WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The Walla Walla Police Department announced the arrest of a serial burglar on Facebook Tuesday evening.
40-year-old Robert J. Frates was arrested after being identified as the suspect of a burglary on Nov. 27 on the 2200 block of Melrose Street. He was also identified in a second burglary from later that day on the 100 block of East Alder Street.
WWPD says Frates has a “notorious history” of burglary in Walla Walla, noting that the arrest is a “significant milestone” for the agency.
Frates was charged with second-degree burglary and third-degree malicious mischief for physical damage.
Anyone with information regarding the two burglaries involving Frates or any other burglaries he may have been involved in are urged to call WWPD Detective Klicker or Detective Fulmer at 509-527-4434.
