A homeless man accused of stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise from local Walmarts has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possession of stolen property.
Timothy Redmond, 59, pleaded guilty in Whitman County Superior Court on Friday, according to Prosecutor Denis Tracy. He has been transferred to the Asotin County Jail as he faces additional property crimes and an extradition warrant out of Idaho.
Redmond and a passenger were pulled over at a traffic stop in June when an officer noticed the backseat of the vehicle was stuffed with new merchandise, according to Tracy. He added there were four to five midsize digital safes in their boxes, along with numerous items that totaled to about $1,800.
The officer asked Redmond and the passenger where they received the goods and they told police they had stolen the items from both Pullman and Moscow Walmarts, according to Tracy.
Redmond had been in custody for the past four months, and the Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office recommended Redmond be credited for the time he had served. Redmond was released from the county jail and is now being held in the Asotin County Jail, as he faces burglary cases from other thefts from Walmart. Additionally, Redmond faces a pending extradition warrant from Idaho to address parole violations.
