SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a 37-year-old man accused of breaking into a business and stealing $400 in alcohol.
Just after 4 a.m., officers were called to a shop on Rainier Avenue South.
When they arrived, they found a damaged front door, a broken window, and a metal pry bar on the ground.
Police searching the area found a man a few blocks away carrying a large duffel bag. Inside, officers say they found bottles of hard alcohol.
Investigators reviewed surveillance footage from the business and say it showed the man breaking in – despite telling them it wasn’t him.
Officers recovered the stolen bottles and returned it to the owner. Police recovered the pry bar as evidence.
The store now needs an estimated $2,000 in repairs.
Police booked the suspect, a convicted felon for attempted burglary, into the King County Jail for commercial burglary.
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