Police arrest three in Tenino motor home invasion

Tenino: Men suspected of putting barrel of shotgun in man’s mouth, leaving with revolver

JEREMY PAWLOSKI; The Olympian | • Published October 03, 2009

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Three men were in jail Friday after their arrests on suspicion of participating in a Sept. 15 Tenino motor home invasion during which one threatened the victim with a sawed-off shotgun, court papers state.

Jeremy Erwin, 34, Fred Isaacson, 44, and Jason Butterton, 25, were being held Friday at the Thurston County Jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery and other charges.

Erwin and Butterton are accused of entering the motor home in the 2900 block of 143rd Avenue Southeast on Sept. 15; Erwin stated that they were there to deliver drugs, court papers state.

The victim told police the suspects were there to purchase a revolver for several hundred dollars, according to court papers.

Also according to court papers:

The suspects entered and threatened a man and a woman in the motor home.

The victim could hear Isaacson on a speakerphone yelling about �dope, a gun, and how these guys were there to collect the gun for him.�

The suspects assaulted the male and later placed the barrel of the shotgun in his mouth. They also threatened the woman�s life.

The suspects demanded to know the location of the revolver that Isaacson wanted, and Butterton found the weapon and left with it.

The male victim said �Erwin made several threats that he would be back and kill them if they reported the incident to the police and that he would burn their place to the ground,� court papers state.

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