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Burglary

  • News

    May 2, 2012

    Washington Bullets

    Gun-rights activists cheer a recent shooting spree.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Stand-Your-Ground Shootings: Seattle-Area Gunners Cheer Four Deaths in Four Months

    Kevin Fernandes is remembered as a loving daddy to his young daughter. Josh Henderson was said to be a good man to his family. But both are dead because they criminally entered another man's home and were shot to death. Same for Ken Talley and Johnny Sok. The four of them died, and at least three ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    'Joe Phantom': How One Worker Took City Hall for $1 Million with an ATM and a Rubber Stamp

    His fellow employees had no idea that mild-mannered "nice guy" Joe Phan was a millionaire and - relying merely on a rubber stamp, an ATM machine and a willing bank - was depositing stolen city checks into his personal account at the rate of more than $360,000 annually - equal to about twice the ann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Corey J. Arendt and Tyler A. Chase Suspected of Burglarizing Homes While People Grieved

    Alleged criminals are rarely known for their understanding and empathy. Still, two suspected burglars in Snohomish County have raised the bar for criminal thoughtlessness. Q13 Fox reports police have issued arrest warrants for Corey J. Arendt and Tyler A. Chase in relation to a string of Snohomish C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    If Your Bike Was Stolen In the Past Year, Seattle Police Might Have It

    We all know bicycle thieves are the scum of the earth, have their own circle of hell, and that bikes in Seattle turn up missing all the time. But what if we told you there's a good chance the police have your bike but couldn't say anything until now. You better believe it.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Thief Tries to Sell Stolen Lawn Mowers to Owner, Tells Cop 'I'll Have Obama Fire You'

    Don't take my lawn mower, fool!​The Central District resident was at King's Deli, presumably grabbing a sandwich or some candy, when he was approached by a shady guy who wanted to sell him two lawn mowers for $25, according to Central District News. One of his lawnmowers had been stolen the d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Keith Blair, Prolific Seattle Burglar, To Recieve Huge 15-Year Sentence

    ​Burglaries are by far one of the most common crimes committed in any city. Keith Blair, however, is not a common burglar. And King County prosecutors think he's so unique, in fact, that they've arranged to have him be handed one of the most uncommonly long sentences for burglary ever given ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Centralia's Raymond Rhodes, Alleged Serial Burglar, Arrested After Leaving Dog Tied Up at Scene of Crime

    ​Taking one's dog for a walk while running errands is a great way to multitask. Of course, most places of business do not allow pets inside, so typically one is forced to tie a dog up outside the store while they go in. Obviously, a key part of tying a dog up while doing an errand is to remem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Century-Old Morphine Stolen from Cashmere Museum Wasn't the First Stupid Break-In

    ​Cashmere Museum Manager Frey Harvey sounds more annoyed than shocked when he talks about the burglar who broke into a World War I-era doctor's display to steal a 100-year-old bottle of morphine on Friday. That's because it's the third seemingly pointless break-in the museum complex has endure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    America's Most Wanted Filming Segment in Seattle on Brad Steven Robinett, Survivalist Bank Robber, Still At Large

    ​The last, best hope in finding survivalist bank robber and gun hoarder Brad Steven Robinett has arrived in Seattle. John Walsh and the rest of the America's Most Wanted team is currently traipsing around downtown Seattle and Bainbridge Island, recreating scenes of Robinett's robberies and esc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Should Prosecutors Seek the Death Penalty in Kevin Lee Harper's Triple-Homicide Bludgeoning Case?

    ​For much of his 28 years on earth, Kevin Lee Harper has been a toxic leech on society. A high-school dropout and meth-head with seven felonies to his name already, the sloppily tattooed man from Yakima has proven himself a career criminal with seemingly little remorse. And now he stands accus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Portland Burglar and Home Owner Call Police on Each Other

    ​The first call that Portland Police received last night was from a man locked in a bathroom being terrorized by a guy with two German Shepherds outside the door. The next call they received was from a homeowner holding two German Shepherds and saying the guy in the bathroom was actually a bur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Spokane Newspaper Truck Stolen With Delivery Guy's Wife Inside

    ​It's no armored bank truck, but when Adrian B. Garcia allegedly snuck into the Spokesman-Review's newspaper delivery van while the driver was away and took off with it, he probably thought he'd just made some easy cash (from the truck, not the newspapers, of course). But Garcia didn't count o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Matt McCauley Stays Home from Work with Flu, Pistol-Whips Burglar: "Best Sick Day Ever"

    ​Matt McCauley's house has been burglarized twice already in the past two weeks. That's some bullshit. So when he stayed home yesterday with the flu and heard a burglar trying to break in, he had a little surprise for the dude.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Kurt Lidtke, Ex-Art Dealer, Facing Five Years For Conspiracy to Steal $500,000 in Art Works

