EDITOR’S NOTE: Video shot from KCSO’s Guardian One chopper was added to this post at 7:21 p.m. on Thursday, June 4:
[youtube]https://youtu.be/Yn9kjBe1Rjo[/youtube]
[caption id="attachment_86805" align="aligncenter" width="490"] Photo courtesy Erin Everitt-Boynton[/caption]
If you saw a lot of police activity in North Burien Thursday afternoon (June 4), here’s what we know:
Thursday around 1 p.m., an alert neighbor called Burien Police to report that a male was trying to break into a house next door in the 12200 block of Occidental Ave South (map below).
Officers responded along with the King County Sheriff’s helicopter Guardian One, which quickly found the suspect who tried to hide in some bushes.
As officers converged on him, the suspect began running between houses and jumping fences, and even tried to break into another house and a parked car in an effort to hide/escape.
Guardian One remained overhead and called his location out to the officers, who took him into custody as he was hiding in a garden shed.
“Not too surprising, it turns out the suspect had a felony warrant for violating his probation,” police said. “We are hoping to get video from Guardian One we can post later on. A big thank you to the neighbor who called us!”
Here are some relevant Tweets:
Located burglary suspect in Burien as he was attempting to break into house. He was taken into custody after short foot chase. @BurienPD
— KCSOAirsupport (@KCSOAirsupport) June 4, 2015
Burien PD nabs burglar with help from Guardian One police helicopter http://t.co/9p4jmbpKR6 pic.twitter.com/FkqMpo645V
— Burien Police (@BurienPD) June 4, 2015
]]>Thanks @KCSOAirsupport for helping us catch the burglar today! Please post the video for us to share
— Burien Police (@BurienPD) June 4, 2015