Macklemore’s Seattle home burglarized whereas nanny, kids have been at residence
Rapper Macklemore’s Seattle residence was burglarized over the weekend by masked males who attacked the nanny with bear spray, police mentioned.
Seattle police have been dispatched to the house at 12:48 a.m. Saturday after a name from a lady who recognized herself as a nanny and mentioned two males had damaged in. She informed police she was in a position to get out of the house however that three kids have been nonetheless inside.
A police report redacted the title of the proprietor of the house, however mentioned it belonged to a “high-profile particular person.” The handle listed within the report appeared to match that on Macklemore’s voting document, the Seattle Instances reported. Part of the report additionally left the surname “Davis” — the identical final title as Macklemore’s spouse.
It’s not clear if the artist, whose actual title is Ben Haggerty, was residence on the time. He had performances in Eire on June 4 and 5.
The nanny informed police the break-in occurred after she had put the children to mattress on the second ground. She mentioned was on the principle ground when she noticed “two males coming into a patio door.”
The lads have been sporting masks, black clothes, vests that seemed to be tactical and gloves and have been carrying cans of bear mace, she informed police.
A taller man ordered a shorter one to “spray her” and he did so, based on a police report. Then he tried to assist clear it off her face, the nanny informed police, including, “she believed she noticed his eyes and thought he was fearful.”
The nanny mentioned the taller man yelled,“The place are the jewels?” based on the police report.
The lady directed them to the house’s major bed room, the place they raked by way of drawers, cupboards and the closet, police mentioned. The nanny informed police “they took quite a few watches, jewellery gadgets, and footwear that they put into luggage,” based on the police report.
She was ordered to maintain her fingers up and face towards a mirror, police mentioned. At one level the shorter man threw her to the bottom and put a boot on her ankle, then on the again of her neck and took her telephone, she informed police.
The nanny began to scream and was pinned in opposition to a wall, with the shorter one holding her mouth shut, the police report mentioned. She tried to kick the shorter one within the groin however was unable to see so she bit onto his hand laborious, inflicting him to let go. The nanny then ran out of the house and knocked on quite a few neighbors’ doorways earlier than somebody opened the door and let her name police, the report mentioned.
The lads have been gone by the point police searched the house and eliminated the youngsters, officers mentioned. Household arrived and took the youngsters to a close-by residence.
A passerby informed a responding officer that that they had seen a person sporting all black working westbound by way of the yards north of the house.
NBC Information has reached out to Macklemore’s reps for remark.
Macklemore is married to Tricia Davis and so they share three younger kids.