Last Wednesday afternoon, police stopped a car on Rainier Avenue South containing two young men who Seattle Police Department (SPD) says are known burglary suspects.
When asked about several electronics noticed inside the car, the teens denied ownership of the items, but after further questioning, one of the boys admitted to committing four burglaries in the area, saying that he and others routinely sell their stolen laptops to a computer parts business in the 7600 block of Rainier Avenue South.
The next day, South Precinct detectives seized more than 600 laptops and hundreds of other pieces of electronic equipment when they served a search warrant on the computer parts business, the owner’s home and his storage unit. According to SPD:
The detectives found hundreds of laptop computers lined up on bookshelves, several hundred hard drives along with numerous digital cameras, I-Pods, games systems, cell phones and other electronics. The detectives ran the serial numbers or owner applied numbers on ten of the laptops. Seven of the laptops were reported stolen in area burglaries. The business had no paperwork, receipts or other documentation commonly found in a retail business. The business was secured until the warrant could be amended.
Detectives are cataloging each of the seized items over the next several days. Potential victims are asked to wait at least a week before contacting the unit to see if their property was among the found items.
In an email on Saturday, Community Organizer Yalonda Gill Masundire , who just last week hosted a community meeting with SPD about the rash of burglaries in the area, applauded south precinct officers and neighbors alike:
This is great news and we are very happy to see some progress being made in the right direction. We applaud our South Seattle Police Officers, Capt. Les Liggins, Lt. James Koutsky, Lt. Eric Sano, Detectives, and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Maurice Classen, who is heading up the New Repeat Burglar Initiatve/Anti-Burglary Initiative, who are making strides in investigating, apprehending and prosecuting those who are violating our community.
I would [also] like to thank each of you and our entire community for caring enough to question, share information and show-up to hear and learn how we can build a safer and more livable community.
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Got hit by these pieces of shit last week, and they stole our lap top, plasma TV, digital camera, etc. Hopefully, we’ll get them back soon.
If for no other reason, this is why you have to report burglaries and car prowls. I know that people often feel like the culprit will never be caught, and in many cases, that’s true. However, even if they never catch the people involved in a burglary, if you report, there’s always a chance that your property will be recovered. But if you never report the stolen items, they can’t know to look for you.
The community needs to organize and protest outside the home and business of the owner of this business, and make an example of him to the rest of the community.
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