Inspired by the tale of Goldilocks, a young woman was arrested last week after a family found her sleeping in their daughter’s bed. Mama and Papa Bear returned from doing laundry and Papa Bear headed back to one of his daughter’s rooms to drop off her clothes. He opened the door and noticed that someone other than his daughter was lying in the bed. When he asked her what she was doing, she “exhibited confusion.” Police came and transported the intruder to King County Jail. The boyfriend of an older daughter (it was the younger daughter’s room) mentioned that he had seen the suspect at the house earlier, but assumed she was a friend of the family.

Officers responded to a complaint of strange activity on 45th Ave. s.w. when a man heard a knock at his back door. He went to the door and a white male said he was “looking for his German Shephard.” The owner of the house found it a bit strange that the man was in his fully fenced backyard looking for a dog. He told the man he had not seen the dog and the man thanked him, and then returned to his silver Subaru Wagon parked in the back alley. Shortly after this complaint came in, another call of a burglary on the same block was reported. A woman had several expensive electronic devices stolen through an unlocked back window. The officer took several fingerprints from the windowsill and the investigation continues.

A robbery in progress was cut short by Southwest Precinct officers last week when officers responded to the 7700 block of 35th Ave s.w. Officers found the front door off its hinges and after backup covered the possible exits they entered the house. Officers heard rummaging and said, “Seattle Police come out with your hands up.” The rummaging stopped and they heard a scurry to the back door (where the suspect probably saw several officers in wait), then a scurry down the main hallway right into waiting officers’ hands. He was handcuffed and repeatedly plead, “Don’t hurt me, I’m sorry.” Officers found $65 and a bottle of Oxycodone with the burglary victim’s name on it on the thief’s person and a jewelry box, more meds, a laptop, a pillowcase full of miscellaneous items and a box full of coins at the back door. The suspect was arrested for suspicion of a forced residential burglary.

Officers responded to a failed residential burglary attempt on the 4100 block of Arroyo Dr. The victim came home to find the door of his pool shed broken and standing open with nothing missing. The officer said in his report that it looked like the “unknown suspects(s) attempted to break into the house but broke into the shed instead.”

The manager’s office of an apartment complex on s.w. Holden took the brunt of a forced entry vandalism last week. An unknown suspect split the doorjamb of the manager’s office to get in then proceeded to open all the filing cabinets, threw the files on the ground and spray painted them with black paint. The walls were also spray painted with illegible swirls. The manager’s keys were the only thing stolen, and they can access all of the apartments and their mailboxes. Officers took prints from the filing cabinets and spray can for further investigation.

Burglaries/break-ins/car prowls by block: 1600 SW Landon, 5500 SW Admiral, 2900 SW Avalon, 3600/3800 47th SW, 4100 37th SW, 6300 35th SW, 7300 31st SW, 7500/7700 32nd SW, 7900/8600 31st SW, 9000 18th SW, 9400 30th SW

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