3 jailed in West Seattle Senior Center break-in – and 100+ others?

A big break in a case we first told you about last week: Three Everett men arrested in Snohomish County on Sunday are suspected in the Senior Center of West Seattle break-in two weeks ago – and may be linked more than 100 other commercial burglaries in the region, according to the Marysville detective with whom we just spoke, even another senior-center break-in (in Arlington). Marysville Detective Vinson says the suspects are a 49-year-old man, a 44-year-old man, and that man’s 22-year-old son. We’ll be looking up their criminal histories shortly. The Senior Center burglary two weeks ago not only cost the facility in The Junction hundreds of dollars in cash and gift cards, it also left behind thousands of dollars in damage, including holes kicked in walls. Detective Vinson says the multiple agencies now working on potential cases against these three are hoping to be able to develop more leads from the public “putting these (suspects) at the scene” of the various crimes; in the Senior Center case, there’s surveillance video, as seen in our original report. According to Detective Vinson, by the way, these are the same arrests mentioned in this brief Everett Herald report this morning; he says the suspects are believed to have primarily taken cash in most of the break-ins, and items seized after the arrest included their “tools of the trade.” We just checked the Snohomish County Jail register. All three are still behind bars, with bail set at $100,000 for the oldest and youngest suspects; the other man’s bail is listed as $300,000 for each of two potential burglary counts, so far. Checking online court records, we found that all three have lengthy criminal histories.

ADDED 11:48 AM: If you thought breaking into a Senior Center was outrageous, check this KIRO TV report – same suspects, though it doesn’t mention the West Seattle break-in. It includes surveillance video of a pub burglary in which the loot was $4,500 in donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. And it notes that the three apparently were caught because one of the suspects bragged about their prolific criminal activities.

Johnny Davies April 21, 2009 (11:00 am)

That’s no way to get the World’s Greatest Dad mug..

livingonthebeach April 21, 2009 (11:25 am)

That’s crazy, more than 100 break-ins. Thank goodness they caught them.

Part of their punishment should be to work at each of the businesses for free doing any work they ask (plus some public humiliation wouldn’t hurt either).

Another Neighbor April 21, 2009 (1:36 pm)

I wouldn’t want to have to train any of them. I say we have them neutered.

NY Vinnie April 21, 2009 (1:54 pm)

Robbing from the poor and disabled. We’ll probably hear somebody blame it on the economy or something like that. With a little bit of luck and a lot of justice there is a special place in hell for scumbags like these guys.
Instead of working in those businesses and places they robbed they ought to be made to clean the bedpans of those who are too sick to help themselves.

Jiggers April 21, 2009 (2:06 pm)

Father like son…

KSJ April 21, 2009 (4:05 pm)

NY Vinnie, I am with you 110%.

O. Henry April 21, 2009 (5:51 pm)

Wow, actual worthless pieces of human garbage. I’m disappointed that I’m not more surprised.

Under_Achiever April 21, 2009 (7:06 pm)

Ah, c’mon — obviously they are misunderstood victims of the current economic downturn that just need understanding and help getting back on their feet.

I love sarcasm.