Since the beginning of this year, the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office has responded to 15 vehicle prowls that were reported and occurred at the two parking areas of the Padilla Bay trail in Bay View. Proactively, deputies have made attempts to apprehend the individuals involved in these activities. This past weekend, deputies had two separate arrests of individuals taking items from a vehicle in one of the parking lots.

The first incident occurred on March 26 at 6:14 p.m. Deputies contacted two individuals at a vehicle that had been entered and items were taken. One of the items taken was locat...