On April 8th at approximately 10:57 p.m. Gang Unit detectives were on patrol in South Seattle.  Near 42nd Avenue South and South Willow Street, detectives spotted a stolen maroon Mercedes SUV and attempted to stop it.  The suspect refused to yield and a short pursuit ensued which the detectives terminated shortly thereafter.  The suspect continued to flee.  A few minutes later [...]

On April 30, 2009, Seattle Police received a report of a missing woman, Ms. Nicole Cearo.  Her family members had not seen or spoken with her since April 2, 2009.  The case was eventually assigned to Homicide detectives in September of 2009 after Ms. Cearo could not be located.  Further investigation indicated that she had not [...]

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On April 8th, at approximately 12:13  AM, South Precinct officers responded to the 9600 Block of Rainier Avenue South on a report of a 2 car injury collision.  A car was travelling southbound on Rainier Avenue South, spun and crossed the center line, and was then struck (t-boned) by a truck travelling northbound on Rainier.  [...]

** This information is preliminary and subject to change ** On April 7th at approximately 1800 hours, a 33-year-old male suspect abducted a 19-year-old female victim in the area of 23rd Avenue South and South Jackson Street.  The suspect told the victim he was armed with a gun (although no gun was displayed), forced her into a [...]

Starting late in the evening of April 5th and into the early morning hours of April 6th, the SPD Communications Center began receiving 911 calls of large groups of people in the streets from 15th Avenue NE to 17th Avenue NE on NE 47th Street.  Shortly after midnight officers responded to the area for reports [...]

On April 2nd, Seattle Police Homicide detectives developed information during the course of their investigation that led them to the 4500 block of 12th Avenue South in Seattle.  There they located and arrested suspect Isaiah Henry Nelson-Harris, a 23-year-old Seattle man, who is responsible for the murder of a 24-year-old male victim on March 28, 2010 that [...]

The Seattle Police Department would like to remind the people of Seattle and its motorists that any form of aggressive driving will not be tolerated.  Traffic laws will be enforced with a zero-tolerance to anyone who willfully disregards the safety of others and places drivers, passengers and pedestrians in harm’s way. The Department’s Aggressive Drivers [...]

On April 4th at approximately 4:41 a.m. officers responded to a one-vehicle collision near NW 54th Street and NW Market Street.  Preliminary investigation indicates that a red 1986 Pontiac Firebird with four occupants was traveling westbound on NW Market Street at a high rate of speed.  Near the intersection with NW 54th Street, the Firebird left the [...]

On April 2nd at approximately 3:17 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call of an armed robbery of a coffee stand in the 13200 block of Aurora Avenue North.  The suspect displayed a silver handgun and fled the scene in a white four-door sedan, possibly of Japanese make.  Nobody was injured during the robbery.  The suspect, [...]