In what might be the best burglary report we've seen in awhile, a Phinney Ridge man came home to find a burglar in his house, reduced her to tears, and sent her home without any shoes:

Aug-25-2010 1843

The victim stated that he arrived home at approximately 1400 hours and entered through the garage.

He noticed that the front door was unlocked but the dog gate was still up so he assumed that his wife had forgotten to lock the door when she left.

He then set some items down in the entry way and went out the front door to the side yard where he set up the sprinkler system.

He came back inside and started to go from the main level to the second level. As he rounded the first landing, halfway between the first and second floor, he saw the suspect coming down the stairs from the second floor with three bags / purses. He recognized one of them as his wives.

He asked her "Who are you? What are you doing here?" She attempted to explain that she knew his wife and that she was suppose to be there but could not remember his wife's name. [They] both then went downstairs to the entry room of the house.

The victim told the suspect...that's my wives purse." [She] replied "yes it is" and dropped the purse.

The victim noticed that she was wearing his wifes flip flop style sandals. He asked her to empty the remaining purses. She did not reply and continued talk switching between apologizing, explaining and crying.

The victim pulled out his cell phone with the intent to dial 911. [The suspect] panicked and said "Don't call, don't' call" she then headed toward the front door. 

The victim stepped between her and the door and told her "You're not leaving I'm not letting your out until you empty your purses." He noticed items that belonged to him in the purses like his laptop.

She sat down on a bench in the entry way and he spent the next 10-15 minutes going through the purses taking his items out.

The victim stated that [the woman] continued talk switching between apologizing, explaining and crying but also helped by identifying what was hers and what was his in the purses.

The victim located a small turtle shaped garden statue in one of the bags along with the key that was hidden under it on the back porch of his house also located was his wife's old Washington State Driver's License. After he was finished going through the purses he asked her to leave.

At first she was reluctant to leave and asked for food.

The victim declined to give her food but did give her five dollars and told her to "just leave" as he opened the front door. She stated "don't call, don't call for a day, give me a day. She then left out the front door and walked southbound on the sidewalk barefoot.

The victim shut the front door and called 911. 

The victim described the suspect as a white female, slim build, red shoulder length hair, blue eyes in her late 20's to early 30's but looks older wearing a black spaghetti strap dress and no shoes. Based on the description biased on previous contacts with her I thought that it might have been I responded to [the woman's] last known address 44th and Linden Av N with backup.

[Officers located her a] short time later at the bus stop on the south east corner of intersection at N 46 St / Phinney Av N.

[She] was placed under arrest and read her Miranda Rights by Officer Baseley who then transported her to the North Precinct.