aka: Karlyn Jones-Butello
by Amelia Dickson
Olympia, WA (5-7-15) — A 39-year-old Auburn woman who stole a “large amount” of mail from UPS drop boxes was sentenced to two months in jail after pleading guilty to identity theft and drug charges Thursday in Thurston County Superior Court.
Karlyn S. Buttelo was arrested March 23 by the Lacey Police Department and has been in the Thurston County Jail ever since. She initially faced six charges: two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, one count of possession mail, one count of unlawful factoring of a credit card and two counts of identity theft in the second degree.
Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor Joseph Wheeler agreed to drop the remaining charges if Buttello pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. He said Buttelo had no known criminal history prior to those two convictions. [Mr. Wheeler appears to have failed to do his homework according to the following records]:
| Name | Court | Case Number | Judgment Record | Court Information | |
| 1 | Buttelo, Karlyn Defendant |
Thurston Superior | 09-2-01862-3 | 08-03-2009 | |
| 2 | Buttelo, Karlyn DEFENDANT |
Thurston Superior | 11-2-01091-8 | Available | 05-17-2011 |
| 3 | Buttelo, Karlyn Defendant |
Thurston County Dist | 86429 | 01-12-2010 | |
| 4 | Buttelo, Karlyn Defendant |
Fife Municipal | FRL091660 | 11-29-2010 | |
| 5 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Tumwater Municipal | 1Z0609683 | 09-01-2011 | |
| 6 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Thurston County Dist | P12-00055 | 05-09-2012 | |
| 7 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann RESPONDENT |
Thurston Superior | 13-3-00956-1 | 07-11-2013 | |
| 8 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann RESPONDENT |
Thurston Superior | 08-2-30130-1 | 02-28-2008 | |
| 9 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Tukwila Municipal | CR0064202 | 10-16-2013 | |
| 10 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Thurston County Dist | C00021598 | 01-22-2008 | |
| 11 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann PETITIONER |
King Co Superior Ct | 13-3-09573-8 | 07-03-2013 | |
| 12 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Federal Way Muni | 4Z0461039 | 09-09-2014 | |
| 13 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Olympia Municipal Ct | CR0218227 | 02-22-2011 | |
| 14 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Tumwater Municipal | 1Z0630498 | 09-05-2011 | |
| 15 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Olympia Municipal Ct | IN0246647 | 02-08-2011 | |
| 16 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann RESPONDENT |
Pierce Co Superior | 08-3-00824-9 | 03-07-2008 | |
| 17 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Tumwater Municipal | P12-00055 | 05-09-2012 | |
| 18 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Federal Way Muni | 4Z1058074 | 12-17-2014 | |
| 19 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Olympia Municipal Ct | IN0245709 | 02-22-2011 | |
| 20 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Tacoma Municipal | IN0279458 | 05-24-2011 | |
| 21 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann RESPONDENT |
Pierce Co Superior | 06-3-01533-8 | 04-28-2006 | |
| 22 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann RESPONDENT |
Thurston Superior | 08-2-30178-5 | 03-19-2008 | |
| 23 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann Defendant |
Renton Municipal | 4Z0851143 | 09-29-2014 | |
| 24 | Buttelo, Karlyn Suzann DEFENDANT |
Thurston Superior | 15-1-00438-1 | Available | 03-30-2015 |
According to court documents, police began investigating Buttelo after a UPS security officer informed them that Buttelo had been trying to open a UPS drop box. Officers later learned that Buttelo had obtained an access code and opened drop boxes in Federal Way, DuPont and Olympia.
Officers located Buttelo at a Lacey hotel. While searching her hotel room, they found methamphetamine, heroin, drug paraphernalia, stolen mail, packages with UPS labels, stolen checks and a credit card making machine.
At the Thursday hearing Office of Assigned Counsel Attorney Larry Jefferson, who represented Buttelo, said that before becoming involved with drugs, his client was a stay-at-home mom with a college degree.
“I guess anybody can fall from grace,” Jefferson said. [Larry studied under professor Peter Bohmer at TESC before graduating from law school and passing the State bar.]
Buttelo told the judge that she plans to take advantage of drug treatment programs and learn from her mistakes. Dixon said he hopes that will be the case.
“You have a college degree, mouths to feed, people to take care of,” Dixon said.
