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Stacey Mulick covers Pierce County crime and safety issues for The News Tribune. She’s worked at The News Tribune since May 1998. Contact her at stacey.mulick@thenewstribune.com.

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Go behind the yellow tape with the The News Tribune's Crime & Breaking News Team.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Posted by Adam Lynn @ 11:21:29 am

Police in the state's capital say they've finally caught up to the person who plagued Harrison Avenue businesses during a six-week burglary spree.

Lt. Steve Oderman reported Wednesday police arrested a 15-year-old boy in 10 buglaries along the Harrison corridor since June 1.

The M.O. was always the same, Oderman said: Someone would smash out a window during the early-morning hours then make off with merchandise.

Businesses ripped off included Target, Day & Night, the Dollar Store, Game Crazy, Falconne Schwinn, Paradise Video and The Paintball Store.

Oderman told L&S that the boy stole cash, tools, electronics and pornography, among other things.

Investigators got a tip about the boy, who confessed when shown surveillance video from some of the burglaries that appeared to show him committing the break-ins, Oderman said.

Detectives who served a search warrant at the suspect's home found some items reported stolen, Oderman said.

The teenager was booked into the Thurston County juvenile detention center for investigation of 10 counts of burglary.

Posted by Adam Lynn @ 10:02:00 am

King County sheriff's spokesman, Sgt. John Urquhart, reported today that an arrest has been made in the July 10 shooting of cab driver Jagit Singh.

Singh was gunned down after responding to a call on South 177th Street. His Far West cab then was set ablaze.

Urquhart said detectives identified 18-year-old Earnest Lenell Collins as a suspect using cell phone records and evidence collected from his family's home, including a burnt shirt.

Investigators later traced Collins to Chicago, where he was arrested Monday, Urquhart said. He's been charged with first-degree murder in Singh's death. Detectives think Collins killed Singh in the course of a robbery, Urquhart added.

Collins and a younger brother, who was wanted on an unrelated warrant, will be extradited from Chicago to Seattle next week.