Eight in custody following stand-off in College Place

COLLEGE PLACE, Wash.-- Police in College Place arrested eight people while looking for a 33-year old man wanted in connection with a shoplifting investigation.

Walla Walla Police responded to a shoplifting report at Sportsman's Warehouse Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at about 11:00 AM.

During the initial investigation, an officer with the College Place Police Department received information that a vehicle associated with the shoplifting suspected was parked near a home in the 200 block of W. Whitman Dr. in College Place.

Officers from both agencies and the Washington State Department of Corrections responded to the scene, because it was suspected that other wanted subjects might also be in the residence.

Officers contacted several wanted subjects in the front yard, and they were taken into custody. One subject resisted arrest, while two other subjects tried to flee from the back of the residence but were quickly apprehended.

The arrested individuals included:

• Mark Zabor, 31, for failure to comply.
• Donald Cowden, 40, on a warrant.
• Lisa Korte, 48, for possession of a controlled substance and probable cause related to a separate incident.
• Kevin Dufur, 34, on a warrant for his arrest and failure to comply.
• Lavanndre Maurice Sabb-Garcia, 25, on a warrant.
• Mitchell Seymer, 46, on a warrant.
• Charles Buettner, 33, theft charges related to shop-lifting, probable cause for a separate incident, and failure to comply.
• Calvin Lee, 31, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful use of a building for drug purposes.

Detectives obtained a search warrant and searched the home, where they located narcotics, as well as an unsecured firearm.

Three vehicles were also impounded at the residence, one linked to the shoplifting incident, and two others that received a positive hit from a drug-detecting K9.

Additional charges could be filed as the investigation continues.