Robbery detectives are investigating two North Seattle robberies that occurred in recent weeks believed to have been committed by the same suspect. On the afternoon of Friday, July 12th, a lone white male entered a grocery store in Ballard and shoplifted $800 worth of alcohol. Store security confronted him as he… [ Keep reading ]
Investigators are looking into the possibility of a bias crime as part of their arson investigation on a car that was deliberately set on fire early this morning in the Central District. Shortly after 1:00 am, Seattle Police and Seattle Fire responded to a vehicle fire in the 2500 Block… [ Keep reading ]
Update on 8/1/2013: After reviewing all 10 cases, detectives have determined that no evidence was compromised during the March breach at the evidence facility. Detectives found that evidence from vehicles in the holding area had already been processed and documented before the two stowaway suspects ever entered the facility. Police… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating a sexual assault in a downtown alleyway after a woman told police a man approached her and said he wanted to be her “pimp” before sexually assaulting her. The woman said the attack happened around 9:45 last night in an alley near 1st Avenue and Stewart Street…. [ Keep reading ]
After receiving several reports of gunfire in Rainier Beach last night, Seattle police officers found shell casings, a damaged vehicle and a trail of blood, but no victims and few witnesses. At about 9:30 PM, several people called 911 and reported hearing nearly a dozen gunshots near Rainier Ave S. and… [ Keep reading ]
A parking enforcement officer spotted an occupied stolen vehicle in North Seattle. Tonight, just shortly before 8:00 p.m., a parking enforcement officer on-viewed an occupied stolen vehicle in the area of 17 AV NE and NE 52 St. The suspect vehicle left the area when they realized they had been… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a 20-year-old man on Capitol Hill Sunday night, moments after a woman flagged down officers and reported that she had been sexually assaulted in a parking lot. Just before 10:30 pm, the officers were driving through an alleyway near 12th Ave and E. Olive Street when they noticed two… [ Keep reading ]
Two suspects were arrested this morning inside a reported stolen truck in the SODO neighborhood after a Parking Enforcement Officer (PEO) discovered one of the suspects sleeping inside the parked truck she was about to ticket. Just before 8:00 am, a PEO was in the process of ticketing a truck… [ Keep reading ]
Suspects put a gun to the victim’s head and demanded his property. This morning just shortly after 2:00 a.m., the victim called 911 to report an armed carjacking at 2nd Ave and Battery St. The victim reported he was getting into his blue 2008 Audi A3 when he was approached from behind… [ Keep reading ]
*** UPDATE *** The two men responsible for the Eastlake homicide early this morning are in custody. Shortly after Midnight East Precinct Patrol officers were conducting an area search for a suspect vehicle observed fleeing the murder scene at a high rate of speed. The officers stopped a vehicle matching the suspect vehicle’s description and… [ Keep reading ]