Tortilla Car Vandal Breaks Into Seattle Cars, Takes Nothing, Leaves Tortillas

A Seattle car vandal has been breaking into vehicles, taking nothing, but leaving tortillas behind.

SEATTLE -- Seattle police are scratching their heads about this one.

A car prowler shattered a window of a parked Jeep, stole nothing and left behind a little something for the car's owner – a dozen tortillas scattered across the floor. The crime happened last week near the University of Washington.

Bemused by the break-in, police were moved to pun, saying, "The Seattle Police Department would like to take this opportunity to remind car prowlers that you shouldn't break in to something that's nachos."

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Comments

[Molly Donaton]

12:13 PM on 05/22/2012

Reminds me of Dane Cooks B&E joke. this kind of made my day.

[Skua]

09:59 AM on 05/21/2012

Note to HP headline writers: "breaks into cars" means that somebody broke into more than one car (or Jeep).

[sacmom3]

10:55 PM on 05/20/2012

I love the police response. lol

[MiraMcB]

09:32 PM on 05/20/2012

LOL at the Seattle PD! :D

[Anybodyseenthepopos]

07:35 PM on 05/20/2012

Most likely one person smashed the window and found nothing worth taking, and later a passerby dumped the tortillas.

[luvmymuttz]

02:57 PM on 05/20/2012

the mexican tortilla fairy is back! watch out santa!

[Alec Volkman]

02:21 PM on 05/20/2012

The picture is not tortilla but a South Asian bread called 'Naan'.

[MiraMcB]

09:33 PM on 05/20/2012

I'll see your "Naan" and raise you. It's what we call Indian Fry Bread down here. I make it all the time. :)

[gaurdian]

12:26 AM on 05/21/2012

So did you not like that jeep or were you looking for something newer

[bookzinbed]

07:30 PM on 05/19/2012

A friend of mine told me the other day, that he left his accordion on his back seat and forgot to lock his car when he went into a store. Realizing his mistake he ran back outside. When he looked in his backseat, his worst fears were realized. There were two accordions on his back seat.

[MiraMcB]

09:34 PM on 05/20/2012

LOLOLOL! F&F!!!! My aunt had one. She was actually pretty good at it, but... accordion music is accordion music. It's just a matter of time before your ears start to bleed.

[bookzinbed]

02:04 AM on 05/21/2012

I confess. My friend actually plays concertina in our Irish band. We refer to it as his 'double cheeseburger' ... heavy on the cheese!

[mlaiuppa]

05:47 PM on 05/19/2012

Funny.

I had someone toss about a gross (144) of tortillas into my back yard. They were all in bags, in a big bag. The dog tore a few open and I let him keep his. The rest I put in my freezer. Last night I made a dozen chicken enchiladas with one of the thawed out bags.

Thank you mysterious tortilla gifter. It's nice to have a tostada whenever the mood strikes.

[MiraMcB]

09:36 PM on 05/20/2012

Haha! Probably left over from somebody's quinceanera. But, hey, I would have done the same. If puppy didn't barf them up, then you're good to go.

[Josh Lamson]

05:43 PM on 05/19/2012

Find the police officer who came up with the pun about nachos and you have your vandal... It sounds to me like the idea for the pun came first and the vandalism came afterwards to give someone a chance to make the pun. If you don't think a cop would do that then you haven't personally met very many cops. It is depressing but the truth is that cops definitely do NOT necessarily represent the "pillars of society."

[ScoopLV]

04:51 PM on 05/19/2012

Sonny: Why the tortillas?

Clemenza: It's a Cancun message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps in a cornfield.

[Tracie Ivey]

11:00 PM on 05/19/2012

You just became my hero for that

[MiraMcB]

09:38 PM on 05/20/2012

OMG. Me, too. There are some good ones in here tonight. LOL

[Jorgelzorro]

07:49 PM on 05/18/2012

Yes built a wall like the great wall of China put snipers shooting anybody which dares to cross,oops"!" I read a Republican mind,sorry!!"

[SmileyBrooks]

02:11 PM on 05/18/2012

story reminds me of the fear of leaving your car windows down in the Wal Mart parking lot to return and find the back seat loaded down with zucchinis!

[Catseye71352]

09:14 PM on 05/19/2012

LOL! Reminds me of the year this one friend of mine and my ex's back in Denver planted a WHOLE ROW of the things. It got to the point we wouldn't let him in the house if he was packing zukes.

[rabit818]

02:07 PM on 05/18/2012

Mexican Consulate promoting Mexican dishes.

[This is your leader]

01:33 PM on 05/18/2012

Breaking news.... Sheriff Arpaio has declared martial law there is a curfew and a task force has been created , the swat team is in high alert and fully armed, check points have been established and hotlines are taking thousands of tips. we are willing and prepared to meet this menace..., the citizens will understand that we cannot solve any murders rape robberies or apprehend any other criminal because the complete resources of the sheriffs office will be concentrated on solving this heinous crime, we are following leads in all mexican restaurants any suspect speaking with an accent and caught with some cornflower will be detained indefinitely and declared an enemy combatant. Predator drones have been deployed to detect and follow taco trucks. Cilantro, onions and lengua (tongue) will be included in the schedule II of dangerous illegal substances... Victims report they have not been able to get rid of the taco smell in their cars, our prayers are with these victims now, a candle vigil will ne held tonight, we will not tolerate tortillas in our cars.. pray for us!

[Shauni Waterdragon]

09:31 AM on 05/19/2012

Dang, I LOVE cilantro! Looks like I'll have to start growing my own.