WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: Boathouse-burglary suspect Paul Story back in custody

Just tweeted by Seattle Police: 44-year-old Paul D. Story, charged in last month’s boathouse-burglary case along the Duwamish River, is back in custody. It’s been two weeks since SPD circulated his photo, asking for help finding him; that in turn was one week after we reported he had been charged in connection with a break-in at a marina on the Duwamish River. That March 22nd incident drew more attention than most burglaries after Story jumped into the river and swam under the boathouse to try to evade police. He was taken to the hospital, then to jail, but released five days later because charges hadn’t been filed. SPD says they arrested him today in SODO after a tip; the arrest warrant that’s been out for him carries a bail amount of $100,000.

Victoria April 28, 2017 (4:56 pm)

Sounds like they got him at the encampment at E Marginal and Alaska by where all those bicycles are piled up under 99. Not sure why they haven’t cleaned that up. There are always fires burning there right under the highway.

chemist April 28, 2017 (9:05 pm)

It wasn’t until I read the story on MyNorthwest yesterday that I had heard of the identifier of having one hand/going by One Hand Pablo. I would think that would have been one of the most distinctive features to put out there.

WSB April 28, 2017 (9:14 pm)

Agreed; however, I would guess I read more court/police documents in this case than anyone else who covered any aspect of it (we reported that he was out of jail long before anybody else picked up on it), and never heard/saw that mentioned. Anyway, he is now in KCJ, as of just after 4 pm.

Scooterista April 29, 2017 (7:58 am)

Oh, wow. On Wednesday afternoon, I drove by that encampment with the big pile of bikes, noticed that it looked like maybe a bike chop shop, and called it in as a non-emergency. Maybe my tip helped! It took a little while for the operator and me to figure out that the encampment is on East Marginal Way where it peels off to the left, goes under 99, and then takes you on that new little overpass south of the West Seattle bridge that dumps you on the north side on the swing bridge road heading west. It’s a spagetti cluster of roads down there.

Sorry, comment time is over.