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Burglary suspect grabs a bite during pursuit

by Keith Kinnaird News Editor
| June 29, 2012 9:00 PM

SANDPOINT — A Bonner County man who was caught burglarizing a Sandpoint home Wednesday night was apprehended a short time later in a nearby residence nonchalantly eating a peach.

It’s not clear from the arrest report if Donald Robert Rasor was trying to pass himself off as a homeowner or was simply in need of some light refreshment.

In any event, he is charged with two counts of burglary, three counts of attempted grand theft and obstruction. A vandalism charge is apparently being contemplated, although was not filed as of Thursday.

Rasor, 52, is being held at the Bonner County Jail with bail set at $100,000. A public defender has been appointed to represent him, court records indicate.

A couple returning to their residence in the 100 block of Dearborn Street discovered Rasor in their home shortly before 9 a.m. Rasor bolted, but the husband gave chase and followed him to Condo del Sol, according to the arrest report.

As Sandpoint Police officers fanned out in the lakeside condominium complex, two teenage girls were returning home and discovered Rasor hiding in a bedroom in their unit, prompting them to run out and alert the officers.

“Rasor was standing near the front door eating a peach,” Officer Skylar Ziegler recounted in his arrest report.

Rasor was charged with burglary and grand theft earlier this year, but the burglary charge was dismissed and the felony theft charge was downgraded to a misdemeanor, according to the Idaho Supreme Court data repository.

He was charged with two counts of burglary in 2011, but those charges were dismissed. He was convicted of burglary in 2006 and 2004 and 1995, repository records show.

It’s the second time in three months a burglary suspect has been caught red-handed in a heist in Sandpoint. A number of other burglaries are still under investigation.

Police have issued a standing advisory for residents to make sure their premises are secured and to be on the lookout for suspicious activity in their neighborhoods.