Ballard Crime Watch: Drunk napkin thief flees, ladder thief strikes twice, neat thief gets dirty
Drunk napkin thief flees the scene after charging his phone.
Jan. 27 at the 5300 of Ballard Avenue N.W. officers responded to a reported burglary at a bar/nightclub. The manager of the bar told officers that while the bar was closed he found a man in an employee area and confronted him. The suspect appeared intoxicated. The manager told the suspect to leave, and the suspect told the manager that he was just there charging his phone. The manager told him to leave again, threatening to call the police. The suspect left but took with him a pile of black napkins and said, “You’re lucky all I took were these napkins.” The manger followed the suspect out of the building and took picture of him with his phone as the suspect threw most of the napkins to the street. The manager told officers that the suspect must have gained access through an unsecured side door. He showed officers a picture of the suspect and officers immediately recognized him as suspect they had arrested in the past for numerous liquor and trespassing violations. Officers searched the area but the suspect was not located.