You didn't go to Birch Bay? >> No. In a restaurant in Birch Bay. >> Do you remember talking to any kids last night? >> No. You guys already answered that much and I absolutely do not. >> All right. What about a mom telling you to stay away from her kids? >> No. That's freaking me out. >> That's what >> freaking me out. >> What about a server telling you to leave their establishment because you're scaring the patron? If you don't have anything further, then I'm going to go ahead have you face away from me and put your hands behind your back. >> You're under arrest. Monday, June 24th, 2024. Birch Bay, Washington. At the Sea Shop, a landmark ice cream parlor and candy store. A 53-year-old man allegedly attempted to lure several miners toward his vehicle in broad daylight using simple props and threatening phrases. The case is alarming not only because of the location and timing, but also because of the persistence of his approach and a disturbing detail that surfaced more than once. the trunk of his car as the focal point of the reward. I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of crime. Did you know that for just $6.99 a month, you can join Tyler's crime unit today and get access to exclusive cases, extended cuts, early access to materials, and a weekly vote on what we're going to cover next. Your contributions help us to keep funding these videos and getting exclusive content just for you. Join today and become a member of Tyler's crime unit. Thanks for being here and supporting the channel. >> Yeah, that's it. >> Okay. Hi. >> Hi, Sheriff's Office. Corey. >> Yeah. Hi. >> I can talk to you a sec. >> Sure. >> Yeah. >> Can I put some shoes on? >> Sure. Yeah. >> I thought it was going to be the dog. >> Thought it was going to be the dog. >> Oh, I was telling my mom our dog got out last night and we haven't found him. >> Okay. >> And he's a old guy, little guy. I'm worried he might have just gone off into the woods to die cuz his kind of wife died about 2 months ago. >> Oh, >> and he's been acting really weird the last couple days hanging out under tables. >> Is that your roommate that's in there? >> It's my mom. >> Oh, it's your mom. Sorry. I just keep seeing the door just going open and close. So, >> she's probably confused. >> Oh, yeah. By the sheriff's office. Uh, just so you know, I have everything just being audio and video recorded. >> What's going on? >> Um, well, we're just here to talk to you. And sorry, while I talk with you, just keep hands out of pockets. Yeah, thank you. It's just a safety issue. Yeah. Um, so first off, is this your car? >> Uh, my mom's. >> Your mom's car. Do you do you um drive it? >> Not usually, but sometimes. >> Okay. All right. Um, well, I'm just here to talk with you to see where your whereabouts were yesterday. >> Here. >> Okay. The man who greets officers at the door is Corey Lee Cardwell, a Bellingham resident identified by multiple witnesses as the suspect in the Birch Bay incident. He lives with his mother and drives the family's only car, immediately tying him to the investigation. His initial reaction raises eyebrows. Instead of asking why the police are there, he mentions a missing dog. This early diversion sparks questions about his intentions. Was it an improvised excuse? a genuine confusion or an attempt to gauge how much the officers already knew. That first impression sets the tone for the interview. Answers that seem designed less to clarify and more to deflect >> yesterday. Yeah, I was here. >> Okay. All day >> with I'm kind of I stayed up all night long dealing with the dog, like walking around the neighborhood with a flashlight and stuff. So, >> sure. >> Now, I'm actually trying to Today's Tuesday. >> Yeah, today's Tuesday. Yeah, Mr. Mans. So, >> yesterday was Monday. I had a I met I met with a guy to have a prayer meeting in uh Lynon. >> In Lynon? Okay. Sorry, I can't see what you're doing back there. >> Oh, I'm I have a I have a pinch sciatic nerve >> and it's really bad. Like my whole leg is just flaring. >> Yeah. >> Sorry. Okay. I'll try. >> So, you had a prayer group in Lynon? >> Yeah, I met with Rod at his uh real estate uh office. >> Okay. What time was that around? >> It was uh we ended at 12:30. >> Okay. Walk me through the rest of your day. >> Um got some Oh, played a little bit of disc golf to try to loosen my back up, but didn't work out that well. So, I made like two holes in uh Blaine. >> Oh. >> And got some groceries and came home. >> Okay. All right. Um where do you play disc golf at? You said in Blaine? >> Yeah, at the Blaine disc golf course. >> Where's that? I don't know. >> It's really close to the Canadian border. Like a block away. >> Oh, okay. All right. Do you play often? >> I used to. I haven't this year. And I've gained 20 pounds from just not disc golfing. >> Okay. >> I used to do it every day. I try to. >> Mhm. Okay. >> What's going Can I Someone tell me what's going on? >> Yeah. So, um, we just had, um, some people