Vehicle crashed into Nissan dealership and offices ransacked, Olympia police say

Olympia Police were dispatched to the 2200 block of Carriage Drive Southwest at around 1 a.m. Friday after a private security officer noticed someone had broken down the doors of Olympia Nissan.

Olympia Police Department Lt. Paul Lower said security found that a vehicle had been driven into the Nissan dealership to break down the front doors of the service department. When officers arrived, they found the two glass doors broken and off their hinges inside the building.

The reception desk as well as several other offices were ransacked and torn apart, Lower said. There were no suspects in the area when police arrived.

Lower said the business owners and staff are unsure of the damage done and what was stolen. He said they will do inventory Friday and over the weekend to determine what, if anything, is missing.

Anyone with information regarding this incident or the suspect is asked to call the police department’s non-emergency number at 360-753-8300.

This story was originally published February 25, 2022 at 9:47 AM.

Ty Vinson

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription