Suspected burglar leaves a trail of clues at Everett shop

Published 9:42 pm Monday, February 8, 2016

EVERETT — The suspect proved quite accommodating.

Police believe they were able to match his face to images taken from a surveillance camera Sunday morning inside Everett Lube Express in the 2400 block of Broadway.

They also found a prescription bottle with the suspect’s name on it inside the business.

The Lake Stevens man, 31, was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of burglary. So was a woman, 29, also of Lake Stevens.

The owners of the business called police shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday to say they could see a woman inside the building via the camera system.

Police found her at the store near a large broken window. Shards of glass were found on her clothing and multiple items from the business were staged in some bushes outside, according to a police report.

The man was not there.

Police believe he’d left with a large flat-screen television before the woman went inside.

The man was arrested shortly before 5:30 a.m. Sunday in the 2100 block of Broadway. It appeared he was wearing the same clothing seen in the surveillance video, according to a police report.

Eric Stevick: 425-339-3446; stevick@heraldnet.com.