that called in that were concerned, um, about some incidents that happened yesterday. So, I'm trying to get your side of the story of things >> from who? >> Uh, from multiple people, actually. >> Well, I met with >> Okay. >> Um, I mean, this is the only person that I know. >> Mhm. >> Okay. You didn't contact anyone else? >> No. >> All right. What about driving around? >> Did I contact anyone driving around? Mhm. >> No. What do you mean by that? >> Uh because we have people that say that they spoke with you yesterday >> on the phone. >> No, in person. You were in person at a couple different spots. >> Oh, I thought you was in uh there I think there was like one more guy playing disc golf that I saw a couple times >> and uh I was spent a little bit of time looking for a lost disc. Sorry, my >> No, you're fine. You're fine. >> Looking for the last disc that I end up not finding and giving up on. Um and and there was a boy and a girl that were coming by and I told them that I had lost a disc there. So if they find it, >> you know it's a good disc. >> Okay. What color are random? Uh what color are your like disc? Are they like frisbes or what color are those? >> They're all different colors. Yeah. >> They're sort of like, you know, that's part of the Is this >> Oh, that's ours. >> Oh, that's um there. Sort of part of the joy of it is they're sort of like Jolly Ranchers and the plastics are really >> different kind of pretty high-end. >> Sure. >> But they're just basically like golf clubs. You got your putter to your drivers. >> Oh, okay. >> This is the funnest sport ever. And it's free. And every town in the country has one or two disc golf. >> Sure. >> Okay. That's cool. >> There's a cool one at Cornwall Park. And they just made an 18hole one at the mall. >> At the mall. >> Yeah. Right. >> No. No. at I think it's I don't really know the model. I think it's Target. >> So the woods on the where Target faces. >> Yeah, >> it's a pretty fun course. >> All right. Okay. >> Um Okay. Well, >> I thought you guys were going to be my dog and I was so excited. This is >> We don't This is This isn't involving your dog at all. >> No. >> So, yeah. >> I know. What did you do after you weren't going did your disco? Where'd you go after that? I went to the grocery store and then home. >> Where's the grocery store? >> Um I Oh, and I got Coconut Kenny's pizza >> and groceries. Um and I don't know Lyndon at all, so I had to uh ask a guy at Coconut Kenny's how to get on uh the guide and get to was it Birch Bay in Lynen Road? So if you get back here. >> Mhm. >> So we had big coconut kings was right next to the grocery store >> in Lynon. >> Oh yeah. >> Okay. >> When asked to reconstruct his day on June 24th, Cory lists activities attending a prayer group, playing golf, running errands, but without a convincing timeline. His version shifts easily, and officers notice that he consistently avoids the evening window when witnesses place him at the ice cream shop. He speaks confidently about trivial details, but stumbles when pressed for times and roots. The most striking moment comes when he voluntarily opens the trunk of his car to show his Frisbee discs, a gesture meant to signal transparency, but which directly matches what children and teenagers had described in their statements. What he offers as proof of normaly instead becomes an element that strengthens the case against him. >> And then after you got coconut, Kenny's and groceries, then where? >> Came home. Straight home. >> Yeah. >> What time do you think he got home? [Music] >> I'm not really sure cuz I'm not sure how long I was at the course. And also this neighbor lady over here had called me uh because my mom's accidentally been letting the dog out and he keeps going to her house and so she just got my number the day before >> and she uh told me that was over there and I was trying to get a hold of my mom to let her know so she wasn't freaking out looking for the dog and she didn't answer the phone. I called her a bunch of times and she never answered and never got a text. She said she didn't hear it when I talked to her later, but I know I mean got left rods at 12:30. Probably just got for but I stayed a bit and sat on the picnic table and sun and stuff too. So probably was hour, hour and a half and then groceries and maybe an hour. I'm sorry to sweat. So what's that? Like four maybe four. >> Okay. So you went from Rods in London to the disc golf in Blaine to grocery store in coconut thingies in London. >> No, no, you know, I I actually got the groceries first and left him in the car. I didn't do the dis thing first cuz I had to find a way to get from Lyndon to Blaine without coming down on the guide and then going around then going back up. And the guy at Coconut Kenny's was so nice when >> I was waiting for the pizza to get it done. I did the grocery shopping. I came back and he had to taken his time to look it up and figure it out cuz he didn't know at first and he gave me uh directions on how to get to the disc golf course. >> Okay. And then you did the disc golf and then >> home. >> Straight home. