An alert neighbor and Seattle Police teamed up Thursday morning to bust a man who had just grabbed a bike — and a beverage or two — from next door. Here’s an account sent around the neighborhood near St. Joe’s this morning and passed along to CHS:

[Neighbor 1] behind the alley from us on 19th and [Neighbor 2] had someone go thru their yard and take beer, coke, and went into their garage and took [Neighbor 1]’s bike. I guess he was thirsty doing his deed this morning. [Neighbor 2] heard something about 6:30a this morning and they alerted the police after noticing the bike was gone. He was caught shortly thereafter on 16th and Mercer with 2 bikes and some computer gear.

Sounds like they found the guy less than a mile from his morning break-in. We’ll check in for more details on how the bad guy was nabbed and any other shenanigans he’s been involved with in the past.