3 Bellevue Theft Suspects Caught, Stolen Car Recovered: Police

Bellevue WA

23 February, 2021

9:28 PM

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BELLEVUE, WA — Bellevue police apprehended three theft suspects Tuesday morning after a resident reported the group trying door handles along 111th Avenue Southeast, according to investigators. Responding officers spotted the suspects' SUV shortly before 1:30 a.m and it fled toward a nearby construction site and crashed, then the occupants ran away on foot, police said. All three were soon caught. After searching the vehicle, police said it was "packed" with stolen mail, along with backpacks, a bicycle, tools and nine grams of heroin. The SUV itself was stolen and its dashboard was torn out, police said. According to investigators, two suspects were booked into jail, and the third transported to CPS. 9g suspected heroin, tools, & the car was stolen. The dash was torn out. 2 suspects to jail, 1 to CPS. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/J2diJ8F0QW— Bellevue, WA Police (@BvuePD) February 24, 2021