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Why would >> With the groceries. >> With the groceries. >> Okay. >> Cuz like my mom is addicted to this ripple stuff. It's like kind of like chocolate milk that's made out of peas. >> Mhm. >> And she literally lives on it. She just had all her teeth removed so >> she can't eat stuff. And uh I got a bunch of uh those so it's you know I don't think it goes bad like milk maybe as quick but I still kind of worried it was in the hot car and stuff already. >> Mhm. >> So plus I don't ever go anywhere anyway. I don't have a life or any friends or anything right now. >> M >> um she just got diagnosed with cancer and she struggling with Alzheimer's stuff. So I'm just going to you know keeping her out of trouble and she keeps me out of trouble. Yeah. Okay. Uh, what car were you driving >> when you went to go to Rods? And >> this car? >> Oh, this one? Yeah. Okay. Oh, because it's got all your disc golf stuff in it. >> Well, and that's the only car that I don't have a car, but it's the only car I ever drive when I drive. >> Sure. Okay. >> I have a license. It's all clean. It's all good. >> Mhm. >> So, what happened? What are I >> Well, some people said that um they saw you at a restaurant last night. No. >> You didn't go to Birch Bay? >> No. In a restaurant in Birch Bay. >> Mhm. >> No, I did come home that way though. Birch Bay London Road to there and then up Kickerville. I think it is. And I came up the back way, which I don't usually do. Just a change of scenery sort of thing >> through through Birch Bay >> through and the park and then you come out to Kickerville. >> Sure. >> Which is just boom. >> Yeah. Did we make any stops along the way of there? >> No. >> No. >> No. >> Okay. All right. >> What is going on? >> Well, clearly you can see that there's some concern of why we're here, right? >> And I think I'm super concerned. I think you probably remember you probably know why we're here, >> right? Your face when I asked you like did you go any but when I said did anyone see you at a restaurant you were like >> and it looked like it. >> No, I I I struggle a lot with memory and stuff and this is also like I said I didn't sleep last night cuz of the dog. >> Sure. So, um, >> I I I I had thought I had thought that I had just uh came home on the highway and then up Grand View, but when you said uh Burge Bay, I remembered I came through Burge Bay. >> Okay. So, did you stop at any spots >> in Burge Bay? >> Yeah. >> No. >> No. I had food. I had the groceries. >> Didn't get gas. Mhm. >> So, >> do the disco thing. Sometimes they'll play disco golf at the park in in Birch Bay. It's a big forest. >> Okay. >> When people aren't camping there, but >> is that near CJ's beach house? >> We don't know what that is. >> You don't know what CJ's Beach House is? >> No, I don't. I'm not from I don't hang out here. >> Do you know where Birch Bay is? >> Yeah. Like the water? >> Yeah. That whole right. Yeah. >> I don't You just said that you had ice cream last night. I did have ice cream. Like it's evidence of ice cream in the house. >> Mhm. Yeah. Okay. Do you see where this is all kind of going? So, we need to get you to piece all this memory back together. >> I'm not sure where this is going or what. Actually, >> I just told you of you talking to kids, right? >> Yeah. You asked me if I talked to kids. Didn't tell me that I did or what. They're saying I did. >> Mhm. So, >> okay. >> I'm absolutely not clear on whatever you want me to tell you. I I don't know. >> We just want to know when >> Yeah. We just >> We would like to find out from you to hear from you what you did. >> Well, I just told you like everything that I did from yesterday from leaving here to coming home and then um remembered that I came home in a different way when you talked about Birch Bay and then remembered that there was ice cream here when you said that. But I don't have any memory of getting ice cream there or talking to any kids. >> You don't recall >> at all? No. >> Do you recall stopping in Birch Bay? >> No. I I thought that I had not done that. Like I wasn't lying when I said that. >> Were you drinking yesterday? >> It's just I'm been really really forgetful. Like I won't even be able to remember the movie that I just watched like 5 minutes ago. And I can't believe that that's real. And I'll be and I'll try really hard to think of and I won't be able to think. >> But you can remember that you went for your prayer group. >> Yeah, absolutely. First thing this golf and then we blank. >> Yeah, I actually thought I came home on the highway. >> As questions narrow, Cory's demeanor begins to change. He flatly denies stopping in Birch Bay. Yet, when restaurants or the candy shop are mentioned, his answers trail off into silence, corrections, and vague justifications. This sudden