On November 23rd at approximately 3:00 a.m. officers responded to a report of an occupied burglary in progress in the 3400 block of East Valley Street. Upon the officers’ arrival one suspect was still on scene and was taken into custody. The victims told officers they saw another suspect in the back of the house. Officers were unable to locate the second suspect and subsequently called a canine unit to the scene. The victim’s residence was searched using the dog and no other suspects were located. Officers then conducted an area search utilizing the dog however, the second suspect remains at large.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the suspects entered the house through an unlocked, but closed, front door. The female homeowner found the first suspect seated on a chair in the living room. She yelled at him and tried to get him to leave, but he was not immediately responsive. The other family members were upstairs and came down to see what was going on. Fortunately, there was no violence inside the home, and it does not appear that the suspect had time to take anything.
The suspect appeared to be very intoxicated, under the influence of narcotics, or both. It is unknown why he chose to enter this particular home.
The 31-year-old male suspect was arrested and booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Burglary.