 4 burglary; and one count each of second-degree burglary, first-degree theft, and first-degree malicious mischief stemming from the March 30 burglary.
All charges have accomplice liability qualifiers, meaning the defendant is accused of committing the crime as the principal or as an accomplice of another person.
Jackson-Durden and Prommarin have hearings to enter guilty pleas scheduled for Friday, Sept. 1, and Wednesday, Sept. 13, respectively.
Shortly before their arrests in Centralia, Jackson-Durden and Prommarin are accused of committing similar burglaries at four businesses in the Vancouver area.
Specifically, they are accused of stealing $185,000 in cash and checks from Las Palmas Grocery on Feb. 16; stealing a safe containing $10,000 in cash from Los Potrillos Mexican Restaurant and Bar on Feb. 16; stealing a laptop and $2,000 in cash from Ocean King Market on March 19; and stealing a safe containing $10,000 in cash and a 9mm pistol from Vital Products on March 19.
All four businesses sustained significant physical damage during the burglaries, with damage costs ranging between $2,000 and over $6,000 per business.
The Clark County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges stemming from those burglaries in Clark County Superior Court in late June, but the case was re-filed in Lewis County Superior Court on Monday, Aug. 28.
In that case, Jackson-Durden faces four counts each of second-degree burglary and first-degree theft, as well as one count of theft of a firearm. Prommarin only faces charges stemming from the March 19 burglaries; specifically, two counts each of second-degree burglary and second-degree theft and one count of theft of a firearm.
A Lewis County Superior Court judge set bail for Jackson-Durden and Prommarin at $100,000 each on Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Both have been in custody at the Lewis County Jail on $750,000 bail for the Centralia burglary cases since their arrests in April. The addition of bail for the new cases brings the bail total to $850,000 each.
