Glasby Has Long Criminal History

DAYTON - After allegedly using counterfeit $20 bills and a 21-hour standoff with Walla Walla police last week, Skyler Glasby, 23, of Dayton, is in Walla Walla County Jail under charges of three counts of forgery and one count of third degree theft.

Glasby is in jail with bail set at $10,000. He will be arraigned at the Walla Walla County Courthouse on Dec. 12 at 3 p.m.

Glasby was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 30 at a mobile home on Plaza Way in Walla Walla. The standoff began at about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29 when Glasby and Joseph Dejesus, 20, fled arrest by the police and retreated into the mobile home. Police said both Glasby and Dejesus are known gang members.

During the standoff, the police cut off power and heat to the mobile home and had family members address the two over public address systems. After 21 hours, they finally surrendered and were taken into custody.

Dejesus was wanted in connection to a drive-by shooting in October and was charged with seven counts of assault, drive-by shooting, unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree and riot. He is being held with bail set at $200,000.

Glasby has an extensive criminal history in Columbia County. The life-long Dayton resident got in trouble as a juvenile, said Rea Culwell, the Columbia County prosecutor.

While he was a minor, he was convicted of second-degree malicious mischief after he was caught on a "spray painting spree," Culwell said. Glasby had been caught spray painting a city park building, a school building, a camp trailer, bridge and businesses in Dayton.

A couple of months later, he was found guilty of thirddegree malicious mischief.

In 2006, he was tried as a juvenile and found guilty of two counts of minor in possession of liquor and stolen property in the second degree.

In 2007, he pled guilty to burglary in the second degree for breaking into a Dayton storage unit, Culwell said. Glasby cut through a chain link fence and stole items from trailers and motor homes that were being kept there. For this crime, Glasby was ordered to 12 months and one day in prison, but he did not serve the full term of his sentence and got out early for good behavior, Culwell said. "He wanted to go to Department of Corrections and not stay in Columbia County," Culwell said.

Also in 2007, he was convicted of two more counts of minor in possession of liquor and for assault in the fourth degree.

In 2008, he was found guilty of minor in possession of liquor and malicious harassment of a person. That same year, he was found guilty of violating a protection order and for making false and misleading statements to police officers. That year he was also convicted of escape in the second degree, which is a felony, Culwell said.

In 2009, he was tried as an adult and found guilty of being a minor intoxicated in public.

In 2010, Glasby was found guilty of driving under the infl uence and obstruction of law enforcement and put on probation for five years. Culwell said he appeared for this charge in court on May 19, 2010 and was sentences to 365 days in prison. Glasby plead guilty to this charge and did not serve time for this crime. He had served 39 days for a previous crime.

Culwell said the judge overseeing the case said if Glasby didn't violate the required payments and if he entered a drug analysis and treatment program that he would walk free. If he violated those terms, he would get the full 365 days.

Culwell said Glasby violated the terms of his agreement with the judge and after facing the judge again in August 2012 and October 2010, he failed to enroll in treatment. He later enrolled himself in inpatient treatment for his drug problem and walked out, Culwell said. In May 2011, she asked that Glasby serve the rest of his time in prison, but the judge only sentenced him to 30 days, she said.

Culwell said Glasby's defense for staying out of prison was that he wanted to spend time with his newborn baby.

In July 2011, Glasby was to serve 60 days and the judge suspended that time again, Culwell said. "I'm disappointed that he really should be in jail," she said.

Glasby was found not guilty of a couple of crimes. He was charged with unlawful imprisonment and rape and was found not guilty. Also, he was charged in 2006 with assault in the fourth degree and found not guilty.