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Suspect arrested 3 times in 3 days for vehicle theft, vehicle prowling

Officer Daniel Strassenberg Public Information Office

Friday, September 27, 2024 at 3:59 p.m.

A suspect in a crime spree targeting a local business was arrested again on September 26th, his third arrest in a three day span.  Larry W. Griffin (50) was booked into the Spokane County Jail yesterday for Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Resisting Arrest and Obstructing. 

The initial incident took place on September 23^rd when Griffin was booked into jail for Theft of a Motor Vehicle.  The vehicle was stolen from a business in the area of 6600 N Division overnight, but later recovered by employees and returned to the lot.  Diligent investigative work by patrol officers led to probable cause to arrest Griffin for the vehicle theft.  He was located in the area shortly after and booked into the Spokane County Jail, but released the following day.   

On September 25^th at 1:30am, Officers were dispatched to the same business on a report of a vehicle prowling.  Officers located Griffin inside a vehicle on the lot where he was detained.  A check of the location found additional vehicles had been entered illegally.  At the completion of the investigation, Griffin was placed under arrest for 3 counts of Vehicle Prowling and booked into jail.

The following day, officers responded to the same location reference a stolen vehicle complaint.  Employees arrived for work to discover another vehicle missing.  They later recovered the stolen truck a short distance away and drove it back to the lot.  Employees advised that the male that had stolen a vehicle two days prior had returned to the business again, apologizing for taking the truck as well as the other vehicle on 9/23.  After interviewing the employees, probable cause was again established to arrest Griffin for Theft of a Motor Vehicle.  Officers began checking the area and located Griffin a short distance away.  Griffin was not cooperative when contacted and yelled at officers that they would have to shoot him. 

Griffin was taken into custody for the vehicle theft without incident and transported back to the Spokane County Jail, his third arrest of the week.  He is currently being held at the jail at the time of this release.  Griffin has extensive criminal history with prior felony convictions for 2^nd Degree Robbery.     

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