Shortly after 9:00 a.m. on May 17th, South Precinct officers responded with the Seattle Fire Department to a residential fire in the 4000 Block of 37th Avenue South.  The fire did damage to that residence and a neighboring house.  Seattle Fire was able to bring the fire under control quickly, but both structures sustained damage.  [...]

On May 17th, at approximately midnight and again at around 6:45 a.m., 911 received two calls of a possible black bear sighting.  The first caller stated that they believed a possible bear was wandering in their yard in the 5600 Block of 39th Avenue West.   The “bear” then wandered out of the yard.  The second [...]

On May 17th, at approximately 1:30 a.m., officers from the North Precinct responded to the area of a motel in the 4100 Block of Aurora Avenue North regarding a suspect who returned to the scene of a May 9 assault incident. During the previous incident, the suspect had kicked down a motel room [...]

On May 16th, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Southwest Precinct officers were at 58th Avenue Southwest and Alki Avenue Southwest when they observed a stolen vehicle occupied by three suspects. When the officers approached (in heavy traffic) to attempt to arrest them, the suspects fled on foot. Following several foot pursuits and yard-to-yard searches, two of the [...]