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Police arrest man accused of trying to break into several homes
A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly burglarizing a Kent home while children were hiding inside.
KENT, Wash. - A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly burglarizing a Kent home while children were hiding inside.
On July 7 around 9:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to a home on 140th Ave SE for reports of a burglary in progress. The young caller told dispatch that his 11-year-old sister had seen a man inside their home, and the other siblings could hear someone moving around inside the house.
The siblings ran upstairs and locked themselves inside a room.
When police arrived, there was no one inside the home, but the back sliding door was wide open.
Soon after, 911 received multiple calls regarding a "suspicious person" trespassing in East Hill yards and hopping fences. One caller stated that the suspicious person was now on their roof and had jumped off when he was spotted.
That same person also broke into a home in a quiet cul-de-sac. Connie McKenzie was out walking her dogs when she got a frantic call from two exchange students she was hosting.
"Somebody had come into their room, and they told them, ‘you need to get out, you need to get out,’" McKenzie told FOX 13.
McKenzie said when the man entered the students' room, one of the students pushed the suspect out of the room, and shut the door behind them.
Her husband, John McKenzie, says security footage shows the man opening the family's front door and throwing something into the street before going back inside.
Connie said one of the students spoke to the man, but he
Officers were able to triangulate the suspect's location based on all the 911 calls. A 27-year-old Redmond man was taken into custody without incident.
He was positively identified as the same person who entered the home on 140th Ave SE.
He was booked into King County Jail for burglary and other related charges.