On October 15th, at approximately 4:30 p.m.,  West Precinct officers responded to a call of  a bank robbery in the 1000 Block of 4th Avenue.  The employees told officers that a white male, approximately 6′ tall, in his late 50′s with a long bushy gray beard, wearing a long dark coat and a fisherman’s knit [...]

On October 15th, at approximately 7:15 p.m.,  South Precinct officers responded to a call of a shooting in John Little Park in the 7000 Block of Holly Park Drive South.  The call stated that shots had been fired inside the park and that lots of people were seen running from the scene.  Officers arrived and [...]

On 10/15/09, at 1030 p.m., a couple returned to their parked vehicle in the 1700 block of Harvard Ave. and interrupted a carprowl in progress. They confronted the male suspect. A second suspect was parked in a white sedan next to the victim’s vehicle. This suspect tossed what the victims believed to be a hand [...]

On 10/16/09, at about approximately 2:02 a.m., officers responded to a call from security at a Club in the 2200 block of Western Ave.  Security had detained a subject who had been armed with a handgun.  When Officers arrived, the subject was already in handcuffs, and security had possession of his firearm.  It appears that the subject had encountered a [...]

On 10/15/09, at approximately 10:15 p.m., officers responded to the 2700 block of NE 110th St. to a report of a heated domestic violence incident where the the suspect stabbed the victim in the abdomen.  The victim said she attempted to leave the home so she could call for assistance but when she got near the front door the suspect [...]

On October 14th at approximately 8:30 p.m. officers responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian collision at North 136th Street and Greenwood Avenue North.  It appears that a vehicle was travelling southbound on Greenwood Avenue North when it struck a pedestrian crossing the street westbound at North 136th Street. The pedestrian sustained a life-threatening head injury and [...]

There will soon be upcoming changes in command level positions within the Seattle Police Department.  A change of assignment at any rank is both routine and encouraged, as it allows department employees the opportunity to learn new skills and develop as professionals. “The promotion of these leaders is a positive step for the Seattle Police [...]

On 10/13/09, at approximately 11:17 p.m., the victim and a friend were walking northbound in the 2200 block of 1st Ave., when they walked pass the suspect.   After they passed the suspect, he turned around and attacked the victim, knocking her to the ground.  During the assault, the victim’s purse strap broke as the suspect tried [...]

On 10/13/09, at 2:00 a.m., an officer was flagged down by a taxi driver, who  reported that he observed a man and a woman set a light pole on fire at 10 Ave / E. Pike St.   Seattle Fire Department responded to the scene.  The suspects lit paper posters, which were attached to the light pole on [...]

On Friday, October 9th, 2009 at approximately 5:00 p.m. Frank C. Engdahl (pictured above) went out to move his vehicle and then appeared to go for a drive. He was last seen driving away from his residence in North Seattle in a gray 1991 Dodge Dakota pickup truck. He has not returned or been seen since. [...]