Detectives from the Sammamish Police Department, Burien Police Department and the King County Sheriff’s Office, along with the KCSO SWAT team arrested three people and recovered a stolen AR-15 rifle, a shotgun and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition late Thursday evening and early Friday morning in connection with a May 8 burglary.

The Sammamish home was equipped with a video surveillance system, which captured images of two suspects loading a gun safe from the house into their getaway vehicle, a blue Ford Expedition.

Detectives tracked the vehicle to an address in the 12200 block of First Ave. SW in Burien where they arrested one suspect and served a search warrant on the house and vehicle.  A shotgun, along with several video cameras and other small electronics were recovered from the home.

The suspect, a 20-year-old male with extensive criminal history, provided information which led detectives to a second house in the 7500 block of 24th Ave. SE in Seattle.

After executing a search warrant at that address, detectives recovered the missing AR-15 rifle, nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition and the gun safe, which had been pried open.  Detectives also located two stolen televisions, a laptop computer and several other items stolen in the Sammamish burglary.  Another 20-year-old male and his 19-year-old girlfriend were arrested at the second location.  Both males have prior felony convictions, meaning they could be charged federally for the firearms found in their possession.

All three suspects were booked into King County Jail on Friday morning.

Charges including residential burglary, unlawful possession of firearms and possession of stolen property are expected to be filed against all three later this week.