Police surveillance at Luther Burbank leads to arrest of car prowl suspect

Published 9:54 am Friday, October 21, 2011

After setting up surveillance in Luther Burbank parking lots, Mercer Island police caught a man who is a suspect in several recent car prowls.

Police arrested the suspect, a Seattle resident in his 20s, on Monday, Oct. 17, and booked him into jail.

The suspect was carrying methamphetamine in his pants pocket. He was also driving with a suspended license.

Police searched the man’s vehicle on a search warrant and are continuing to investigate the series of car prowls.