The theft of a WSDOT employee
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The theft of a WSDOT employee's vehicle was interrupted in the 2200 block of 72nd Avenue S.E. on Tuesday morning, Dec. 4.

Car theft thwarted at Park on the Lid

By REPORTER STAFF
Mercer Island Reporter Staff
December 7, 2012 · Updated 3:01 PM 

A car theft was thwarted at the Park on the Lid between 8 and 9:25 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, after City of Mercer Island workers informed a police officer of a suspicious person near the WSDOT Tunnel Facility in the 2200 block of 72nd Avenue S.E.

The police officer contacted the subject inside a vehicle with a broken window and a severely damaged steering column and wiring. The 21-year-old man, who said that "the owner had traded him vehicles," was in the process of stealing the vehicle, a Kia Motors Corp. Sportage that belonged to a WSDOT employee. The officer contacted the vehicle's owner, who said that no one had been authorized to enter or drive his vehicle.

The suspect was arrested at 9:27 a.m. and was booked into the King County Jail.

 

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