Seattle police are looking for a man suspected of stealing A toilet tank from a restaurant bathroom as workers at a Subway sandwich franchise prepared his family’s meal, police said yesterday.
The man went to the Subway shop in West Seattle with his family on Sunday evening. After placing an order, he entered the restroom and remained inside even after his wife continually knocked on the door, asking why he was taking so long, and then left without him.
When the man eventually emerged from the bathroom, he hurriedly exited the store in possession of a large plastic garbage bag, police said.
An employee who later entered the bathroom discovered the toilet tank was missing.
Subway workers valued the stolen toilet tank at $550, police said. Witnesses at the scene were able to provide police with a description of the man, who remains at large, police said.
