Arrests made in Richmond Beach burglaries

In the last several weeks, Shoreline residents reported a dramatically increased number of residential burglaries and car prowls in the Richmond Beach and Innis Arden neighborhoods. The main targets for thefts were unlocked vehicles and homes. Over the weekend, Shoreline Police detectives arrested four suspects in these crimes.

Undercover detective work led to a suspect who was trying to sell stolen property linked to the Richmond Beach/Innis Arden crimes. Upon the suspect’s arrest, he admitted to committing over 50 larcenies and burglaries in the area. A search warrant executed on his residence and storage facility led to the arrest of three more suspects and the recovery of a large amount of stolen property. Two of the other suspects arrested had outstanding but unrelated felony warrants for their arrest.

All of the suspects have been booked in to the King County jail and are awaiting felony charges.

Detectives have linked seven crimes to the suspect and will continue to process a large amount of evidence over the next couple of weeks. Detectives are calling victims to coordinate releasing property as it is identified. If you’re a Shoreline resident, a victim of a recent burglary or car prowl and detectives have not contacted you by Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013; you can call Detective Coblantz at 206-801-2746. Additional efforts will be made to try and identify property that detectives are not able to return to victims during this processing period.