Police recover weapons stolen from Bainbridge, North Kitsap homes

Authorities have arrested a pair of brothers suspected in a string of recent burglaries across North Kitsap.

Kitsap County Sheriff’s officers apprehend two Port Hadlock men, Robert Thomas Lucas (23) and Jason Michael Lucas (29), on a variety of burglary, firearms and trafficking offenses.

A large cache of firearms were recovered from the suspects’ home, some which were traced back to a residential burglary on Bainbridge Island.

The suspects are currently being held on bail, and appeared in court this afternoon, according to a KCSO statement.

The men have been linked to three burglaries, one last month in Hansville and two, one as recently as Monday, on Jefferson Point Road in Kingston.

Over 60 firearms, many of them antique, along with jewelry, cash, a knife collection and personal identifying paperwork were taken. The majority of the firearms were part of a Civil War era firearms collection.

Detectives developed probable cause when they discovered one of the suspects, a former landscaping employee who had worked on the burglarized properties, was attempting to sell stolen firearms. Police went undercover to make a purchase from the man.

Both suspects were taken into custody at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Salsbury Point County Park, just north of the Hood Canal Bridge.