An alert neighbor called Seattle police shortly before noon Thursday to say he just saw two men walk out of his neighbor’s home in the 12500 lock of 25th Avenue Northeast with a pillowcase full of presumably pilfered items.
Police report the caller “yelled at the men to stop, but they took off running and got into a car, which left eastbound on Northeast 127th Street. Fortunately, the neighbor was able to remember the description of the car and the license plate number.
A North Precinct officer spotted the suspect car traveling south on Interstate 5. After a sufficient number of patrol cars were present, the suspect car was stopped at NE 45th Street and 5th Avenue NE. There were two adult males inside the car. While waiting for the witness to come by to identify the suspects, officers observed a stuffed pillowcase in the backseat of the car and a pair of leather gloves in the front passenger seat.
The men were booked into the King County Jail for investigation of burglary, police said.
Incidentally, although Maple Leaf has been relatively quiet on the burglary front recently, that’s not true of our neighbors at Green Lake, where there’s been a rash of business burglaries. Here’s the story from our partner My Green Lake.
