WATERVILLE — A 55-year old man who owns property where several animals were confiscated and a boy was taken into protective custody was charged with gun crimes Oct. 26.

Douglas County Prosecutor’s Office charged Riley J. Kalk with three counts of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, a felony with a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and/or a $20,000 fine.

Douglas County Detective David Helvey secured and executed a search warrant Oct. 22 on a rural property six miles northwest of Mansfield, where Kalk lived.

Helvey told The World Wednesday that he went to the property earlier with a Department of Social and Health Services employee to conduct a child welfare check at the property and noticed a shotgun through one of the trailer windows.

He said he did a background check on Kalk and learned that he had been convicted of two felonies, one in New York and one in Washington, and is not allowed to possess firearms.

Helvey’s inventory list of items found in a travel trailer and motorhome include nine handguns, one submachine gun, five rifles, two stun guns, two sniper scopes, ammunition and magazines.

Kalk is being held at the Chelan County Regional Jail on a $2,500 cash bond and his trial has been set for Dec. 17.

Wenatchee Valley Humane Society officers seized four of Kalk’s dogs on Oct. 22.

Another two dogs and five cats, one of which was dead, were seized. They were owned by Kathleen C. Walls, 49, of Everett. Walls and her son were living on Kalk’s property, but Walls had been gone for several weeks and left the boy and pets, according to a report by Humane Society Officer Kerry Bayliss. Several of the animals were emaciated. Walls was charged with first- and second-degree animal cruelty Nov. 10.

Michele Mihalovich: 665-1188

mihalovich@wenatcheeworld.com