Burglars hit homes in Redmond’s Overlake district; police urge residents to be on the lookout for suspicious activity

Published 10:07 am Thursday, October 9, 2014

Since the end of June, there have been 18 residential burglaries in the Overlake district, according to the Redmond Police Department (RPD).

All of the incidents were weekday, daytime burglaries occurring between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., but likely occurring between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Method of entry for the majority of these burglaries has been through window smashes, either sliding glass doors, garage windows or windows next to doors in order to access the door locks.

In a couple of incidents, residents have been home and spoken to a suspicious person who asked for someone who did not live at the residence.

Detectives are following up with leads related to the use of stolen checks from one of the burglaries and are working to provide suspect descriptions. Fingerprints recovered at the scene have been sent to the King County Automated Fingerprint Identification System.

RPD would like to remind citizens to call in any suspicious activity as it is happening, especially if they receive a knock on the door from a stranger asking for someone unknown to them. Contact RPD at (425) 556-2500.