Police: North Seattle burglary suspect arrested
SEATTLE -- A man suspected in a string of North Seattle burglaries was arrested Wednesday and investigators are trying to determine if others were involved in the unsolved cases, police said.
The 22-year-old man, identified by police familiar with the case, has a long criminal history including vehicle theft and two convictions for unlawful firearms possession. He was arrested after police developed a lead the same day of the burglary string.
On Jan. 20, the suspect was sentenced for possessing stolen property - a charge reduced from a second-degree burglary case in Ballard. His sentence range was two to five months based on his criminal history and he was sentence to two months. But the man was released after being given 104 days credit for time served, court documents show. He was not ordered to be supervised by the Department of Corrections in that case.
Jail records show the man, who was not immediately booked into King County Jail, was there from Nov. 11 to Jan. 23. Because he's a felon, he was required to submit a DNA sample to a police database.
Investigators believe there may be additional suspects. The man arrested Wednesday has not been charged with a crime, which is why he is not being named by seattlepi.com.
In the first of three burglaries Tuesday morning, a thief entered a home in the 4000 block of Sunnyside Avenue N. through an unlocked front door. A purse was taken.
Police believe the second burglary occurred in the 4200 block of Meridian Avenue North.
Detective Renee Witt said a woman there woke just before 3 a.m. to a voice yelling, "let's go." The woman then heard what sounded like footsteps running down an outside stair case. She checked the house to find her car keys and personal electronics missing, but her car was not taken, Witt said. The burglar entered through an unlocked back door.
The third home burglarized was in the 4100 block of Sunnyside Avenue North. Witt said the burglar entered through an unlocked door off a front patio. The victim was home with his wife and two small children when the burglar stole personal electronics, car keys and a car.
Police said the victim's stolen car was an gray Audi A4 with a Washington license plate ADZ8091.
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The 22-year-old man, identified by police familiar with the case, has a long criminal history including vehicle theft and two convictions for unlawful firearms possession. He was arrested after police developed a lead the same day of the burglary string.
On Jan. 20, the suspect was sentenced for possessing stolen property - a charge reduced from a second-degree burglary case in Ballard. His sentence range was two to five months based on his criminal history and he was sentence to two months. But the man was released after being given 104 days credit for time served, court documents show. He was not ordered to be supervised by the Department of Corrections in that case.
Jail records show the man, who was not immediately booked into King County Jail, was there from Nov. 11 to Jan. 23. Because he's a felon, he was required to submit a DNA sample to a police database.
Investigators believe there may be additional suspects. The man arrested Wednesday has not been charged with a crime, which is why he is not being named by seattlepi.com.
In the first of three burglaries Tuesday morning, a thief entered a home in the 4000 block of Sunnyside Avenue N. through an unlocked front door. A purse was taken.
Police believe the second burglary occurred in the 4200 block of Meridian Avenue North.
Detective Renee Witt said a woman there woke just before 3 a.m. to a voice yelling, "let's go." The woman then heard what sounded like footsteps running down an outside stair case. She checked the house to find her car keys and personal electronics missing, but her car was not taken, Witt said. The burglar entered through an unlocked back door.
The third home burglarized was in the 4100 block of Sunnyside Avenue North. Witt said the burglar entered through an unlocked door off a front patio. The victim was home with his wife and two small children when the burglar stole personal electronics, car keys and a car.
Police said the victim's stolen car was an gray Audi A4 with a Washington license plate ADZ8091.
Seattlepi.com is a media partner of KOMO News.
