Sammamish Police Nab Three Burglary Suspects

The Sammamish Police Department said today it has arrested a total of three suspects connected to at least four local burglaries. Two of the suspects remain in custody at King County Jail in connection with a Christmas Day burglary in Sammamish. 

The case began when a Sammamish couple returned home Christmas afternoon to find their front door shattered and jewelry and cash taken from their home.  The investigating deputy noted that the glass appeared to have been broken by two steel ball bearings likely launched from a slingshot. 

On Dec. 26, another Sammamish deputy was monitoring a Klahanie apartment where the occupants were believed to be hiding stolen property and selling drugs. He saw a vehicle leaving the complex and recognized the driver, a 30-year-old Carnation man, from past arrests and knew he had a suspended driver’s license. He stopped the vehicle and arrested the driver, who also had an outstanding warrant for trafficking in stolen property. A search of the driver revealed a steel ball bearing and several items of women’s jewelry. The deputy recognized the ball bearing from the previous day’s case report. Based on a photograph of the jewelry taken at the scene, other deputies contacted the burglary victims, who identified the items as theirs.

Based on a statement made by the arrested driver, detectives executed search warrants on the Klahanie apartment, an associated vehicle and an Issaquah storage unit on Dec. 27 and Dec. 28. They recovered thousands of dollars in jewelry and power tools that have been connected to a total of four area burglaries thus far. Two additional arrests were made during the search of the apartment. The 32-year-old woman from Issaquah and a 34-year-old man from Everett remain in King County Jail on $10,000 and $50,000 bail, respectively.

The Christmas burglary victims identified a number of items recovered from the storage unit as belonging to them as well.

Detectives expect file preliminary charges with the King County Prosecutor’s Office by tomorrow. Additional charges could be filed if more of the recovered property can be identified to specific crimes.

--Iinformation from the Sammamish Police Department