Bainbridge Island police officers have arrested a Renton man for a multi-county spree of liquor thefts that may solve cases in Newcastle.

Michael Alofa Siva, 25, was arrested at the Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal after he allegedly stole bottles of liquor from the Safeway on High School Road. Employees at the grocery store and security cameras at Safeway observed Siva stealing the liquor on the afternoon of Sunday, May 19.

He was arrested and booked into the Kitsap County Jail on $10,000 bail for a felony charge of second-degree organized retail theft.

Bainbridge police said Siva targeted certain stores.

“He goes to Safeways in rural areas because the security isn’t as high.”

Weiss said that Siva confessed to the thefts after his arrest.

Siva also allegedly hit the Safeways because they commonly stock brands he preferred to steal, such as Ciroc vodka, Grey Goose vodka and Remy Martin cognac.

Siva would either sell the liquor or trade it to support his drug addiction, Weiss said.

“The reason he does this is because of an addiction to OxyContin,” Weiss said. “He said he uses about 10 to 15 pills a day.”

OxyContin is a prescription opiate.

He allegedly stole from the Woodinville and Newcastle Safeways as many as four times.

Siva allegedly stole approximately $126 worth of liquor on May 8, and $320 in spirits on May 19.

Police said the liquor thefts from across the region amount to more than $4,200 worth of liquor that was taken from multiple Safeways.

“The Safeway loss prevention people were very excited because he was on their own most wanted list,” Weiss said.

Weiss noted that Siva was previously arrested this year after stealing liquor from a Seattle Safeway.

The incident led to Siva signing a no-trespass order prohibiting him from entering any Safeway for a year.

Because Siva repeated his thefts at multiple Safeways, a charge of burglary could be added to his case, Weiss said.

Camera footage also allegedly shows Siva working with up to two other suspects at various stores.

Siva admitted to police that another person was involved in the crimes, but refused to name them, according to a police report.