We are currently accepting applications for volunteers with the Seattle Police Department’s Victim Support Team! The Victim Support Team (VST) is a unique partnership between community members and the Seattle Police Department that addresses domestic violence prevention and safety for victims directly following a police incident. We are currently accepting… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives need the public’s help finding a man suspected of posing as a police officer in Volunteer Park in order to rob unsuspecting park-goers. Detectives believe 46-year-old Ryan Purdy (AKA Tracy Byers) approached several people in Volunteer Park in December, flashed a gold badge, implied he was a police officer,… [ Keep reading ]
The irony of crime in Courthouse Park has not been lost on downtown beat officers. Increased patrols and police visibility in the area have been helpful but have not solved the problem of open air drug dealing and other low level offenses. Complaints from community members coupled with a desire to… [ Keep reading ]
Robbery detectives are investigating an armed robbery of a Rainier Valley business that occurred last night just before 9:00 pm. Just before 9:00 pm, the employee of the Balageru International Mart was in the back of the store getting ready to close for the night when she heard someone enter… [ Keep reading ]
A man wearing knee pads was caught breaking into a Belltown apartment. This morning just shortly after 7:00 a.m., the suspect was spotted breaking into an apartment unit in the 2200 block of 4th Avenue. An officer had responded the previous week to a burglary in the same building. Officers… [ Keep reading ]
Police are looking for the man who robbed a Magnolia bank at gunpoint Wednesday morning. Just after 11 am, the suspect—dressed in a yellow jacket, mask, and sunglasses—walked into the US Bank on 31st Avenue and W. McGraw Street, brandished a gun, and ordered customers and bank staff to get… [ Keep reading ]
Robbery detectives are investigating a home invasion robbery that occurred last night in Lake City just after 8:00pm. A female suspect was later located and arrested. Last night, just after 8:00pm, the victim answered a knock at the door of his home in the 13700 Block of 27th Avenue NE. … [ Keep reading ]
A man wanted for robbery and assault was arrested on a warrant after appearing in Superior Court downtown today. On January 3rd at approximately 9:09 p.m. the 31-year-old female victim was at Ludie’s Restaurant & Bar located at 200 Pike Street. She and the 28-year-old male suspect were both seated in a corner… [ Keep reading ]
The quick action of a Seattle Police Department parking enforcement officer, a UW medical student, a UWPD officer and Seattle Fire Medics helped save the life of 60-year old man, who is recovering at a local hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack on a University District street. A Seattle Police… [ Keep reading ]
Officers and detectives are investigating an arson that began as a domestic disturbance at a South Seattle home. At approximately 2:19 p.m. patrol officers and firefighters responded to the report of a disturbance and subsequent house fire in the 2900 block of South Austin Street. Preliminary investigation indicates that an adult male suspect got… [ Keep reading ]
