The Seattle Police Department would like to congratulate Assistant Chief Jim Pugel on his retirement. A native son, Chief Pugel grew up in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington. He went on to serve his city for a long and distinguished 31-year career with the Seattle Police Department… [ Keep reading ]
Update: Police arrested the suspected gunman on I-5 (pictured below) and have detained two other people. The other individuals stopped by police have been identified and released, and detectives continue to investigate the incident. The victim has been identified as a 40-year-old man, who is now in critical condition at Harborview… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police arrested a woman in West Seattle early this morning, several hours after investigators believe she set fire to the top floor of her home. Firefighters and police were called to the home in the 10000 block of 51st Ave SW around 11:30 Tuesday night after receiving reports of… [ Keep reading ]
A man a with a significant amount of drugs on his person was arrested this morning. On 3/25/14, at approximately 7:00 a.m., officers were on patrol with a Department of Corrections Officer (DOC) in the area of 3 Ave and Yesler. . Just shortly after 7:00 a.m., when the officers arrived in the… [ Keep reading ]
Robbery detectives are investigating a curious carjacking after a bruised and bloodied man called police shortly after midnight Tuesday and said he’d been robbed after stopping for several dancing women on a South Seattle street. The victim told officers he was driving his 2001 BMW convertible down S. Juneau Street… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are hoping a series of arrests in West Seattle will have a chilling effect on the theft of frozen pizzas from elementary schools. Around 3:45 AM Monday, an alarm was tripped inside Alki Elementary School, in the 3000 block of 59th Ave SW. A school security arrived at Alki and… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police are currently searching for a suspect wanted in connection with a robbery at the Key Bank in the 1200 Block of Madison Street. The robbery occurred at about 11:40 this morning. The suspect fled the bank on foot. Below are images of the suspect, taken from bank surveillance cameras. … [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police are investigating two separate strong arm robberies that occurred in South Seattle last night and early this morning. The first robbery occurred last night around 9:00 pm in the 4300 Block of South Henderson Street. Officers made contact with the victim, a 78-year-old woman, who told them the… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are investigating a new series of threatening phone calls from fraudsters, who are posing as police or IRS agents in an attempt to scare their victims into falling for their scam. On Thursday, March 20th, a woman received several phone calls from as many as three different men,… [ Keep reading ]
A man was struck by a burglar’s vehicle as the suspect fled the crime scene. On 3/19/14, just shortly before 8:00 p.m., the complainant called 9-1-1 and reported seeing one or possibly two males casing his neighbor’s house in the 4500 block of S Kenny Street. The complainant and some of the… [ Keep reading ]
