West Seattle Crime Watch followup: Burglar pleads guilty

It was one of this fall’s most memorable Crime Watch stories – a Gatewood burglary victim (who subsequently identified himself here as “burglarbustindad“) followed a hunch to a supermarket Coinstar machine, where he found the 19-year-old who’d broken into his house, cashing in the change from BBD’s son’s coin jar. Commenting on another story last Friday, BBD disclosed that the person he caught, Kenneth Shouting, had pleaded guilty and been sentenced. Checking court records this morning, we found that indeed, Shouting pleaded guilty last month to residential burglary and was sentenced to 12 months plus 1 day in prison, which is within the “standard sentencing range.” According to court documents, Shouting’s past record included a conviction for attempted burglary almost two years ago – a case from Normandy Park, in which he also pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to serve less than 3 months behind bars.

Chuck and Sally's Van Man November 23, 2009 (1:21 pm)

Score one for the good guys. Again, way to go “dad.”

Chuck

mark November 23, 2009 (2:08 pm)

I know who I am going to nominate when they start the “Best of West Seattle” contest.

old timer November 23, 2009 (2:55 pm)

Only 20 when he gets out, (assuming there s no time off for…whatever) and with 2 strikes on his record, who wants to bet that he will emerge ‘reformed’?
Who wants to bet that he comes out with new techniques and a renewed resolve to continue his lawless life?
Who needs ‘Reality TV’ with this going on every day?