On March 12th at approximately 6:30 a.m. a frantic call was placed to the Seattle Police Harbor Patrol Unit by a Lake Union Crew coach. The caller stated that a sudden wind storm had come up and eight people had been thrown from their boat into the 44 degree water of Lake Union just west of [...]
Read more »
Robbery and Gang Detectives Work Together to Arrest University District Robbery Suspects
Seattle Police have arrested two suspects in a late-night street robbery in the University District. On March 2nd the three victims were walking near 25th Avenue NE and NE Blakely Street when a group of men in a silver Audi pulled up next to them. A group of suspects got out of the car, punched one of [...]
Read more »
Detectives Arrest Sex Offender Who Asked Middle Schoolers for Nude Photos
Seattle Police Department and King County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a sex offender outside of Seattle last week after he posed as a teenage girl and solicited at least a half-dozen Seattle middle school students to send him nude photographs. Detectives from the SPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force began investigating the 20-year-old man, [...]
Read more »
Body found floating in water in West Seattle
On 3/12/12, at approximately 7:30 a.m. officers responded with Seattle Fire Department to the 3800 block of Beach Dr SW., to a report of a body floating in the water approximately 30 feet off shore. The victim is a white female, 30-50 years-old. The cause of death is unknown at this time. Homicide Detectives have responded to [...]
Read more »
Man tried to break into the King County Jail
On 03/11/12, at approximately 9:50 p.m., officers responded to a report of a male that had climbed a fence and was now in a secure area of the King County Jail, in the 500 block of 5th Ave. Although still outside, the suspect had actually broken into the jail complex. Officers arrived were able to quickly take [...]
Read more »