A Kennewick man faces a Jan. 11 trial for allegedly stealing items from a house under construction in Kennewick.
Johnny D. Allstead, 46, was charged with second-degree burglary in Benton County Superior Court. His bail remained set at $1,000 and prosecutors said additional charges are pending against him.
Allstead was arrested Nov. 6 by Kennewick police after an alert neighbor spotted him going into a home under construction in the 1700 block of West 51st Street, officials said.
He was found in his truck and investigators were later able to determine that a tool found in his truck was stolen from the home site a week earlier, but the burglary hadn't been reported, police said.
Detectives then searched Allstead's Finley home and recovered several truckloads of stolen property, including a commercial miter saw, table saw and tile-cutting equipment.
Lawnmowers and a computer stolen weeks earlier from a Kennewick Wal-Mart also were reportedly found during the search.
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