Hardware Store Burglars Captured by Yakima Police

Officers from the Yakima Police Department were dispatched to 405 W Yakima Ave, Roy’s ACE Hardware, shortly after midnight on Wednesday, June 5th for a burglary in progress.  Witnesses on scene reported hearing a crash, and watched three subjects dressed in black and wearing backpacks, run north from the business.  Officers located a large rock used to break out a window

Officer, with the aid of a K9, tracked and located three suspects hiding on top of a car port a short distance away.  The suspects were in possession of 44 cans of spray paint and other property taken from the business.  Yakima PD Burglary Detectives interviewed the suspects regarding the crime.

All three suspects were booked into the Yakima Juvenile Detention Center for Burglary 2nd degree.

Ace Hardware Buglary – News Release

Contact:

YPD Capt. Rod Light – 576-6393