Belfair man charged with malicious mischief

A Belfair man was arrested and charged with malicious mischief and criminal trespass after an incident at a Kitsap PUD property Feb. 18 near Bremerton.

Gene Ray Brown, 44, has an omnibus hearing scheduled March 21 and a trial scheduled April 17.

According to the incident report, Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office’s Justin Coronado was sent to a possible stolen vehicle on Puget Sound Energy property near Solid Lane in Bremerton. He met the person who called in the vehicle and said he was out at the site repairing fiber optic lines due to an internet outage that took place earlier in the da...