UPDATE-Here is a posting from a local parenting site.? This guy tried to GET IN THE HOUSE WHEN THIS LADY WAS HOME. Please be careful and call 911 if you see Meadow-Mittenen.
HE CAME TO MY HOUSE YESTERDAY!!! I refused to open the door for his bogus story and called the police to report a suspicious man in Magnolia!!!!! I’m on hold with the police again to tell them that I’m 99% sure it was this man! His hair is like the shorter haircut photo right now if it’s him. He was dressed (yesterday on 01.08.15) in a navy or faded black sport jacket and slacks or something…. I didn’t see him up close because I didn’t open the door, but as he was walking away I looked out the mail slot in the door and I’m 99% certain this is him as I saw him from the side as he turned out my driveway and onto the sidewalk on foot heading north. BEWARE! Lock your doors! He’s using a bogus story about just having moved into the neighborhood to try to get you to open the door!!! I asked him, “where did you just move in?” because there haven’t been any sales on my street, etc. in the last few weeks… He said well that’s what he needed help with, that he had only been in town 7 days and that he needed help finding a house. I told him I couldn’t help him and when he asked when he could come back I told him not to. PLEASE lock your doors. Our front door is hard to see from the street so I’m certain he was targeting our house because it would’ve been easy to try to break in without being seen. Do not fall for a story like this. Do not open your door to random people knocking (he even did kind of a strong “shave and a haircut…” knock on the door to sound familiar/friendly. THANK GOODNESS I asked who it was before opening the door. I called the police again to report that this is the guy I saw. Hope they catch him soon. Thanks for posting!!!
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From Laura at our sister site Queen Anne View
Joshua Meadow-Mittenen is a ?prolific burglar? who has been tied to multiple burglaries, including several recent Queen Anne burglaries and a Magnolia New Year?s Eve break-in. If you see him or have any information that could help SPD find him, call 911. A Magnolia resident spotted this suspect when he came to her home yesterday, Thursday, January 8th. She called SPD. Call 911 if you see him in the neighborhood.
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Full details from SPD below:
Written?by?Jonah Spangenthal-Lee?on?A prolific burglar is wanted by police after he fled from Major Crimes Detectives?earlier today at the Northgate Mall.Detectives believe Joshua Meadow-Mittenen, 24, is connected to?several recent?burglaries in North Seattle and Queen Anne, as well as a New Year?s Eve break-in Magnolia.
Police attempted to arrest Meadow-Mittenen outside?Northgate Mall today?around 1 PM after receiving information he had planned to meet there with a criminal associate.
Officers spotted Meadow-Mittenen driving a white Dodge Charger through the mall?s parking lot, but?he sped away when police tried to take him into custody.
Meadow-Mittenen is?6?0, 185 lbs with green eyes and brown hair.?Detectives believe Meadow-Mittenen is driving a black Chrysler 200 bearing Washington license plate?APH7751, or a white 2013 Dodge Charger with Washington plate AJG1332.
If you have any information which could lead detectives to Meadow-Mittenen,?please contact police at (206) 786-2746 or 911.