Few people know what they’d do if they witnessed a crime, but North Bend’s Cameron Heutmaker does. He found out recently, when he helped police apprehend a group of burglars targeting several businesses in the city.

“Thank you, for taking the time to call 911,” North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing said to Heutmaker April 7, when the city council met and recognized his actions.

Heutmaker had alerted police to the presence of a man on the roof of Frankie’s Pizza in North Bend, around 4 a.m. on Sunday, March 8.

“It was four o’clock in the morning,” Heutmaker said, when asked what made him call the police. “Also, I have friends who work at Frankie’s.”

Calling the police was only the start, though. Snoqualmie Police Captain Nick Almquist, after congratulating Heutmaker, gave the council a description of how the incident played out. Heutmaker not only called, Almquist said, “He stayed on the scene… and was able to alert us when a guy was coming out the back of the store.”

The burglars, two men and a woman from outside the area, reportedly broke into a vacant storefront next to Frankie’s, then broke through the drywall separating the businesses, to steal the cash.

According to police, the three had earlier tried to enter two nearby stores, but a delivery driver had scared them from those locations.

Council members commended Heutmaker for his actions.

Captain Nick Almquist describe’s Cameron Heutmaker’s help in capturing burglars at a North Bend business March 8.