On Friday, March 13th at approximately 4:02 p.m. officers responded to the 3200 block of Belvidere Avenue SW for a collision involving a 6-year-old boy and a Ford Ranger pickup truck. Preliminary investigation indicates that the driver of the Ford was pulling out of his driveway while the boy was riding on top of his [...]

On March 13th at 4:41 a.m., South Precinct patrol officers responded to the 1300 block of 15th Avenue S to a report of a mentally ill man starting a fire in his yard. The complainant reported that the man also had a shotgun.
Upon arriving in the area, officers reported hearing a gun shot. Officers contacted [...]

On March 12th at 9 p.m., South Precinct patrol officers responded to the 6500 block of Schaffer Avenue S to a report of a robbery.  While en route, officers were notified that the suspects had fled and that the incident occurred 15 minutes previously.
Upon arrival, the victims informed officers that 4 male suspects forced their [...]

On March 12th at approximately 5:30 P.M., the victim was in the 400 Block of 23rd Avenue when he was accosted by one of four black males who threatened to shoot the victim while robbing him of his iPod and cash.  The gun was not seen, the suspect just implied that he had a weapon.  The [...]

On March 13th at approximately 1:45 A.M., West Precinct bicycle officers attempted to contact a driver who was revving his engine in the parking lot of a business in the 2100 Block of Western Avenue.  As the officer approached, the suspect took off in his vehicle at a high rate of speed, knocking over an [...]