On 8/2/11, at approximately 5:00 p.m., a SPD Harbor Patrol unit responded to the Thunderbird Marina in the 2900 block of Fairview Ave E., to a call of an injured 58- year- old woman who had fallen into the water. The woman was attempting to get into her boat at slip #39, when she fell into the water [...]

Traffic Collision Investigation Squad (TCIS) detectives continue to actively investigate a fatality hit and run vehicle/bicycle collision that occurred on July 28th at approximately 3:44 p.m. near Dexter Avenue North and North Thomas Street. The suspect vehicle has yet to be located.  Detectives are looking for a mid-1990′s to mid-2000 beige to brown colored American-made [...]

There are two new Captains recently promoted within the Seattle Police Department.  Congratulations to Captains O’Donnell and Koutsky!   Captain James Koutsky Captain James Koutsky began his career with the Seattle Police Department in 1988 after spending the previous four years as an officer with the Kent Police Department.  He worked in the East Precinct [...]

A Seattle Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) case results in a 25 year prison sentence.  The following news release is courtesy of the Department of Justice: SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Defendant with History of Hands-on Molestation was Making Available More than 100,000 Images JOHN RICHARD COTHERN, 44, [...]

This past January, a 55 year old male suspect picked up a 27 year old female victim in the 300 block of 8th Avenue North.  After receiving a sex act from the victim the suspect stabbed her in the hip and arm with a knife.  The suspect then stole the woman’s purse and money. In March, the same [...]

Want to learn about being a police officer?  What is CSI?  What does I & R stand for?  What’s a DOA?  The Seattle Police Department is now taking applications for the fall Ten-Week Community Police Academy that begins Thursday, September 15, 2011.  Classes are held once a week for ten-weeks from 5:30 p.m. to 9:15 [...]

On August 3rd, just after midnight, West Precinct officers responded to a report of a man who had been assaulted and possibly robbed in the 300 block of Cedar Street.  Upon arrival, officers located a 68-year-old male victim lying on the ground, semi-conscious, bleeding from the head.  Seattle Fire Department Medics responded and transported the victim [...]