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Friday, May 14, 2010

Crime This Week in Burglary, Small Potatoes Edition

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:57 PM

The week in weird thefts, compiled from Seattle police reports by news intern Lara Phillips

On Tuesday, a Lake City man reported a burglary that happened while he was away from his house for four days. The culprit(s) ransacked the entire house, but stole only a 16" gold plated bronze sculpture of an angel playing a flute. There were two identical sculptures next to it, which were left alone, and nothing else was taken.

On May 10, someone broken into the office of a downtown apartment building. According to the police report, the office space contains a “sizeable amount of miscellaneous property left behind by tenants who have moved out,” in addition to files and paperwork. But the thief selected only a tackle box and a tray of fishing lures.

A Greenwood coffee stand had its drive-up window smashed on Saturday, resulting in $350 worth of damage. Since there was no money left in the stand from the previous day, the suspects only got “a small basket that held a half-dozen individually wrapped pastries” with a street value of $15.

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I always buy my pastries from vagrants on the street.

Posted by ALEX37V on May 14, 2010 at 5:42 PM

I think they meant "pasties" if it was one of those bikini stands.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on May 14, 2010 at 6:49 PM

The gold angel with the flute contained microfilm copies of the original, undoctored Kennedy autopsy. Either that, or proof of Paul Constant's conspiracy theory about white rednecks planning the failed Times Square bombing.

I suppose we'll never know for certain.

Posted by TortoiseTurtle