An 18-year-old island man police allege took part in the vandalism of Bainbridge Police vehicles has pled not guilty to three charges of first-degree malicious mischief in Kitsap County Superior Court.

Samuel E. Bice, who was arrested by Bainbridge Police at Bainbridge High School Friday, and spent the weekend in Kitsap County Jail on $100,000 bail, was released on personal recognizance by Judge Sally F. Olsen at the hearing Monday afternoon.

Police believe Bice was one of several individuals who dumped paint and slashed tires of police cars at the Winslow Way station between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. June 11, and vandalized the vehicle driven by Police Chief Matt Haney parked at his island residence.

Damage was estimated at $12,000, not including the cost of repairs to the station parking lot.

Bainbridge Deputy Police Chief Mark Duncan said Tuesday morning that police were planning to make another arrest in the vandalism case Tuesday, then make a third arrest later in the week.

Kitsap County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Barbara Dennis said each of the five vehicles that were disabled with slashed tires are being treated as separate counts of malicious mischief.

Bice was arraigned under three of those counts, including one for Haney’s vehicle, but Dennis said two other counts could be filed before the case goes to trial.

Each felony malicious mischief charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine and Dennis said prosecutors will be seeking restitution for the damage.

Documents filed in Bice’s arraignment Monday revealed details of the investigation that led to his arrest.

A statement of probable cause said Bainbridge Police found blood at the crime scene Wednesday, and two sets of footprints apparently left by persons who had stepped in a “puddle” of paint as they left the station parking lot.

Officers followed the footprints to a parking lot at a business to the north across the street, where they discovered a lid from a one gallon paint can bearing a sales sticker.

Investigators contacted the store listed on the paint sticker, and were told the paint can had been purchased with a credit card belonging to Bice’s mother, the statement said.

According to the statement, police executed a search warrant on the Bice residence that turned up clothing stained with white paint along with a blood-stained shirt.

Police impounded Bice’s Volkswagen Jetta, and a search of the vehicle found more paint-stained clothing and a Swiss Army folding knife.

Several small spots of paint similar to paint found on police vehicles at the crime scene were found on the car’s exterior, the statement said.

Bice declined to make statements to police during the investigation; he was arrested at 9:35 a.m. Friday at BHS.

Bice has been released to live at his parent’s residence until his trial, which is set to begin Sept. 8. He also will be allowed to travel to California with his family this week. He is scheduled to appear again in court Aug. 13.

Bice completed his senior year of high school last week and is expected to receive a diploma, according to BHS Principal Brent Peterson.