Crime & Safety
Burglary In Gig Harbor Linked To Puyallup Jeep Theft
Police are looking for a man who recently broke in to a Gig Harbor home while driving a stolen Jeep.
GIG HARBOR, WA — Local police are on the lookout for a man who recently burglarized a Gig Harbor home while driving a Jeep stolen in Puyallup.
According to the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force, the black 2008 Jeep seen in the photo above was stolen from a Puyallup home in the morning on Aug. 11. The man in the video drove it to the scene of the Gig Harbor burglary later that day.
The Jeep has the Washington license plate number AVP5583. If you've seen it around town, contact the auto theft task force at autotheftips@wsp.wa.gov or (253) 329-2442.
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Attn: Pierce County - Gig Harbor - Puyallup This black 08 Jeep (WA:AVP5582) was stolen yesterday morning from Puyallup. Later that day the suspects used the stolen Jeep to commit a residential burglary Gig Harbor. Video from burglary. #jeep #psatt #autotheft @PierceSheriff pic.twitter.com/PfFNr5CPfe
— Puget Sound ATTF (@PugetSoundATTF) August 13, 2019
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