Kennewick cops nab house hunter looking for prescription drugs
Just when you thought you had heard it all..
Kennewick police arrested a 55-year-old Richland man accused of pretending to be interested in buying a home to search medicine cabinets for prescription drugs to steal.
Donald “Rocky” Semmern Jr., is suspected of stealing the prescription drugs after attending open houses of homes for sale between Dec. 14 and March 15, Sgt. Ken Lattin said.
Semmern targeted owner-occupied homes that were for sale.
As he pretended to check the houses, the first places he’d hit were the bathrooms, where he’d rifle through the drawers and medicine cabinets looking for prescription medications, Lattin said.
Semmern is suspected of stealing medication from two Kennewick homes — 8623 W. Bonnie Ave. and 416 S. Roosevelt St. — and four houses in Richland.
Kennewick police arrested Semmern after several real estate agents confirmed seeing him at their open houses and catching him going through the medicine cabinet, Lattin said.
Semmern was booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of six counts of attempting to possess a controlled substance.