unease contrasts sharply with the confidence he showed earlier when describing golf or daily routines. Officers note that the loss of fluency is not random. It surfaces precisely when he is linked to the places mentioned by witnesses. His nervous pauses and abrupt shifts leave the impression that this is not mere forgetfulness, but a conscious effort to conceal his presence in the heart of the case. >> But now I'm realizing that I didn't cuz you talked about Bruce Bay. So, >> okay. >> So, you have no recollection of your no >> interaction with anybody else. >> No. What What are people saying that I did? >> Do you recall stopping at a restaurant um along the beach? Nope. Um at CJ's Beach House and going inside and grabbing toothpicks. >> I don't know what what CJ's Beach House is. I'm sure it's a >> restaurant. Do you recall anything about toothpicks? >> Huh? >> No. No. >> And having about a 15-minute conversation with a bunch of people? >> No. >> Okay. >> Not at all. >> Do you recall stopping in the middle of traffic and screaming at traffic? >> No. >> I guess it sounds like I'm having a bit of a meltdown. >> That's what we're trying to figure out. >> Well, and I I am I mean I'm just starting to get into some therapy and I'm going through a divorce after 32 years. Um, so I'm in a really bad place mentally, like just really kind of afraid all the time and sad and >> but whatever. It's how it is. And I'm trying to look on the bright side, you know, that my kids are all grown up. Dogs are all dead. I'm not uh working right now here. I grew up in Montana and worked in Canada, but I can kind of just start over brand new. Mhm. >> Not that I didn't want it like that, but I'm 53. >> Yeah. >> 25 more years of work or something. Who knows what I'll do, though? >> Sure. >> So, >> I was a barber in Montana. >> Do you remember talking to any kids last night? >> No, you guys already answered that much. And I absolutely do not. >> Do I I remember talking to the guy at Coconut Kenny's and the lady at the store who uh helped me pick out some flowers I brought for my mom. >> Mhm. and Rod first thing in the night. And then my mom later when I got home and that lady later when >> she tried to help me find my dog. >> Okay. So, you can recall all these things, but then you said that you must have >> I can recall all those things. Exactly what I told you. Nothing more. >> Okay. All right. What about a mom telling you to stay away from her kid? >> No. That's freaking me out. That's what >> freaking yavo. >> Yeah. What about a server telling you to leave their establishment because you're scaring the patrons? >> Absolutely not. This is at CJ's place. You said >> that's at CJ's. Yes. And then the ice cream shop at the sea shop is where the mom would have told you to stay away from the kids. >> I really don't know Bur Bay that well, so I mean anytime I ever go there, I just go to that park that's closest to the side and play disc golf >> or drive the cool beach drive. >> Mhm. So, in my head, that's what it is. Drive to the beach, drive home. But then you're saying no. >> No, I'm not saying no. That's that's all all along the route of the beach, >> right? I mean, >> what time do you remember getting? >> Well, like I said earlier, he tried to ask me and I guessed like maybe 4 4:30. >> Okay. And then what's the next thing you remember after that? Just the whole panic about the dog that went on all night. >> What time of the day was that? When did you first? >> It's it start it started when I got home because he he she accidentally let him out and he just gone >> like 4 in the afternoon >> 400 or 4:30 and and I'm guessing like I'm just trying to put hours together but then it sounds like I might be wrong on this. >> Okay. What about um contacting with your neighbor? Did you talk to a a juvenile there asking if they had your dog? >> A juvenile? >> A male? A guy? Did you talk to a guy? >> Yeah. >> No. No. Just the lady with the white hair owns the place. She's really nice. Her name's >> Okay. >> I just met her and she was actually possibly going to take my dog because um we're moving at the end of the month and my mom can't have him and I don't want him to go back to where he was. He'll just be all alone without his wife. At this stage, investigators confront him with specific episodes reported by others. A mother who allegedly told him to stay away from her children and a shopkeeper who asked him to leave the premises. Cory denies both without hesitation, but introduces unrelated details such as buying flowers for his mother. The tactic appears intended to steer the conversation away from critical events, but it does nothing to diminish the weight of direct identifications, placing him at the scene. Here the legal framework becomes central. In Washington, luring does not require physical contact or a completed abduction. The mere act of enticing a minor with harmful intent is sufficient to establish the offense. Under that definition, Cory's