Arlington Fires Police Officer Who Was Found Hiding in a Home After Two Arrests in Less Than Two Weeks
Joy Ale
June 13, 2026
Picture Credit: Scott Rodgerson
An Arlington police officer has been fired after being arrested twice in eleven days, first on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and then for allegedly hiding inside a home in violation of a domestic violence no-contact order that had been imposed as a condition of his release on the first charges.
The city terminated the officer’s employment effective Thursday following an internal investigation into department policy violations. Arlington did not name the officer in its public statement, saying only that it takes employee conduct seriously and remains committed to high professional standards and public trust.
The sequence of events began on 18 May, when Island County Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at a residence on Camano Island and arrested the officer on multiple counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He was placed on administrative leave immediately following the arrest.
Eleven days later, on 29 May, deputies received a report that the officer had returned to a Camano Island residence in violation of a no-contact order tied to a domestic violence matter and the conditions under which he had been released. When deputies arrived and searched the property, they found him hiding inside the home. He was taken into custody a second time. A judge responded by revoking his bail on the child sexual abuse material charges entirely.
The criminal investigation into both matters remains ongoing. The termination closes the employment chapter of a case that began with a search warrant and ended with an officer concealed inside a home, waiting to be found.
