East Wenatchee police arrest man after reported firearm threat during breakup

EAST WENATCHEE – Police arrested a 38-year-old East Wenatchee man after his girlfriend reported that he threatened her with a firearm while she was trying to end their relationship, according to the East Wenatchee Police Department.

Officers responded to the reported domestic disturbance at approximately 12:45 a.m. Nov. 7. The incident occurred at an apartment complex in the 800 block of North Baker Avenue, police said in a Nov. 9 news release.

The woman went to the police department and told officers her boyfriend had produced a firearm and made threatening statements during her attempt to break up with him. She reported taking the firearm from him and fleeing the apartment. The woman surrendered the weapon to officers at the station.

Investigators determined the man was a convicted felon with a history of unlawfully possessing firearms and believed he had access to several other guns, according to the release.

While the woman was speaking with officers, another officer located the man driving around in East Wenatchee and took him into custody. Police said they recovered the magazine that accompanied the firearm the woman had surrendered from his person during the arrest.

The man was booked into the Chelan County Regional Justice Center on suspicion of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and felony threats to kill involving domestic violence.

Officers subsequently searched several locations associated with the man under a search warrant. Police reported seizing five unlawfully possessed firearms as evidence.

Police did not identify the man.

Andrew Simpson: 509-433-7626 or andrew@ward.media