A Ridgefield man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to jail time on Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court for his role in a string of Ridgefield auto prowls.
Ridgefield police alleged that Drake Krotalus Price, 19, and George Thomas Stern, 18, were responsible for at least 13 auto prowls reported over the summer in the Heron Ridge, Bellwood Heights, Pioneer Canyon and Cedar Ridge neighborhoods.
On Sept. 1, Ridgefield police Officer Craig Wattson responded to an auto prowl in progress on South Second Street. A witness chased the suspects on foot until they got into a blue car and drove away, east on Pioneer Street, according to court documents. The officer, who saw the blue car in the distance, followed it and pulled over the car in the 29900 block of Northwest 31st Avenue.
Wattson recognized Stern as the driver, court documents said. The passenger, Price, had a loaded .45 caliber pistol under his left leg, on the front seat, court documents said.