Crime Watch update: More on the latest burglary arrests

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As promised, more details from the Southwest Precinct on the latest burglary arrests – here’s the story as told by Sgt. Jeff Durden:

Today around noon, 911 is called about a suspicious car in the 7900 block of 30th Avenue SW. The license plate comes back to a stolen vehicle. Officer Jonathan Kiehn responds, but the car is gone. However, he recalls that a house on the block was burglarized recently and decides to check it out. Officers discover that the same house was burglarized again. About ninety minutes later Officer Ron Hylton locates the stolen vehicle in South Park, along with the three juvenile male suspects and property stolen from the home.

This makes 13 arrests in the past 17 days for residential burglary in West Seattle. All different suspects.

ValMalGal May 13, 2008 (6:57 pm)

Sounds like a bad time to be a burgler in WS!

KM May 13, 2008 (7:12 pm)

I hate to wonder…if the house was hit a second time by kids who hit it the first time, and got released quickly and knew the schedule of the residents?

Regardless, burglars around here are being knocked down like bowling pins lately; it’s an encouraging trend and a great example of citizen awareness, vigilance, and working with the police to make a difference.

beachdrivegirl May 13, 2008 (7:21 pm)

Great job West Seattleites! Keep up the fantastic work!! :)

JT May 13, 2008 (8:08 pm)

Shout out to SPD, They don’t get enough credit when things go right. I also love how the blog has brought so many together to watch out for each other. And thank-you to WSB for this outlet and the constant encouragement to report anything unusual.

big gulps,eh? well, see ya later. May 14, 2008 (6:57 am)

Does W Seattle have more of this kind of crime than other neighborhoods in Seattle proper? It seems like this happens all the time, but i have no other point of reference than the blog.

Paul May 14, 2008 (8:05 am)

Not really related, but yesterday at work, I was calling various vendors in the afternoon, and I have no idea how I did it, but hit a 9 before I hit the 1 to make the long distance call and in 3 minutes 3 squad cars were infront of our shop. So, again SPD is doing a great job. We were rather surprised when we looked out and saw 3 cars and the police all coming in to check up on us….

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