EVERETT, Police are urging boat owners at the Everett Marina to check their vessels and remove valuables following a series of theft investigations involving a 21-year-old Everett man. The suspect, who has been arrested three times since Oct. 14, was no longer in custody as of Nov. 5, according to jail records.
The arrests involved the Everett Police Department and Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police. Charging documents and an Everett police release describe allegations that the man stole multiple boats and fished illegally in Puget Sound. Police said officers and Port of Everett security personnel were already familiar with him because of a separate series of theft arrests in 2025.
The man had previously been barred from the port property, according to police. In the first arrest of the recent series, Everett officers found him in a boat that had been stolen but had not yet been reported missing. Police said stolen crab pots were also aboard. Jail records show he was booked on allegations of trespassing and possessing stolen property.
He was released the next day, but authorities arrested him again less than a week later. In that incident, Fish and Wildlife Police said they found him using stolen crab pots aboard a boat reported stolen near Island County. Court records show he was booked on four charges involving theft and illegal fishing. Police said he was again released the following day.
Later in October, police received a report that the suspect was staying aboard a stolen boat at a marina in Des Moines. Officers arrested him the next day when he returned to the Everett Marina, according to police. He was booked for criminal trespassing and first-degree theft before subsequently being released from custody.
Court records also detail convictions stemming from boat thefts at the Everett Marina in 2025. Those convictions included trafficking in stolen property, possessing stolen property and attempted first-degree theft. After pleading guilty to the felony allegations, the man was released from jail in July.
In their warning to owners, Everett police recommended routinely inspecting boats kept in storage and taking valuable items off them during the winter season. Police said boats equipped with kicker or trolling motors are stolen most frequently and asked owners to consider removing those motors when preparing vessels for long-term storage.
