Olympia activist arrested at port
The Olympian
May 23, 2006
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A 37-year-old Olympia man who runs a local Web site that has played a
watchdog role over law enforcement was arrested early Tuesday at the
Port of Olympia after trespassing onto the property, said a county
official.

Andrew C. Hendricks, known as Drew Hendricks both on his Web site,
Olympia Cop Watch and the local blogging community OlyBlog, struggled
with a guard at the front gate around 3:15 a.m. and then stepped into a
'no trespass' zone inside the facility when a deputy arrested him for
second-degree burglary, Thurston County sheriff's Chief Criminal Deputy
Dan Kimball said.

A charge of second-degree burglary was made in this case because
Hendricks had entered a fenced compound with intent to commit a crime,
he said. Normally, this charge is applied to burglaries of enclosed
businesses.

Hendricks was trying to close and lock the front gates to the port, he
said. In light of the movement of Stryker vehicles through the port
today, this may have been a symbolic gesture, Kimball said.

Hendricks had placed a bicycle lock on one of the two front gates and
tripped a breaker which shorted out the lights inside the guard's hut,
Kimball said.

The guard confronted him, and Hendricks maintained his right to enter
the property and close the second gate, he said. At that point, the
struggle ensued, he said.

Deputies later found a second lock inside his backpack.

There has been an extra security presence at the port because of the
military activity this week, Kimball said.