SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - Yesterday, March 5th, members of the Spokane Valley Sheriff's Property Crimes Unit and the Spokane County Sheriff's Office Investigative Task Force, with the assistance of the Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, arrested 3 people in connection with several burglary and theft investigations.
The events started yesterday just after 6:00 a.m., when detectives learned 26-year-old Danielle C. Rangel and 27-year-old Eric D. Rangel were staying in a room at the Ramada Inn located on Sullivan in Spokane Valley. A search warrant was obtained for the location and the SWAT Team was requested to assist. Contact was made with Danielle and Eric Rangel in the parking lot of the motel at approximately 8:30 a.m. and both were arrested without incident.
Detectives continued to try and locate the third suspect in this investigation, 32-year-old Ryan L. Patterson. Detectives observed Patterson leaving a storage facility on East Sprague as a passenger in an SUV. When additional units arrived to assist, a traffic stop of the vehicle was conducted in a parking lot located on the southwest corner of University Rd. and Sprague Ave. Patterson was taken into custody just before 10:00 a.m. without incident.
All three were transported and booked into the Spokane County Jail for the listed felony charges:
Danielle C. Rangel: Trafficking Stolen Property 1st Degree and Possession of Stolen Property 1st Degree
Eric D. Rangel: Trafficking Stolen Property 1st Degree
Ryan L. Patterson: Possession of a Controlled Substance, Methamphetamine and a DOC Probation Hold
This investigation into burglaries, theft, identity theft and possession of controlled substances in Spokane County and Spokane Valley is on-going and additional charges are expected.
