State v. Silva

¶1 Splicing into a line to divert electricity around a meter box, as here, constitutes tampering with an electrical line. We affirm.

Grosse, J. —

FACTS

¶2 Dallas Anthony Silva is a contractor who owned two houses in Whatcom County, one on Sudden Valley Drive (Sudden Valley) and one on Hunsicker Street (Hunsicker). On October 30, 2001, while investigating a shooting at the *150Sudden Valley house, sheriff’s officers discovered a marijuana grow operation. The shooting victim was the tenant of Silva’s Sudden Valley house. The tenant told officers he tended the grow operation in exchange for a portion…