NATIONAL BRIEFING / AND FINALLY . . .
A man in Washington state made sure a pair of burglars wouldn’t get away with his three flat-screen televisions -- he moved their getaway car.
Patrick Rosario was in the basement of his Bellevue home Tuesday when he heard the burglars upstairs.
The Seattle Times says the 32-year-old Rosario, who had been laid off from his job as a Washington Mutual manager, called 911 as he sneaked out of the house.
He saw a white van sitting in front of his house with the motor running and the keys in the ignition, and he got in and drove it to a friend’s house.
Police say the burglars left the televisions, a laptop computer and a jewelry box by the door and ran away.
The sheriff’s office said no arrests had been made.
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