Police extract man stuck in museum window

Although it may not be completely accurate to call Douglas Elliott Lloyd the Winnie the Pooh of suspected burglars, this much is clear: He got stuck in a window while breaking into a building Wednesday, and police had to pull him out before they hauled him off.

About 5:40 p.m., an employee of the Northwest African American Museum, at 2300 S. Massachusetts St., heard a window breaking in a room next to her office and called 911, Seattle police said. Officers arrived to find Lloyd, 57, of Seattle, jammed in a ground-floor window on the building's north side with his legs dangling outside, unable to crawl in or back out. He had thrown his backpack in first.

The room Lloyd's upper half was in contained computer equipment. And it was hardly a case of Lloyd being too fat, but more likely too optimistic, or simply using poor spatial judgment: He is reported to be 5 foot 7 inches and 150 pounds, and the window was only about 12 inches by 13 inches.

Museum Director Barbara Thomas said Lloyd was lodged in the window for about 15 minutes. It was the museum's first break-in.

Lloyd told officers he was cold and wanted someplace warm to sleep, but they didn't buy that, said police spokeswoman Renee Witt. "If he truly wanted to keep warm he could have gone to a shelter or something as opposed to breaking into a business."

Lloyd's extensive criminal history includes numerous charges of theft and criminal trespass. He was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of felony burglary. A bond hearing is scheduled for today

Seattle Times news researcher David Turim contributed

to this report.

Mark Rahner: 206-464-8259 or mrahner@seattletimes.com