Nearly 3 dozen people arrested in Downtown Seattle organized retail theft

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Nearly 3 dozen people arrested in Downtown Seattle organized retail theft
By FOX 13 News Staff
Published December 17, 2021 6:11AM
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 13 Seattle


SEATTLE - Seattle police officers arrested 35 people in a downtown organized retail theft operation.

Throughout Wednesday, police saw people stealing and walking out of a store on 2nd Avenue with tens of thousands of dollars worth of cutlery, kitchen sets, detergent and several bottles of liquor.

Police said officers stopped the suspected thieves and recovered the items.

They were given trespassing notices and banned them from returning to the store for a year.

Police released the suspects, but one man was booked into the King County jail on a Department of Corrections warrant.

The police department said it will continue to work with businesses in the downtown core area about organized theft and to make sure customers are safe during the holiday shopping season.

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[mountaineer]

They were given trespassing notices and banned them from returning to the store for a year.

Trespassing was the least of the crimes they committed. But they won't be punished for any of them.

[Smokin Joe]

At least the goods were recovered, but the 'catch and release' policy could use some modification.

[mikezpen]

like vaporization.

[DCPatriot]

Text me when the looters are being summarily shot and executed in front of the store.

[libertybele]

Text me when the looters are being summarily shot and executed in front of the store.

Business owners should have the right to protect their property.