One way or another, the Seattle Police Department is going to look very different in the next 20 months. Following a harsh review by the Department of Justice—which called SPD out for a pattern of excessive force and intimated there were signs of biased policing in the department—city leaders and SPD’s top brass are looking [...]
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Detectives Arrest Suspect In Series of Robberies and Attacks On Women In King County
A man suspected in a series of violent robberies and sexual assaults across King County is in custody, and facing charges of rape, robbery, and indecent liberties following a joint investigation between King County Sheriff’s Deputies, Seattle, Bellevue, and Renton police. Police believe 38-year-old Charles Linell Bluford is responsible for a number of violent crimes [...]
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Have you seen this North Seattle Bank Robber?
On March 28th at approximately 5:20 p.m. officers responded to a silent hold-up alarm at a bank in the 6400 block Roosevelt Way NE. The adult male suspect entered the bank and passed a note to the teller implying a gun. The suspect subsequently fled the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. [...]
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Guilty Verdict For Owner of Rainier Massage Parlor Taken Over By Vice Detectives
A unique operation by the Seattle Police Department’s Vice/High-Risk Victims Unit—which had detectives running a south Seattle massage parlor for a day in order to arrest johns—came to a close last week after a jury found the owner of the massage parlor, Liu Wei, guilty of promoting prostitution. Undercover Vice/High Risk Victims Unit detectives began [...]
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