Kellie spotted this story on the Seattle Police Department’s blog:
Officers Catch Wallingford Burglar
A 34-year-old man is behind bars after breaking into an occupied Wallingford home Sunday morning.
Around 7:30 AM, a startled Seattle man called officers to the 1200 block of North Allen Place when an equally surprised burglar ambled into his kitchen.
The burglar made a prompt exit of the home with the homeowner in tow and on the phone with police. Officers were given a description of the suspect and his last known location.
Officers flooded the area and stopped a man matching the description near North 50th Street and Woodland Park Ave North. After the homeowner confirmed the identity of the bumbling burglar he was arrested.
The suspect was booked into King County Jail on investigation of burglary.
Finally! I saw a friend of mine over here in east Wallingford who said they had someone burgle their house recently. They were out of town, and the dogsitter arrived one morning to find that someone had broken in through their back door and gone through drawers and closets throughout the house. Some money was taken, but very little else (laptop computers were left behind, for example).
(Photo of Kilmainham Gaol taken by Monika, probably nothing like King County Jail.)
I interrupted a daytime burglary at my Wallingford home a couple days before this. Here’s hoping this was the same guy, and that Wallingford is safe again.