On May 16th, just before 8:30 pm, South Precinct officers responded to a shooting in the parking lot of the Jack in the Box restaurant in the 9100 Block of Rainier Avenue South. There was a large crowd gathered in the parking lot at the time of shooting, and although many people fled the scene immediately, [...]
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Sexual Assault Detectives Ask Victims to Come Forward
Tim Dampier was arrested in May 2011 by Seattle Police Sexual Assault Unit detectives for sex crimes against children. He is a well-known church musician tied to several African-American churches in the greater Seattle area and had worked at the group home Samuel House (Kent) and the Union Gospel Mission. At the time of his [...]
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Traffic safety celebrates 10 year anniversary of seat belt law and 1,010 lives saved!
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Washington’s primary seat belt law. An estimated 1,010 lives have been saved since the initiation of the law requiring drivers and passengers to buckle up. To mark the occasion and maintain this trend, officers throughout Northwest Washington are conducting Click It or Ticket patrols from May 21 through [...]
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Car Prowler Takes Nothing, Leaves Tortillas
Wrap your head around this one: a north Seattle car prowler left a victim with more than just a broken window last week. Some time between May 9 and May 10, a prowler shattered the window of a Jeep parked in the University District, near NE 45th Street and 19th Avenue NE. The suspect didn’t steal [...]
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Seattle Police Harbor Unit to host open house this Saturday, show off new boat
The Seattle Police Department Harbor Unit and Kvichak Marine Industries invites the public to an open house to welcome their new 45′ Response Boat Medium, Patrol 9, to the harbor fleet. Join the officers for a vessel tour and enjoy a barbeque at the Harbor Station this Saturday, May 19th, from 11:00 am-3 pm, at [...]
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Taiwanese association offers reward in fatal hit & run of Michael Wang
The Taiwanese Association of Greater Seattle (TAGS) is offering a $6000 reward for information resulting in an arrest in the hit and run death of husband and father Michael Wang. After consulting with TAGS member William Wang – father of Michael Wang – the TAGS Board decided to do something to help the Seattle Police investigation to [...]
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SPD Tells SoDo Club Owners To Clean Up Drugs, Violence
The owners of a SoDo nightclub could soon face hefty fines or even closure due to ongoing problems with drugs and violence at the business. This week, the Seattle Police Department sent a letter to the owners of Studio Seven, located at 1st Avenue and S. Horton St, officially putting them on notice that their [...]
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Bizarre assault call in Lake City, suspect in custody
On May 15th, at approximately 10:37 pm, North Precinct officers responded to a “man with a knife” call near the intersection of NE 120th Street and Lake City Way NE. Witnesses stated that a man was holding a knife as he was standing over another man lying in the street. The suspect was described as a [...]
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