    ​Federal prosecutors are asking that Seattle art dealer-turned art thief Kurt (Bulletproof) Lidtke be sent to prison for five years after he pleaded guilty last year to masterminding what the U.S. Attorney's office calls a potential half-million-dollars in art thefts. He is to be sentenced Fri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie Card Helps Cops Catch Thieves in New York

    ​According to Beckett.com, Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr.'s 1989 rookie Upper Deck-brand baseball card is worth $750 to $1,500. The alleged burglars who stole this card and lots of other stuff from several homes in the Albany, N.Y., area likely knew this (or at least knew it was valuable). Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Thieves Drive Minivan Through Vancouver Bowling Alley Windows to Steal ATM (VIDEO)

    ​The minivan is undoubtedly the wussiest of all criminally operated motor vehicles. But what it lacks in style, it more than makes up for in interior space and ramming power. Just ask the two thieves caught on a surveillance video driving their purple late-model minivan straight through a Vanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Don't Expect SPD's New Twitter Feed to Find Your Stolen Car

    ​There's probably no downside to the Seattle police department's new Twitter feed, @getyourcarback, that sends out an alert every time a car is reported stolen. At most it takes only a few seconds for a dispatcher to type out the make, model and license number. And an extra set of eyes (or, at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Kurt Lidtke and His Bumbling Band of Art Thieves Cop U.S. Pleas to Stealing Tobey Work

    Lidtke​Burglar Jerry H. Christy, alias Nick Natti, has joined his wife, stolen-goods fence Georgia Christy, alias Monica Natti, and their co-conspirator, self-proclaimed criminal mastermind Kurt Lidtke, alias "I'm Bulletproof," in the loser's circle again. With Jerry's plea in federal court Fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Colton Harris-Moore, Indicted on Five Federal Charges, Seattle Still Left With Lame Ass Burglars

    ​Colton Harris-Moore, the infamous "Barefoot Bandit" knew how to do it. He stole private planes, sports cars, and boats. He broke into people's homes just to eat ice cream. When he finally got caught, he was in the freaking Bahamas. Unfortunately, since his capture in July and his indictment o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Gregory Liascos Makes Bid for Dumbest Burglar of the Year Award

    ​About all that Gregory Liascos did right was pick a decent target. The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals might not sound like the most lucrative score, but it does have some pricey stones, including a quarter-million in gold nuggets. Liascos presumably knew this. Which is why he tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Vashon Island Robbers Caught On Surveillance Camera

    ​The robbers burst into the Vashon Island bedroom right before the sun came up. They came equipped with guns and duct tape, which they used to tie up the homeowner. They pistol-whipped him when he wouldn't tell them where he was hiding the money and then threatened to shoot unless he gave it u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Burglars Leave Behind Sex Tape In Elma Break-In

    ​The Elma woman had been looking after her neighbor's house for about a month, collecting their mail after they'd moved out of state, when she noticed something suspicious yesterday morning. A car she didn't recognize kept driving up and down the rural road she lived on, just outside of downto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Colton Harris-Moore Is In the Bahamas?

    ​Someone in Indiana is missing a Cessna. And someone in the Bahamas just noticed a small plane wash up off shore. If you're thinking that these two incidents, separated as they are by thousands of miles, are somehow connected, and somehow related to Barefoot Bandit Colton Harris-Moore's cross- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Burglar Stabbed By Guy He Tried to Rob Begs Police for Help

    ​A 29-year-old Port Hadlock man interrupted someone trying to break in to his house late Friday night. 10 years his senior but apparently not slower because of it, the homeowner managed to catch up to the fleeing suspect in a nearby field. He lost the upper hand when the burglar got on top of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Isaac Bergstein, the Burglar Who Kept a Journal

    All burglars are not as sloppy as this guy.​Not all burglars are created equal. Some lack the foresight not to steal heavy machinery in front of a precinct's bay window. Some understand that a paper trail is a liability. Isaac Bergstein is somewhere in between. Smart enough to avoid capture f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Serial Burglar's Unclean Record Further Soiled By Dirty Undies

    Your mother always said to wear a clean pair of underwear. She also said not to commit any B&E's. You should listen to your mom more often.​Imagine the ultimate cat-burglar in a suit of full-body neoprene, sneaking in and out of homes without leaving a scintilla of traceable evidence behind. N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    "Santa Claus Burglar" Stuck in Chimney for Six Hours Charged

    KOMOOld Saint Nick he's not.​Shon Michael Shanell either needs to lose weight or find a new line of work. On Friday night, cops found the 23-year-old man stuck in the chimney of a Seward Park house. And because the only thing cops love more than catching dumb criminals is giving them nicknam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Thief Dials 911 When Stolen Truck 'Runs Out of Gas'

    Proper criminals know the octane taken by their getaway vehicle.​What kind of criminal calls the cops on himself? The same kind that doesn't know how to properly fill up a gas tank. Yesterday, a Tacoma man called the cops. His problem: The maintenance truck he'd just stolen had run out of gas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    If He Only Had a Brain: 'Scarecrow Bandit' Tries, Fails to Rob Two Banks

    "With the thoughts he'd be thinkin' he could be another Lincoln if he only had a brain. Da-do-da-do-do-do-doo."​Burlap isn't a very breathable material. It's also hard to see through, even if you cut out little eye holes. Which might explain why the 'Scarecrow Bandit' is having so much trouble ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Colton Harris-Moore Comes out of the Woods?

