Suspected thief drowns, weighed down by loot. According to this Reuters report, a thief tried swimming away from police carrying over 50 pounds of stolen goods. The thief not only had a duffel bag filled with stolen cameras and CDs, but his pockets were filled with stolen goods as well.

My question for Reuters is that if the perpetrator was found with 'stolen' cameras and CDs, why was he only a 'suspected' thief?