Burglar caught with cell phone app now linked to additional four burglaries

On January 6, 2015 Shoreline Officers responded to a residential burglary near NE 180 and 24 Ave NE. (see previous article) Among the items stolen was a cell phone.

Officers tracked the phone to a location near 18500 25th Ave NE. They detained a suspect who was in possession of the phone and discovered he was carrying a loaded pistol. The suspect is a convicted felon and the firearm had been stolen in another Shoreline burglary in December 2014. The suspect was booked into the King County Jail. 

Investigators began the process of comparing other open cases potentially involving the suspect. On January 8, a Shoreline patrol officer located the suspect’s vehicle parked a few blocks away from the location of the January 6th burglary. The vehicle was impounded and sealed for a search warrant.

On January 9, Detectives searched the vehicle and located five more firearms that were taken in the December burglary, along with paperwork that indicated the subject had rented a storage locker in the area. Detectives prepared a second search warrant for that facility. Upon serving that warrant, Detectives recovered property from four other burglaries in Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, and Seattle. 

The suspect is currently in custody in the King County Jail on $152,000.00 bail.

Shoreline Detective Laura Alspach is the lead investigator.