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The Associated PressTRACKER JOEL Hardin emerges from the doorway of Mincio Don-ciev's underground home near Oarrington, Wash.Police capture mountain manwho thpv sfi v broke into homesThe Associated PressDARRINGTON, Wash. - For years, someone had broken into homes m this rural town and swapped dirty clothes for clean ones, slept m beds, eaten food and taken batteries and flashlights instead of cashAulnonuea think the have solved the decade-long spree that looked like “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” with a criminal twist. They have captured a real mountain man — Mincio Vasilev Don-ciev, 67, who has a long crnmnal record that includes murder.He is suspected of at least 75 break-ins in two housing developments and charged with two of them Victims said he sometimes ate their food and slept in theirbeds before vanishing into thewooded foothills of the North Cascades, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle. Doors were left wide open, food was spilled and clothes were strewn across rooms Authorities identified Donciev by fingerprints left m a home Finally, last fall, the sheriffs office cnLbLC-d professional tracr.e^ led by Joel Hardm, a retired U.S. Border Patrol agent.Within days, they determined Donciev’s favorite routes through nearby mountains. They installed infrared sensors along his trails, and deputies nabbed hun March 2.The bearded fugitive was armed with a heavy pronged stick, three knives and two handguns and was carrying a 70-pound pack of gear and stolen provisions.
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Syracuse Herald Journal
Syracuse, New York, US
Tue, Mar 17, 1998
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