Seattle police arrested a man carrying tools for car prowling and wires for looting pay boxes inside of a secured parking lot downtown at around 3:30 a.m. on March 19. According to the police report, the man, who the officer immediately recognized from previous parking pay box lootings, said he was looking for a place to sleep.

Parking lot security had forced the man to empty his pockets by the time police arrived. Several of the tools found in the man's pockets were identified by the officer as tools used in car prowls, along with a crack pipe which the man insisted was used for smoking marijuana. The report notes the garage where the man was found has recently had issues with car prowling.

Once the man was arrested, he was searched and several wires were found hooked onto his sweatshirt. The man admitted that they were used to loot pay boxes, but said he stopped doing that and had simply forgotten to take them off his sweatshirt.