unsupported denials do not weaken the accusation, but instead they highlight the gap between his evasions and the consistent testimony provided by victims and witnesses. >> What about this morning? Do you recall anything this morning? this morning. >> Yeah. >> Uh I went over to her place. >> Uhhuh. >> And I walked out to the road to see if he was dead on the road. >> Uhhuh. >> And I walked there, >> but I didn't see any people or kids. I saw >> You didn't go knock on someone's door. >> I knocked on their door, but they weren't home. >> Okay. >> Not Not right here. Like there's one house over there. >> One house over there. >> Yeah. I figured he he couldn't get any further than that house or that house or that house. >> Okay. So, >> did you knock on that house's door? >> Yeah. >> You did? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Did you get contacted? Did anyone answer the door there? >> Yeah. Uh gentlemen. >> Mhm. >> Um and I just told him the dog was missing if he sees him or whatever. And he asked where he was and I said closest house to you through the woods cuz this they have sort of a trail and a bunch of stuff there. So, their dog's over here too. >> Yeah. Did you go to that house last night looking for your dog? No, I thought someone would call me for sure. And he's got a tag with his number. >> Yeah. >> It wasn't until this morning I started really panicking and thinking, well, I mean, >> there's only two more houses besides these that he could be at. >> He's either dead in the road or at someone's house. >> Mhm. >> But Larry suggested that you might have just walked off into the woods and died cuz sometimes dogs do that, you know, especially after they lose their their significant other and stuff. >> Okay. All right. >> Okay. So, you're telling us that you don't recall going to CJ's beach house at the restaurant, taking toothpicks, anything like that? >> You're saying that you don't recall standing in the middle of the road, screaming at oncoming traffic? >> You're saying you don't recall going to Sea Shop and talking to two little kids commenting on their shoes? Would Mickey Mouse ring a bell? >> No. Well, I made fun of their shoes. >> No, you commented on them. You complimented them. No Mickey Mouse. No, no memory of any kids whatsoever. >> You had a memory of something. >> Well, no. I just remembered these the same questions over and over. And I mean, and I'm I'm not I if I did remember something, I would just tell you right away without you even have to ask me. >> Okay. >> But I don't remember anything except for all the stuff that we talked about. Although you did trigger a couple memories at the beginning >> about the ice cream and about the route you took home. >> Yes, >> sure. >> So I shouldn't I shouldn't say that. Probably shouldn't assume. Maybe you will trigger something. We'll get some sugar. >> What about um some other kids that you went and sat next to at the sea shop at the ice cream shop? >> I don't remember anything to do with kids at all. All all day. >> Mhm. >> Anywhere I went. >> Okay. What about asking anyone if they wanted some alcohol? >> Asking someone if they wanted alcohol or I wanted their alcohol from them. >> No, asking if they wanted alcohol. >> No. >> Okay. >> So, why do I have five different >> So, they're saying that I was >> doing something to kids and some with two sticks and and offering people alcohol. You were you were talking to the kids and asking if they wanted candy, they wanted toys, and then you opened their trunk and asked if they never wanted to see their parents again. >> What? It's impossible. >> Okay. But this was right after you had gone to CJ's beach house, gone inside and talked to the paying customers and talked to a woman for about 10 minutes. Then you left the restaurant, went out alongside the wall with toothpicks and started talking to those same people and the server asked you to leave and then you started yelling at the server and told her that you were going to jump the wall and show her >> what the wall >> the barrier for the patio. This is like a bad X Files episode right now in my head. >> I don't think this is anything to do with X Files. >> No, I'm saying it's like a bad science fiction movie right now in my head. That's what I'm experiencing. >> Yeah. Well, that's what we're trying to jog your memory cuz you can recall getting ice cream. >> No, I don't recall getting ice cream. I just had ice cream and I was kind of wondering where I got it. >> Okay. >> All right. Does it have a logo on it? No, I it actually was in the Coconut Kenny's cardboard box after I ate the pizza. I just uh didn't want to finish the ice cream and I didn't want to put it in the trash without being in something. So, I put it in the coconut Kenny's box and that's where I saw it. It's this morning. >> Okay. And what color is that? That >> coconut kies? >> No, the ice cream. >> Well, it looked like it was like maybe vanilla or you know, was this like white creamy stuff melted in there? A little bit of waffle. >> Right. But I'm saying the cup itself, did it have any logos on it? >> Oh, there wasn't a cup. >> Oh, just ice cream itself. >> Like a waffle cone, I think. >> Oh, a waffle cone. >> I think it was a waffle cone. