A 39-year-old Oak Harbor man is accused of trying to take a woman’s purse by force in a dispute over fentanyl on Aug. 15, according to court documents.

Prosecutors charged Kedric D. Gibbs in Island County Superior Court Aug. 19 with robbery in the second degree.

In court on Monday, Island County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Laura Twitchell asked Island County Superior Court Judge Carolyn Cliff to set Gibbs’ bail at $5,000 based on his history of missing court dates. His only criminal history is prior misdemeanor assault charges. In addition, she argued that Gibbs presents a danger to the community; she said he ran into the alleged victim after the incident and told her, “You’re lucky I don’t finish what I started.”

Claire Highland, the attorney for Gibbs, told the judge that he is c

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