On May 31st at approximately 11:37 a.m. an SPD detective on his way to police headquarters downtown observed a blue 2010 Volkswagen Golf traveling southbound on 2nd Avenue near James Street.  A routine check of the vehicle’s license plates showed that the car had been stolen from a residence in the 300 block of 14th Avenue East yesterday.  The [...]

The 2011 Law Enforcement Torch Run will be coming through Seattle on Friday, June 3rd.  Seattle Police will receive the torch from Shoreline Police at 9:00 A.M. at Aurora Avenue North and North 145th Street.  The Seattle portion of the run will end at approximately 10:30 A.M. in front of Seattle Police Headquarters, 610 5th [...]

On May 28th at 12:55 a.m., East Precinct patrol officers responded to a report of a death investigation at an apartment in the 600 block of E. Denny Way. The 38 year old male victim had possibly died of an overdose.  Officers interviewed the man’s two acquaintances, a 25 year old man and a 25 [...]

On May 30th at approximately 5:08 p.m. a uniformed patrol officer in a fully marked Seattle police car was on patrol near 5th Avenue and Broad Street when he observed the suspect vehicle, a green 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser, traveling at an elevated rate of speed.  The suspect’s driving caught the officer’s attention and the [...]

On May 30th at approximately 1:20 p.m. officers responded to a vehicle-related incident at 28th Avenue West and West Galer Street.  Preliminary investigation indicates that a garbage truck was traveling southbound on 28th Avenue West with a waste disposal employee riding on a platform on the rear of the truck.  When the driver turned westbound [...]

On May 29th at approximately 9:00 p.m. officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of 13th Avenue East to investigate a home invasion robbery (this incident was not reported to police until over two hours after it occurred).  Preliminary investigation indicates that the victim opened his door to the two male suspects because he recognized one [...]

On May 29th at approximately 12:45 p.m. officers responded to a pickup truck/motorcycle collision in the area of 55th Avenue South and South Roxbury. Preliminary investigation indicates that a yellow Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling westbound on South Roxbury at a high rate of speed.  A blue Ford Ranger pickup truck was traveling eastbound on South Roxbury and [...]

On May 29th at approximately 11:59 a.m. a Washington State Patrol trooper was engaged in a physical fight with a suspect on the Montlake on-ramp to eastbound State Route 520.  The trooper requested a “Help the Officer” over his police radio, the highest priority request for officer assistance.   Multiple Seattle Police patrol officers were responding [...]

On May 29th at approximately 10:05 a.m. officers responded to a 911 report of a burglary to a business in the 9400 block of Rainier Avenue South.  The reporting party observed two adult male suspects inside the fenced storage lot of the closed auto repair garage removing parts from a vehicle.  The suspects began to leave with [...]

On May 28th at approximately 8:12 p.m. officers responded to 28th Avenue South and South Jackson Street to investigate a report of shots fired.  Preliminary investigation indicates that there were several shots exchanged between two groups of people hanging out either in or near Floware Park.  This exchange of gunfire may have been precipitated by an exchange of words [...]