News release Curry Co. Sheriff’s Office. On 05-24-16 at about 7:00pm, Deputies from the Curry County Sheriff’s Office and Del Norte Sheriff’s Office along with Officers from the California Highway Patrol arrested twenty-five year old Cody Center of Brookings after he ran from Deputies in the Smith River area near the Salmon Harbor Trailer Park. Center was arrested on two valid warrants out of Curry County and he was a suspect in numerous thefts from vehicles in the Brookings Harbor area. The following day after Center’s arrest in Smith River, Deputies located Center’s campsite in close proximity to where he was taken into custody and stolen property was recovered. The Curry County Sheriff’s Office had been investigating numerous complaints of theft from vehicles in the Harbor area for several weeks prior and through collected evidence and investigative leads, had developed Cody Center as a suspect. On 05-13-16 at about 12:40am, Sheriff Ward had confronted Center who was on a bike in front of the Harbor 101 Bar and Grill as he had fit the description of photo evidence from a couple reported theft cases the night before. Center fled on the bike after being told to stop and a short distance later dumped the bike and took off on foot. On 05-26-16 after his arrest in Smith River on 05-24-16, Center was transported to the Curry County Jail and lodged on the Curry County Warrants. On 05-27-16, while at the Curry County Jail, Center admitted to taking items from at least twenty cars in the Harbor area and subsequently, Deputies recovered a few items where Center said he had stashed them in the brush in that area. Center was lodged in the Curry County Jail on several counts of Unlawful Entry Into Motor Vehicle (UEMV), Theft in the First Degree and Fail to Obey a Police Officer. All information and evidence submitted the Curry County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
