LESCHI: BREAK-IN
Residents of a home in the 200 block of 31st Avenue South returned home at 12:10 p.m. on Oct. 12 to find that the temperature inside was cooler than usual. They later discovered a shattered window, and a laptop computer was missing. They then called police.
Responding officers deduced that a suspect climbed onto the roof using the gas meter and roof ledge with the help of a second suspect. The first suspect then broke the window and reached in to steal the computer. Several items were moved toward the window as if they were caught in the path of the computer.
The rest of the home was undisturbed.
The large shards of glass remaining in the window frame had visible fingerprint smudges on them; however, they couldn’t be successfully lifted.
A neighbor may have possible security-camera footage of the incident.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY
Police responded to the 500 block of 30th Avenue to investigate an attempted home burglary that occurred between 12:30 and 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 15.
A resident returned from a trip to discover the outer panes of glass had been shattered in the front door. No entry was made into the home, police believe, because the inner glass pane couldn’t be broken to unlock the door.
Officers offered advice as to how to better secure the home.
MISSING CASH
A neighbor called police around 9:55 a.m. on Oct. 12 after noticing the glass door to the home next door was shattered. He said he last saw the door intact around 7 p.m. the evening before.
Police called the resident, who said he didn’t know what was missing, except for $700 cash.
The resident instructed the police to leave the door “as is”; he would be home in about two hours.
MADRONA: STOLEN COMPUTERS
Police responded to the 1400 block of 34th Avenue around 7:10 a.m. on Oct. 12 to investigate a report from a passerby that the glass front door to a business had been “smashed out.”
The officer arrived to find similar damage to the front door of a neighboring business, so he called for another officer to respond. They checked both businesses and found no one inside.
The suspect entered through the broken glass, leaving the doors locked.
Computers were taken from desks on the first floor; it didn’t appear the suspect went upstairs.
One of the business owners arrived while officers were still on scene. She said she was last at her business around 4 p.m. on Oct. 11. She noted that, in addition to two computers, the wireless keyboards were also stolen.
Temporary plastic covers were placed on the broken glass doors.
WASHINGTON PARK: KEYED UP
Someone broke into an unoccupied home undergoing renovation on 36th Avenue East to steal a toolbox that contained multiple hand and power tools.
The suspect broke the lock to a lockbox to get a key to the home.
The incident occurred between 6 p.m. Oct. 10 and 8 a.m. Oct. 11.