Dumb Criminals: Suspected Christmas Mail Thieves Nabbed By A Guy On A Kayak
SAMMAMISH A Good Samaritan on a kayak helped sheriffs deputies catch a suspected mail thief who had stolen a kayak but forgot to grab a paddle and was trying to flee across water by paddling with his hands, the King County Sheriffs Office said.
Deputies received multiple calls around 7:30 a.m. Christmas Eve that a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s were going through mailboxes around the town of Sammamish.
While deputies were en route to the scene, Good Samaritans located the suspects car allegedly filled with mail in the 2900 block of 204th Avenue SE, deputies said. Witnesses used their vehicles to box the car in, but the suspects fled on foot, deputies said.
Deputies set up a perimeter around the block and arrested the female suspect without incident. However, the male suspect managed to grab a kayak from a nearby yard and hop into an unnamed neighborhood pond.
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