Two men with lengthy criminal records were sentenced to prison for their roles in Bellevue and Renton burglaries.

Renton man Travis Allen Savoy, 43, was sentenced to 10 years, and Auburn man Kelly Vernon Sanders, 43, was sentenced to nearly nine years for their respective roles in an August 2024 Renton residential burglary and a September 2024 Bellevue residential burglary. Savoy was additionally sentenced for a second Bellevue burglary.

According to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, the pair was prosecuted by its high priority repeat offender program, which identifies and prosecutes repeated criminal behavior.

According to court documents, Savoy had 31 adult felonies, 14 adult misdemeanors, one juvenile felony and one juvenile misdemeanor on his record. According to documents, Sanders had eight adult felonies, 22 adult misdemeanors, four juvenile felonies and five juvenile misdemeanors on his record.

According to documents, for his role in two different September 2024 Bellevue burglaries, Savoy was sentenced on May 30 to 120 months in prison for two counts of residential burglary, five counts of theft of a firearm and one count of identity theft. Savoy, with an offender score of 51, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 120 months in prison.

The offender score scale ranges from 1 to 9+. A defendant’s offender score dictates what sentence they are allowed to receive under standard sentencing range guidelines.

Additionally, for the August 2024 Renton burglary, after a jury found Savoy guilty, he was sentenced to 84 months in prison. That sentence will run at the same time as the 120-month sentence.

According to documents, for his role in one of the Bellevue burglaries in September 2024, Sanders was sentenced to a total of 89 and a half months in prison. The sentence came from the five counts of theft of a firearm charge. He was also sentenced to 84 months for the Bellevue residential burglary, but that count will run at the same time as the larger sentence. For the Renton burglary, Sanders received 84 months in prison, which will also run at the same time as his 89 and a half-month sentence. Sanders had an offender score of 21.

Details of the incidents

According to documents, at 9:58 a.m. Aug. 31, 2024, officers responded to a burglary call in the 19000 block of 137th Avenue Southeast in Fairwood. Documents stated that upon arrival, the homeowner told officers that he had gone into his garage and noticed the garage door open and the lid of the chest freezer open.

The owner then reviewed his Google Nest driveway camera and Tesla in-car camera footage, which captured a pair of males entering his garage at approximately 11:53 p.m. with their faces covered. Documents also stated that video footage captured the males searching for items in the garage and then leaving with a North Face bag and other unknown items, as the previously empty bag was now filled. The owner told officers that he and his wife were in the residence at the time of the burglary.

According to documents, officers from other agencies saw the video footage and through identifying features of the suspects believed that the identities of the two burglars were Savoy and Sanders. Cellphone GPS evidence further confirmed that they were at the scene of the burglary.

On Sept. 3, 2024, a burglary then occurred at a home in the 12000 block of Southeast 65th Street in Bellevue, where a bag and a safe containing five firearms were stolen. Additionally, one of the vehicles at the residence was broken into, and credit cards were stolen from it. The owner said he was home during the incident. According to documents, an attempt to use one of the credit cards then occurred at a Safeway in Federal Way, and through that incident, Sanders was identified as one of the people attempting to use the credit card.

According to documents, phone records subsequently revealed that Sanders and Savoy had been at the Bellevue residence on the date of the burglary. Officers later learned that Sanders gave away most of the firearms after the burglary.

Documents stated that Savoy also committed another burglary at a home in the 6500 block of 127th Place Southeast in Bellevue.

After recovering evidence linking the pair to the burglaries, Sanders was arrested on Sept. 9, 2024, and Savoy was arrested on Sept. 10, 2024.