Sammamish Police Detectives Crack Interstate Burglary Ring

Ed. Note: The following post is from the Sammamish Police Department.

Sammamish Police Department detectives have tied property seized Aug. 6 from a Pierce County storage unit to more than 24 burglaries from Mill Creek to Beaverton, OR, according to a press release.

Sammamish Detectives discovered 66 bags, bins, safes and suitcases loaded with stolen property after serving a search warrant at storage facility in South Hill (Puyallup area) on Tuesday. Many of the bags contained jewelry, silver, sports memorabilia, and personal documents and photographs. One bag contained a soldier’s Purple Heart and Bronze Star military medals.

At least seven firearms from the burglaries are still missing. Three of the burglaries occurred in Sammamish.

The search warrant is the culmination of joint investigation with Bellevue PD detectives that began over two weeks ago when a male suspect was positively identified based on video surveillance from a Bellevue burglary victim’s home.  The suspects, a 26-year-old male his 26-year-old girlfriend, are both Pierce County residents.

Detectives are in the process of identifying and contacting the victims and will make arrangements to return their property the coming weeks. They expect to file numerous additional criminal charges including residential burglary, theft and possession of stolen property against the two suspects. 

The male is currently in custody at the King County Jail.  The female was booked and released.