On 1/19/09 at 2:28 a.m., a resident awoke to the sound of a crackling fire in the 4200 block of 11 Av NE.  He looked out to see an old bus, parked in the alley for a lengthy period,  ablaze.  There was no collateral damage or injuries.  Fire Marshals and Arson Bomb Units responded and took [...]

On 1/19/09 at 2:20 a.m.  witnesses reported that a group of males in their late teens to early 20’s had attacked a lone male victim in the parking lot of a fast food restuarant located at NE 50th and University Way NE. Initially it was believed that the victim was punched and kicked, but it was later [...]

On 1/18/09 at 6:55 p.m. two masked males came into a business in the 8500 block of Greenwood Av N. and confronted the lone female employee. She was told to give them all the money in Spanish.  One of the suspects came around the counter behind the clerk, the other suspect threw her a bag and [...]

On 1/18/09 at 3:21 a.m., officers responded to the 1800 block of SW Dawson St. to a report that someone had just shot up a house. The caller reported hearing several shots hitting his house and a car driving away from the scene possibly east bound on SW Dawson Street. The caller was unable to [...]

On 1/17/09 at 2:38 am, two men approached the three adult victims in the 4700 block of 16th NE  and asked the victims for cigarettes.  The three victims declined to give them cigarettes, and remembered seeing them outside their frat house nearby.  The two suspects then asked for the victims’ wallets and money; again the [...]

On 1/17/09 at about 1230 am, an officer onviewed a disturbance in the 2200 block of 3rd Ave. The officer observed three males in their 20s confronting the suspect, a male transient in his 40s. When she stopped to investigate, she  learned that the suspect had slashed one of the men with a pocketknife. The suspect refused to obey verbal commands, so the officer [...]

On 1/16/09  at 1030 pm, officers responded to a reported domestic disturbance in the 3200 block of Commodore Way.  When the victim came to the door, the officers could see that she was bleeding from a superficial injury above her right ear.  She also explained that her husband had caused the injury by striking her with a [...]

On January 15 at approximately 6:45 p.m. detectives arrested a wanted sexual assault suspect in the 1500 block of Alaskan Way South. The adult male suspect was wanted in connection with two separate incidents in which the suspect physically and sexually assaulted two female victims. The first incident occurred on June 8, 2008 at about 10:45 p.m. [...]

On 1/15/09 at approximately 9:45 PM East Precinct Officers responded to a call of a man chasing a woman in the 100 block of Broadway Ave. E. Upon arrival, officers located the suspect, the victim and several witnesses. Investigation revealed that the victim was taking a cigarette break from her job, and had walked outside [...]

In a recent post, we announced that numerous pieces of stolen property had been recovered by our Major Crimes Task Force.  Would you like to view the images but don’t want to drive to one of our Police precincts? You can view them online courtesy of the Seattle PI.