GOLD CREEK- Burglar Seen by Two Different Homeowners

A burglar was seen in the back yards of two homeowners in Gold Creek in the vicinity of 67th Dr SE and 154th Pl SE:

At 2:20 pm Saturday, April 3, 2010 a suspicious man appeared in one homeowner’s fenced-in back yard and when the wife asked what he was doing, he said that he was selling outdoor furniture. When told the homeowners were not interested he immediately headed out towards the fence gate. He was walking toward his car parked on the street (a black sedan) in front of a neighbor’s home when the husband called to him and asked what he wanted. He looked back once and hurried to his car, backed up, turned around and took off in the other direction toward Snohomish Cascade Drive. He turned right and sped off. For some reason he was in a big hurry to get out of the area. The homeowners have placed a lock on their gate.

911 was called in this incident.

In the second incident, another couple returned home from shopping when the wife saw a man in their back yard and asked what he was doing. He said he was selling yard furniture and left quickly when they told him that they were not interested. The husband tried to talk with him as he was walking away from the house on the sidewalk but he quickly walked to his car and sped away.

The homeowner found deep crowbar marks on the backdoor where the man apparently tried to force open the dead bolt lock. He must have been interrupted when the homeowners came home. He did not enter the house and nothing was missing on the outside.

The man was white, 5' 10", medium build, with brown hair and wore a dark baseball cap, dark windbreaker, and dark pants. He looked to be in his forties and spoke in a halting manner. He was clean shaven with fair complexion, and had flat puffy facial features.