Alaskan Bush People’s Rain and Josiah Allegedly Stole $75K Cash, Guns From Family Before Arrests

Alaskan Bush People alum Rain Brown and husband Josiah Lorton allegedly stole $75,000 in cash, guns and other items from a family member prior to their arrests for burglary and malicious mischief on April 11, In Touch confirmed.

Josiah’s uncle, Jason Ayerst, reported the alleged burglary to authorities in Wauconda, Washington, on March 27, according to court documents obtained by In Touch. He claimed that Rain, 22, and Josiah, 33, had been on his rental home property, where several items were stolen.

The items that were allegedly taken included $75,000 in cash, $85,000 in gold coins, $8,000 in wine and champagne, one pistol valued at $2,500, a second pistol valued at $450, one revolver valued at $650 and a bong for marijuana valued at $250.

Jason also estimated that the property had about $5,000 in “vandalism,” including a broken generator and shattered glass.

The U.S. Sun was the first to report the news of the stolen items.

Jason claimed in the docs that Josiah was the “only one with whom he has shared the location of the firearms, cash, and other valuable items, fearing that Josiah only had one reason to be at the property, and that was to steal those items.”

“Jason continued to speak about Josiah and that while he was going through his divorce, Josiah had helped him ‘stash’ his valuable items up at his cabin. Advising that Josiah is the only one who could be in possession of said items,” the report continued before mentioning Rain, whose real name is Merry Christmas Kathryn Raindrop Brown. “Jason went on to explain that even though he does not have a positive opinion of Merry, he believes that even she would not be capable of stealing from him unless Josiah told her about the location of said valuables.”

Jason claimed that a neighbor had video footage of Josiah and Rain on his property.

According to the report, the officer also spoke with people who allegedly saw Josiah with guns similar to the ones that were reported stolen in the days after the burglary. He and Rain also allegedly had a wine that matched the description of one of the bottles missing from Jason’s home.

Rain and Josiah were both arrested and charged with first-degree burglary and first-degree malicious mischief on April 11, In Touch confirmed at the time. Additionally, the youngest daughter of the Brown family was charged with second-degree criminal trespass. They were booked into the Okanogan County jail in Washington State and were later released without bail on April 14.

Rain appeared in court via Zoom on Monday, April 28, where she pleaded not guilty to all charges. Josiah also pleaded not guilty to all charges. The couple is set to appear in court again in May.

Rain broke her silence after the arrest in a cryptic Instagram post on April 19, although it’s unclear if she was speaking out about the alleged burglary.

“This is a bible verse I give to ya’ll. Judge not lest ye be judged. For with what judgment, ye judge, ye shall be judged,” the post read.

In the caption, Rain added, “It hurts my heart that my rainbows would choose to believe the lies that my old manager who stole $43,000 from me and abused me instead of maybe thinking, ‘Oh no who is saying this about Rain? Not, ‘Wow what a waste.’ It deeply hurts my heart. With all this said, I hope y’all will stick around to hear my side of the story. God bless y’all.”