A Seattle
resident's home was burglarized and approximately $42,000 in vintage Seattle
Mariner's baseball cards and memorabilia was stolen. The items had been passed down through three
generations. A burglary report was filed
with the City of Seattle Police Department; however, investigating this case
quickly was imperative due to the ease in moving such items. Also, the probability of recovering such
items was very low. We interviewed the
client and identified a short list of suspects, one being the client's
ex-girlfriend whom was a recovering heroin addict.
Unfortunately, the girlfriend was not answering her cell
phone and had no current address; however, a relative did indicate she had
received a telephone call from the ex from a suspicious telephone number. A follow-up of the number led us to a Seattle hotel. Surveillance was initiated and after thirty
minutes, guess who exited a hotel room.
After a few minutes of questioning, she admitted to knowing
about the burglary and knew who possessed the property. Ultimately, she was uncooperative and
provided false and misleading information.
She also asked for money to assist.
Denied. We located information on
her methamphetamine/percocet/heroin dealers.
We telephoned several of them and each were overly cooperative and
deceitful. After many games played by
the typical Seattle
drug dealers, we offered the primary suspect involved an offer he could not
refuse. He relinquished the items in
lieu of prosecution by our client. All
the items were recovered except a $100 baseball card.
Only an investigation company consisting of previous law
enforcement, specifically those with backgrounds in narcotics enforcement could
have properly worked this case.
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