    Camano Island folk say this guy is on the job again.​It's been weeks since we've heard from Camano Island's Barefoot Burglar, Colton Harris-Moore. But now one long-suffering victim says he's back. Maxine Kostelyk, who lives on the appropriately named "Camp Run Amok," says Moore has broken in ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2009

    The Runaway’s Essentials

    Bear mace, gay porn, and other items on Colton Harris-Moore’s shopping list.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Things You Find Out While Reading Colton Harris-Moore's Police File

    What does twink porn, bear mace and a credit card have in common...Colton Harris-Moore's police report​Teenage boys generally aren't what you would call frugal. But then most teenage boys aren't notorious serial burglars hiding out from police in the forested wilds and empty vacation homes of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Serial Burglar Stealing Gold, Drugs From Dentists

    Police consider the suspect armed and very, very cheesy.​North Seattle has a crime spree, reports neighborhood blog PhinneyWood: A serial burglar or burglars is targeting dental and medical offices in north Seattle, taking drugs and dental gold, including gold crowns, according to Seattle Poli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Colton Harris-Moore Picked on the Wrong Morning Zoo Host

    Don't let the silly grin fool ya. Steal Bob Rivers plane and you will be punished.​Colton Harris-Moore, a.k.a. the Barefoot Burglar, has made a new enemy. Added to the list of burglarized convenience stores and vacation homes goes the name of one Bob Rivers. The KZOK radio host believes Harris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Reported Rapes Are Down, But Why?

    The front page of today's USA Today trumpets FBI statistics showing that reports of rapes have hit a 20-year-low nationwide (when measured per 100,000 people). In the story, this finding prompts a long round of self-congratulation from various researchers, advocates, and law enforcement types, who s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Couple Gets 33 Months in Elderly Swindling Case

    ​King County Superior Court Judge Michael C. Hayden sentenced Michael and Katie Lambard, accused of befriending then stealing thousands of dollars from an 80-year-old North Seattle woman, to 33 months behind bars. According to police, the Lambards and other members of their family "adopted" Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Burglars Just Aren't as Courteous as They Used to Be

    Beacon Hill burglars, letting themselves out.​Remember when home invaders would smash a window, get their loot, and exit through a door, courteously limiting the damage to your home-is-a-castle? Those were the good ol' days. These days, home burglary's apparently all about the dramatic exit. C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Lambards Plead 'Not Guilty' To 33 Theft Charges

    Michael and Katie Lambard quietly took seats in benches outside a King County Superior Court hearing room a little before 8:30 this morning. The place where people enter pleas and ask for extensions doesn't exactly resemble an episode of Law and Order. The defendants who aren't escorted in from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Fleecing Grandma Isn't Just Suit-Worthy, It's Criminal

    Michael and Katie Lambard quietly took seats in benches outside a King County Superior Court hearing room a little before 8:30 this morning. The place where people enter pleas and ask for extensions doesn't exactly resemble an episode of Law and Order. The defendants who aren't escorted in from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2008

    Fear, Loathing in Magnolia

    Michael and Katie Lambard quietly took seats in benches outside a King County Superior Court hearing room a little before 8:30 this morning. The place where people enter pleas and ask for extensions doesn't exactly resemble an episode of Law and Order. The defendants who aren't escorted in from the ... More >>

  • News

    December 13, 2006

    System of a Clown

    The prison revolving door has led to a flurry of cop-killings. To see how a 25-time felon can still be on the streets, we offer Exhibit Armstead.

  • Music

    September 13, 2006

    Ben There, Done That

    Ben Blankenship takes the law into his own hands.

  • Arts

    January 4, 2006

    Have You Seen This Painting?

    At a Pioneer Square studio, a puzzling theft draws concern.

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    The City, State Politics, Baseball

    At a Pioneer Square studio, a puzzling theft draws concern.

  • News

    January 9, 2002

    News Clips— Bullish/Sheepish

    At a Pioneer Square studio, a puzzling theft draws concern.

  • News

    September 15, 1999

    The Olchefske files

    A burglary at School District offices fuels critics' fire.

  • News

    December 23, 1998

    Through the roof

    A burglary at School District offices fuels critics' fire.

  • News

    November 18, 1998

    A thousand words

    A burglary at School District offices fuels critics' fire.

  • News

    February 11, 1998

    The master thief

    Meet Timothy J. Pruitt, the king of Seattle burglars. He has great taste. He may already have dropped by.

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