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SWAT Team Successfully Resolves Stand-Off

Man surrenders peacefully to SWAT team officers after stand-off.  It all started July 22nd at approximately 2:30 p.m. when Washington State Convention Center security called 911 to have an intoxicated male removed from the premises.  Patrol officers responded and found the suspect, a male in his 40’s, so intoxicated that… [ Keep reading ]

Man Shot After Chase Between Two Vehicles

 A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm in the second of two confrontations between motorists.  At approximately 10:35 p.m. tonight three males (the victims) were in their Honda 2-door stopped at the intersection of Beacon Avenue South and South Spokane Street.  The suspect vehicle pulled up along side the victims and fired… [ Keep reading ]

Thief Steals TV from Pizza Parlor

A burglar made off with a flat screen TV in the dark of night.  On July 22nd at approximately 4:22 a.m officers responded to an alarm trip at Romeo’s Pizza in the 12500 block of Lake City Way NE.  Preliminary investigation indicates that an unknown suspect broke into the business and… [ Keep reading ]

Suspect Escalates Shoplift into Robbery, Knife Assault

A robbery suspect stabs store security to effect escape.  On July 21st at approximately 11:57 p.m. store security confronted a suspect for shoplifting at a Safeway at 14th Avenue NW and NW Market Street.  The suspect resisted the security officers’ attempts to keep him in the store and stabbed a security officer in… [ Keep reading ]

A Kind Word Can Go A Long Way

21-year-old man arrested for felony harassment of officers.  On July 21st at approximately 9:28 p.m. officers were working traffic posts at the Bite of Seattle command post set up at 5th Avenue and Broad Street when the male suspect drove over some traffic cones set up to block traffic at the command post.  Officers approached… [ Keep reading ]

Nine Arrested for Gun and Drug Trafficking

 DEA and Seattle Police get 14 Firearms, Pounds of Heroin and Meth off the Streets  A Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force with significant leadership from the Seattle Police Department arrested nine people over the last 24 hours following a month-long investigation of drug and gun trafficking by an Everett, Washington… [ Keep reading ]

Shots Fired in South Seattle, Vehicle Hit

Several vehicles and a stop sign were damaged by a fleeing vehicle after shots were fired in an altercation between two males. At approximately 6:45 p.m. a patrol officer was driving in the area of 15th Avenue South and South College Street and heard shots being fired.  He broadcast the information over police… [ Keep reading ]

Foot pursuit, officers end up saving man from himself

Yesterday, just before 2:00 pm, an East Precinct officer stopped to speak to a man in the 600 block of East Thomas Street because he resembled a wanted person.  The officer asked the man to step over to his patrol car while he interviewed him.  The officer asked the man… [ Keep reading ]

Officers chase down burglar hiding in blackberry bushes

A burglar tries to evade capture by running into blackberry bushes.  On 7/19/12, just shortly before midnight, officers responded to an occupied burglary in progress.  The female victim was inside her residence in the 4600 block of 21st Av NE., when the suspect removed the screen from the window and inserted his legs… [ Keep reading ]

Shooting in Discovery Park-UPDATE

A teen-aged male was shot in the arm at Discovery Park tonight.  At approximately 10:47 p.m. officers responded to reports of shots fired near the visitor’s center in Discovery Park.  About a half hour later officers received a report that a male with a gunshot wound arrived at a North Seattle hospital. … [ Keep reading ]