Gig Harbor Retirement Community Thief Sentenced

GIG HARBOR, WA - A man charged with stealing $33,000 worth of jewelry and other items from a local retirement community was sentenced on Tuesday.

Russell Glen Grover, 34, will serve more than a year in prison for multiple charges, including residential burglary and trafficking stolen property, according to the Pierce County Prosecutor's office. He was sentenced under a special drug rehabilitation program, according to the Tacoma News Tribune.

His girlfriend, Adrienne L. Van Arsdale, 34, who assisted the thefts, is serving four months in prison.

Grover was a maintenance worker at The Lakes retirement community. Last spring, Gig Harbor police were repeatedly called to The Lakes over reports of stolen property. Police discovered that Grover was selling some of the missing property online, including TVs and power tools.

Grover and Van Arsdale committed the thefts over the course of about 13 months, the prosecutor's office says. One item stolen was a wedding ring that a resident of The Lakes had bought for his wife.

Grover and Van Arsdale turned themselves in on Sept. 14, 2016.

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