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> I I don't remember waffle cone, but there was like a couple pieces of waffle cones. >> Okay. >> And looked like maybe. >> So, you're going to tell us that all five of these people >> I don't know what who the five people are, and I don't know. >> I'm not saying anything about them. >> Okay. >> All right. Well, um, if you don't have anything further, then I'm going to go ahead have you face away from me and put your hands behind your back. >> What's happening? >> You're under arrest. Go ahead, put your hands behind your back >> for what? >> You're under arrest for two counts. Yep. There we go. Thank you. >> Crazy. >> You're under arrest for two counts of luring. >> What's that mean? >> Means that you had two juveniles that you tried to lure into your vehicle. >> Oh my god. Give me a break. I I have granddaughters and daughters and I'm a soccer coach. I would never do anything weird like that, right? >> Cory, what do you have in your pockets right now? >> I don't think Oh, I think maybe a vape there and a pocket watch on this one. >> Do you have a a wallet that needs to go with you or a cell phone? >> Uh, so you're so I'm being arrested and taking arrested. So, I guess I should probably grab my wallet and cell phone. >> Well, we can we can assist you. >> And I'll make sure you have your rights read to you and then >> Okay, Cory. So, right now, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. You have the right at this time to talk to our lawyer and have him present with you while you're being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before questioning if you wish. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights, not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand these rights? >> You might have to do it. >> I hope so. Uh-huh. >> What do you you want me to read it again to you? >> Sure. I'll go over it again with you. Okay. >> Uh, so right now you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. Right. >> You have the right at this time to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you were being questioned. >> If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before questioning if you wish. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand these rights? Like yes. >> Yes. Like yes. >> Okay. All right. Anything on you that would poke us, stick us, anything. >> What? Pocket watch and that's it. >> Mom's mom's inside. >> Oh, yeah. And >> I'm probably going to take this off because you don't Well, >> are you are you guys sure that this is right and you have to do this? >> Yeah, we actually have um several people two people that have positively identified you as the person last night. probably best >> from how did they identify this? >> I would agree. >> Uh through your photo. >> Which photo? >> Uh your driver's license photo. >> Oh, through your guys's the police computer. >> Yes, sir. >> Well, in that photo, I have completely white hair and no eyebrows whatsoever. >> Yeah, they actually during their statements describe your hair of how it is now, though. >> I don't know about your person. >> They said reddish blonde. It's on the left. >> Is she okay if we chat with her here? Let her know what's going on. >> I mean, yeah, she can talk, but >> Okay. Is your wallet in >> Sorry, I got this. I got >> um >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> It's either in the car or in the house. >> We're going to leave these two items here. Cory, >> okay. And >> Perfect. Um, okay. >> She She can't hear very well, so she wouldn't have heard that knock. Sorry. >> Do you care if I open the door? >> Can I go with you so she's not so super freaked out? >> So she's not super freaked out. >> Yeah, but freaked out right there. >> Yeah. And then we can grab your wallet while we're inside. >> Okay. >> Does that work? Okay. On June the 26th of 2024, just 2 days after the incident, Cory Lee Cardwell was arrested and booked to the Watcom County Jail on five counts of luring, one for each minor that he allegedly targeted. The charge is firmly grounded in state law. Luring defined under RCW9A40090 is a class C felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and fines of up to $10,000. While firsttime offenders often receive lesser sentences for this unranked felony, the number of counts could push the court toward a more harsh outcome. A decisive factor will be whether prosecutors establish motivation, which could reclassify the case as a offense and mandatory prison time and require offender registration. For now, Cardwell remains in pre-trial detention without bail as the case proceeds through Watcom County Superior Court.