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OPA to Conduct Review of 2010 Arrest

The Seattle Police Department is reviewing a 2010 incident at a West Seattle shopping center, which resulted in police arresting a then-18-year-old man for biting an officer. On December 27, 2010, patrol officers saw a parked car left running in front of a busy department store during the holiday season,… [ Keep reading ]

Drinking, Driving, and Shooting Fireworks Out of Your Car Is Not a Safe Way to Celebrate the New Year

West Precinct officers arrested two men on New Years Eve after catching the pair celebrating the end of 2012 by driving around Belltown, drinking, and shooting fireworks out of their moving car. Around 11:30 pm, a driver flagged down officers near 1st and Bell, reported the two troublemakers, and directed… [ Keep reading ]

Handsy Bandit Busted In Flagrante Delicto

Sometimes tracking down a suspect just takes a stroke of luck. Just after 5:30 pm on New Year’s Eve, a man wearing a black hoodie walked into the US Bank near Broadway and E. John Street and handed the teller a note, which said the suspect had a bomb and… [ Keep reading ]

Anybody Know Where We Can Find This iPhone-Stealing Robber? (UPDATED)

Update: Detectives have contacted Mr. Jackson and he has cleared his warrant. Robbery detectives need your help tracking down the suspect in a recent iPhone heist on Beacon Hill. The victim in the case was walking near 15th Avenue S. and S. Lander just after 2:15 pm on December 13th… [ Keep reading ]

Female fugitive sex offender arrested

West Precinct bike patrol officers arrested a fugitive and sex offender wanted in Texas.  On 1/2/12 just shortly after 2:00 a.m., two bike officers were on routine bike patrol within Courthouse Park when they came in contact with a female subject.  The park was closed and the officers also believed the woman was selling her… [ Keep reading ]

Shots fired inside Westlake Tunnel, no apparent injuries

Bike officers were in Westlake Park last night when they heard several gunshots coming from inside the Westlake Metro bus tunnel late last night.   Officers searched the area and did not locate any injured people, but did recover shell casings and bullet fragments from the Mezzanine level of the tunnel…. [ Keep reading ]

Two-Vehicle Crash with Life-Threatening Injuries in West Seattle

An adult male suspect who was fleeing the scene of a burglary in a stolen car was involved in a serious motor vehicle collision in West Seattle this afternoon.  At approximately 4:11 p.m. officers were responding to the report of a burglary in the 4200 block of SW Graham Street when… [ Keep reading ]

Two Occupied Burglaries in North Seattle

Burglars hit two homes in North Seattle early this morning while the homeowners were present.  Officers responded to two separate 911 calls of occupied burglaries that both occurred in the 4700 block of 19th Avenue NE at approximately 7:00 a.m.  In both cases the suspects left the premises after encountering a resident, but not… [ Keep reading ]