LEAVENWORTH — The Chelan County sheriff’s office has identified the shoplifting suspect presumed drowned at Leavenworth as a 28-year-old transient from Tacoma, Alen Bolic.
He was suspected of taking two liquor bottles from a grocery store Friday and jumped into the Wenatchee River to get away from deputies. Searchers have been unable to find him.
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