We’ve been getting emails since 3 a.m. about police activity near St. Catherine of Siena, including one from a woman who believes somebody tried to break into her home.
Last night around 2:45 a.m. my husband and I heard a loud banging on a window in our house. My husband got up to see what was going on and there were multiple cops outside our house with a search dog. They were chasing someone who tried to break into our house.
The suspect was apparently fleeing police officers, who had arrived in response to a 911 call at 1:30 a.m. That call came from a man who was watching an SUV cruising in the 500 block of Northeast 85th Street with its lights off, said Detective Mark Jamieson.
As the man was on the phone to 911, he saw the SUV stop almost directly in front of his house and a suspect get out and start to rifle a parked car, Jamieson said.
With police on the way, the suspect started running north through neighbor’s yards, hopping fences, Jamieson said.
“We brought in a bunch of officers for containment and had a K-9 brought in,” Jamieson said.
By then it was 3 a.m., and another neighbor was emailing Maple Leaf Life: “Two to three squad cars are zooming up and down my block (88th between 5th and 8th) and neighboring blocks, blipping their siren, spot lighting between houses, etc.
“OK, now they’re on foot, search yards close to 5th on the south side of 88th.”
Jamieson said officers were in the area for about two hours, and that another neighbor called to report the suspect was in the back yard. The arrest was made in the 500 block of Northeast 88th Street, he said.
“We had a lot of people calling in and giving us updates, and that was great.”
The 29-year-old suspect was booked into King County Jail on suspicion of two car prowls, he said.
Overnight car prowlers were also arrested in the area last August.
Doesn’t anyone park in the GARAGE anymore??
Glad they caught the thug…hopefully he turns in some of his thief buddies.
My car was stolen from 8th ave outside St Catherine’s last evening while I was rehearsing with my choir.
Obviously (?) unrelated to this particular story, as they arrested this person before it happened to me, but holy cow, does this ever suck. 🙁
Thank you to the gentleman who was awake at 1:30am and called 911. Thank you to the SPD and to the K-9 unit. Wish you had gotten a little bite of the suspect. 😉
Geez…what is going on in this neighborhood.
I thought that there was something going on, but I never bothered to get out of bed. The next day (today) my neighbors told me how the guy went into their shed and hid there! This is a wake up call people!!!! Be careful.
That explains EVERYTHING about our sleep last night 😉 (88th & 4th)
Note for all: Leave nothing in your cars of value and keep an eye out for eachother. Our car was riffled through again the other night. Also, suggested by neighbor, to open up your glove box and consoles to show there’s nothing of value. (ugh)
Awesome news!!