Bail was set at $10,000 for a Snohomish County man who was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly breaking into a Beaver Valley cabin and stealing a rifle.

Issac John Ackerman, 30, made his first appearance in Jefferson County Superior Court on Monday.

Prosecutors claim Ackerman broke into a secluded cabin on Beaver Valley Road in Chimacum and tried to make off with items that he found inside, including a .22-caliber Ruger rifle, television, tools, cordless drill, heater, backpack, and other items.

A septic tank that needed to be pumped led to the discovery of the burglary.

The owner of the property said he had gone to the cabin early Friday morning to remove the lid from the septic tank so it could be pumped, when he pulled up to the gate to his private driveway and saw a silver SUV parked next to it.

Nearby, there was a skinny and “rough looking man,” the property owner told deputies.

The property owner asked the stranger what he was doing and asked him to leave, then went to check on his cabin. He discovered the cabin had been burglarized, and when he drove back down the driveway, the SUV had been abandoned. Inside, the property owner told deputies he could see his rifle and other possessions.

The SUV was impounded and deputies got a search warrant to look inside, according to a probable cause report on the case.

Deputies found nearly $2,000 worth of stolen property. Additional items that had been taken from the cabin included multiple boxes of ammunition, a roll of electrical wiring, a video game console, a Milwaukee Sawzall, three propane bottles, and a laptop computer.

Deputies believe the intruder entered the cabin through a window. A full set of five fingerprints from someone’s left hand was found on the inside of a window in the cabin, which appeared to be the entry/exit route for the burglar.

More than five hours after the burglary was discovered, 911 dispatchers got a call from someone who reported a suspicious man near Sugar Hill Road who was pulling two garden carts.

The man was later identified as Ackerman, who said he had been with others at the cabin, including a woman who said she owned the items that had been taken, and he was returning the property because he now knew the items did not belong to her.

Deputies said Ackerman was found about three-quarters of a mile away from the cabin that was entered. He was wet, dirty, and his face was scratched, “as though he was hiking through the bushes,” according to court documents.

Ackerman is scheduled to be arraigned for second-degree burglary and theft of a firearm Friday in Jefferson County Superior Court.

During Ackerman’s hearing Monday, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tuppence Macintyre said he had appeared to have come from another county before committing the alleged crimes, and added the prosecutors were very concerned about the likelihood of his returning to future court appearances.

She noted Ackerman had 13 total warrants in his criminal history, and currently had six outstanding warrants for his arrest.

The defendant also has a felony conviction dating from 2020, Macintyre said.

Judge Brandon Mack agreed with a prosecutor’s request for bail to be set at $10,000.

Conviction of second-degree burglary can result in a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. Conviction of theft of a firearm can also result in 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.