Seahawks rookie WR Tate warned by police over doughnut incident

[Nawledge]

Seahawks rookie wide receiver Golden Tate apologized Tuesday and said he was "very embarrassed'' after police in suburban Seattle gave him a warning for trespassing into a gourmet doughnut shop at 3 a.m. last weekend.
Tate said the Top Pot doughnuts store is in the bottom of the building in which he lives in Bellevue, Wash.




"Freshly baked. I made the mistake of - a buddy made the mistake going in grabbing a couple. We ate them,'' the former Notre Dame star said after an organized team activity. "This is the wrong type of media I want to bring to the organization.''

Mark Klebeck, co-founder of Top Pot Doughnuts, told Seattle's KJR radio that a baker must have gone to the restroom and left a door unattended or unsecured. He said that during that time Tate and another person must have entered the bakery through a back door or freight elevator that connects the store to the residences in which Tate lives.

He said the baker followed proper company protocol and immediately called police. While officers were dispatched, Klebeck told KJR, the baker recognized Tate as a resident of the building. That diffused the situation.

"The baker just said it really wasn't anything more than people were in the bakery who shouldn't have been there,'' Klebeck told the station. "That doesn't make any excuse for coming in when we're closed.''

Tate said police gave him a warning. "They just kind of said 'don't do it again,' which I won't.'' He also called the incident a "foolish mistake.'' "But,'' he added, "if you ever want maple bars, that's the place to go.''

"I'd rather learn on this ... than on something on me being arrested or cited, something bigger,'' he said. "Next time I will have the buddy go in and buy them instead.''

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[DuderinoN703]

So he went into the store when he wasn't supposed to and stole donuts?

 

[X-Pacolypse]

If it was for one of those blueberry cake doughnuts, I could understand. However, a maple bar?

 

[MP-Omnis]

How the hell do you leave a closed store physically open? Mr. Baker needs a talking-to by Mr. Owner.

 

[Nappy Roots]

What's the chances he thought this was a late night sex shop