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Seattle Police Arrest Man Found Drinking Gasoline During Home Invasion
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SEATTLE — A 40- year-old man was arrested last week after allegedly break- ing into a home in Seattle’s Highland Park neighborhood while a teenage girl was inside. Seattle
police said the man started drinking gaso- line when officers attempted to take him into custody.
According to
the Seattle Police Department (SPD),
the incident began around 11:30 a.m. Friday when a man called 911 and said his 17-year-old daughter told him someone with a wooden stick was try- ing to break into their
home.
Officers arrived at the home on the 8400 block of Fifth Avenue Southwest, but police said the teenager was too afraid to answer the door. While officers were still outside, they overheard loud bang- ing noises from inside the home. Fearing for the girl’s safety, offi- cers breached the front door and began searching for the 17- year-old and the sus- pect.
The SPD said officers found a 40-year-old man inside the home- owner’s vehicle in the garage. The depart- ment said officers noticed the man had agascanandaham- mer in his lap. When officers asked the man to exit the vehi- cle, the SPD said the
40-year-old began drinking gasoline out of a container.
Officers continued to tell the man to exit the vehicle, but he refused, and contin- ued to drink more gasoline. The SPD said officers broke the driver-side window and removed the man from the vehicle.
Police said the 40- year-old man initially resisted officers as they pulled him from the vehicle, but he was eventually taken into custody. Crews with the Seattle Fire Department provided aid to the man at the scene.
Once the man was in custody, officers found the teenager on the second floor of the home and escort- ed her out to safety.
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