YAKIMA — A man has been arrested in connection with stealing 15 to 20 firearms from a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife building in Yakima earlier this month, police said.
The Yakima Police Department said in a news release Tuesday that police arrested a 29-year-old man Monday and booked him into Yakima County Jail.
The guns were stolen on Jan. 2 after someone entered secured fencing and cut a hole in the side of the building, according to police.
The person arrested was identified through a palm print at the scene and other evidence, according to the news release.