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December 6, 2011 in News, City
Police arrest suspect in South Hill burglaries
Spokane police have arrested a suspect in a series of burglaries on the South Hill.
Nathan Daniel Moore, 30, is to appear in Superior Court this afternoon on a residential burglary after being booked into jail Monday about 4 p.m.
Police believe Moore is the same man seen on surveillance video using a Starbucks card in Airway Heights that was stolen in one of the burglaries. Police released surveillance images last week seeking tips on the man’s identity.
Moore called police after seeing the photo “and gave us a story about how he came to be in possession of the Starbucks card,” said Lt. Joe Walker.
Detectives say witness reports and surveillance photos show Moore is connected to 15 to 20 burglaries in the Manito area in November.
The police department’s Anti-Crime Patrol Team has been investigating the burglaries for weeks. An officer who’s off patrol because of an injury looked through the reports “and everything started pointing back to Mr. Moore,” Walker said.
Police served a search warrant at Moore’s mother’s home in the 3700 block of South Gandy Street Monday, where they found property stolen in the burglaries.
“Lo and behold that just happens to be right in the middle of where all these burglaries were occurring,” Walker said. “Interestingly enough, after his picture was released the burglaries have subsided.”
Police found rare coins featuring Queen Elizabeth they believe are stolen and are asking for the owners to contact them. They believe Moore may have been selling the stolen property on Craigslist or eBay and ask anyone who purchased it to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233. Walker said they believe people purchased the property not knowing it was stolen.
“They’re not going to be in trouble; we just want to get this stuff back to the rightful owners,” Walker said. “As we get property back that’s going to build our case.”
Police also are asking for anyone who may have seen Moore’s early 1990s red Toyota 4Runner in their neighbor late at night to contact Crime Check.
Walker praised the work at the Patrol Anti-Crime Team, which consists of two groups of four officers and two supervisors.
“We don’t have specific property detective, but the PACT team members have been working these types of things all year long,” Walker said.
Police eliminated its property crime investigation unit this year, but patrol officers continue to investigative case with good leads or reoccurring themes, Walker said.
“They were on it once we started seeing this pattern,” Walker said. “We dump everything into it that we can.”
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samvimes on December 06 at 12:41 p.m.
“Low and behold”? I’m pretty much resigned to sloppy editing at the KXLY website, but not so much here…
zelda on December 06 at 12:53 p.m.
@samvimes — that was a quote; something that the police officer said, not something that Meghann wrote.
This is terrific news and good police work. More of the same, please. Thank you.
I wonder what kind of record this Moore guy has. None too bright to call the cops with an explanation of how he got the debit card.
soccermomsusie on December 06 at 12:57 p.m.
I thought I accidentally spent those Queen Elizabeth coins buying breakfast at the Pear Tree Inn yesterday. It will be good to get them back and anything else I might be able to use.
I will be dismantling my plastique packed purse now. I only had about 700 feet of chord for my plunger-detonator anyway.
Am very surprised that the burglar is a nonnonwhite male. Bet he still likes the rap music though.
HEAR OUR VOICE!!!
Jethro_toll on December 06 at 1:01 p.m.
Cut one of his hands off…and he wont steal again. I think the Arabs/Muslims have something going with that.
zelda on December 06 at 1:17 p.m.
@soccermomsusie — Alas, the Pear Tree is no more. Where you been?
soccermomsusie on December 06 at 1:31 p.m.
I know they remodeled the Pear Tree but it is still there. My prayer group met there just the other day. I don’t remember much about the breakfast or how I got home. Must’ve really been into the praise songs!
I woke up to Bill O’Reilly and I had a purse full of coasters and a cigarette in my Paciottis. The pancake syrup made my mouth feel funny.
HEAR OUR VOICE!!!
meadman on December 06 at 1:35 p.m.
great job SPD!!! Thank you
rpmarp on December 06 at 1:49 p.m.
Yes Zelda, it is a quote. However, even though it sounds like “low” when spoken, it is spelled “lo”. Meghann erred.
And a note to all: soccermomsusie is either mentally challenged or has a serious drinking problem.
SpokaneIsFun on December 06 at 2:02 p.m.
What did his mother think about all the stolen property arriving at her house??? What a family. Get rid of this POS. He deserves at least 20 yrs in a prison that makes him WORK.
cdspokesreader on December 06 at 3:14 p.m.
What did his mommy think?
Gee, he’s 30, doesn’t have a job and lives with his mom.
Says a lot right there.
Diana on December 06 at 3:58 p.m.
“And a note to all: soccermomsusie is either mentally challenged or has a serious drinking problem.”
Neither, rpmarp. It is you who is satire impaired.
samvimes on December 06 at 4:09 p.m.
@zelda, you will please note they have corrected the spelling error. Again, much quicker work than I observe on other media sites. Good work SR.
ManleyPointer on December 06 at 4:11 p.m.
It’s spelled “cord”.
brianrbreen on December 06 at 4:21 p.m.
People with degrees make spilling errors…wholly crap!!!
brianrbreen on December 06 at 4:28 p.m.
Actually, This is why you need property crimes Detectives. Unless he confessed to the Burglaries someone has to do the gumshoe and actually tie him to them, and not just a possession of stolen property beef. Which is all this story is documents.
reservedparking on December 06 at 5:30 p.m.
‘…anyone who may have seen Moore’s early 1990s red Toyota 4Runner in their neighbor late at night…’
Bunch of peeping toms up there too! And must be big neighbors to have a 4Runner in ‘em! Wow!
Good job SPD.
misjustice on December 06 at 6:03 p.m.
Wow, I don’t really care what people put into themselves but to put a 4Runner in your neighbor? That’s just wrong! Unless the neighbor agreed and is of legal age, that is…
zelda on December 06 at 11:09 p.m.
@samvines — If the media in general could get this rein/reign problem figured out, I’d be satisfied.
mmspowaus on December 07 at 4:58 a.m.
SoccermomSusie is a fraud and a dude.
Perhaps if he actually went to a prayer group he could ask God why he likes to fake blog and pretend to be women.
Let the suppressed voices inside cry out SoccermomSusie
Are you still employed at the S-Review?
samvimes on December 07 at 9:28 a.m.
@zelda, not to mention things like “loser” and “looser” ;-)
Is English no longer taught in our schools?
Backoffspokane on February 15 at 2:17 p.m.
You people need to back off the Moore family! Not only has N. Moore not been charged with these crimes, innocent till proven guilty still applies in the USA I live in! You dont know them so dont judge them.I grew up with the family and all are highly respectable people. Anyone talking crap about the Moore family should feel ashamed of themselves. PS who th f@#$ cares about spelling so much as too keep blogging back and forth about it! What a wast of time. Thanks