TUKWILA, Wash. — The Tukwila Police Department (TPD) says that while officers were investigating a report of shoplifting over the weekend, an officer saw another suspect stealing from a different store close by.
Officers were called to a store near Southcenter Parkway and Minkler Boulevard and saw one suspect outside the shop with a handful of merchandise, TPD said.
He reportedly attempted to go back in the store and return the items to an employee when police arrived.
At the same time, a woman was seen with a full shopping cart full of stolen items trying to leave a store next door, according to police.
Both were arrested and booked into jail after the woman tried to hide in the backseat of her car.