Crime

Police seek tips on burglaries at Olympia Harbor Days

By Andy Hobbs

Staff writer
Under a great sky canopy, visitors tour the fleet of tugs before they leave Percival Landing and out to the Budd Inlet race course for the 2015 Harbor Days Maritime Festival and Tugboat Races Sunday along the Olympia waterfront.
Under a great sky canopy, visitors tour the fleet of tugs before they leave Percival Landing and out to the Budd Inlet race course for the 2015 Harbor Days Maritime Festival and Tugboat Races Sunday along the Olympia waterfront. Steve Bloom Staff photographer

Olympia police are seeking tips on suspects who burglarized several vendor booths last weekend at Olympia Harbor Days, an annual festival that runs Labor Day weekend along Percival Landing.

The damage occurred Saturday night around the same time protesters marched through downtown Olympia. That demonstration was related to the recent charging decisions for the May 21 police shooting.

At least four tents at the festival were affected, including a jewelry vendor and soap vendor whose products were stolen, according to festival organizers. At the Smith Brothers Farms booth, the culprits damaged several coolers and stole milk and peanut butter.

Anyone with information on these crimes can call Olympia police at 360-753-8300.

This story was originally published September 10, 2015 at 11:43 AM with the headline "Police seek tips on burglaries at Olympia Harbor Days."

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