Former Port Townsend resident jailed in Kitsap County in rape investigation

David John Jevne

David John Jevne

PORT ORCHARD — A former Port Townsend resident is in jail in Port Orchard following his arrest in Seattle.

David John Jevne, 30, was arrested Friday. He remained in the Kitsap jail Monday for investigation of second-degree rape. Bond was set at $250,000.

Kitsap County Sheriff’s deputies said they sought Jevne after a rural home was broken into on the Kitsap-Mason county line Aug. 14.

They said Jevne tried to rape and strangle a young woman living there but was stopped when one of her two children awakened. He knew the woman, according to the deputies.

Jevne fled on foot, deputies said, taking with him the woman’s laptop computer, a credit card and her cellphone.

He later tried to use the bank card in Gorst in Kitsap County, deputies said.

Because he formerly lived in Port Townsend, Kitsap deputies said they asked Jefferson County authorities for Jevne’s known hangouts.

When he was not located at any of those locations, the search was widened to King County.

Seattle police answered a 9-1-1 call reporting Jevne was near a fast-food restaurant at Fourth Avenue South and Holgate Avenue.

When they arrived, they saw a man matching Jevne’s description riding a bicycle.

Officers said he fled into a gated vehicle parking lot, tried to run off, but was taken into custody.

According to Kitsap sheriff’s detectives, Jevne has a record of 32 convictions, 11 for felony offenses.

Besides Port Townsend, he has lived in Burien, Seatac and Seattle.

His arrest record in Jefferson and King counties includes possession of methamphetamine, third-degree theft and eluding a law enforcement officer, according to court documents.

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