Man receives prison sentence for role in 2023 incident

A 44-year-old Bellevue man was sentenced to five years, seven months in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to seven charges in Skagit County Superior Court.

According to court records, Joshua Cuevas Quimpo pleaded guilty to sale of a legend drug without a prescription, third-degree assault, second-degree theft, two counts of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and two counts of second-degree burglary.

Two of the crimes were from Sept. 29, 2020, and the others from Sept. 15, 2023.

On Sept. 15, 2023, Quimpo was among five people who threatened to kill a man at a residence on Padilla Heights Road near Highway 20 east of Anacortes.

Records state that the five people went to the man's home looking for drugs, and tied the man up. Court documents state they were looking for a man who had recently moved out.

The group forced the man at gunpoint to take them to the former resident's new address. The man said they bought a small amount of methamphetamine from the former resident, and discussed killing and robbing him before deciding it wasn't worth it.

That same day, an Anacortes property owner reported his house was broken into and several weapons were stolen. Surveillance footage pointed toward the same group of suspects, court documents state.

In exchange for his guilty plea, Quimpo had one other charge dropped.

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