Dumb Criminals: Suspected Christmas Mail Thieves Nabbed By A Guy On A Kayak

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SAMMAMISH — A Good Samaritan on a kayak helped sheriff’s deputies catch a suspected mail thief who had stolen a kayak but forgot to grab a paddle and was trying to flee across water by paddling with his hands, the King County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies received multiple calls around 7:30 a.m. Christmas Eve that a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s were going through mailboxes around the town of Sammamish.

While deputies were en route to the scene, Good Samaritans located the suspects’ car — allegedly filled with mail — in the 2900 block of 204th Avenue SE, deputies said. Witnesses used their vehicles to box the car in, but the suspects fled on foot, deputies said.

Deputies set up a perimeter around the block and arrested the female suspect without incident. However, the male suspect managed to grab a kayak from a nearby yard and hop into an unnamed neighborhood pond.

http://q13fox.com/2014/12/25/deputies-good-samaritans-helped-nab-mail-thief-in-kayak/

[Hoppy]

1. Up the creek without a paddle?