Attempted Home Break-In

The Laurelhurst Blog received this report:

On  the evening of February 10th, we had an attempted break-in, on the 5100 block of 48th Avenue NE.  

We captured the guy on our home security cameras and were also able to capture a vehicle on camera a bit later, as the guy returned that same night. He  was driving a Camry or Accord type car which he left in the middle of the street while he again approached the house.  

The video is fuzzy and we couldn’t get a plate number or more details but the vehicle and his repeated attempts made it clear that our house had been targeted specifically rather than just being a crime of opportunity. 

We saw footprints in the snow the following morning at each of the windows and doors. He obviously tried multiple times to enter our home as well checking the mailbox. 

I realized upon viewing the video that I had interacted with this person earlier the same evening, at 7:30 pm, when walking the dog. The person was walking alone on 48th Avenue NE and my dog barked at him vigorously and relentlessly (which made me fairly cross at the time but in retrospect seems rather prescient of her). 

The guy was thin, about 5'10, and was wearing a Carhart jacket and very saggy pants, which struck me as odd considering the snow and cold.  

If there were any break-ins or property crimes on that Sunday evening in the neighborhood, I’d suggest that they could be related to this individual. 

I filed a police report.  Heads up, if you see this guy in the neighborhood he is bad news! Lock your windows and doors!