Officers are on the lookout after a man was stabbed near a downtown park early Saturday evening. Officers responded to the Seattle Convention Center at 6:48 p.m. when security guards called to report a man with a stab wound. When they arrived officers found the 21-year-old victim with a single… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested four people overnight following a fight that ensued when a group of men tried to force their way into a home in the University District. Just minutes into Saturday morning, officers responded to reports of shots fired in the 4500 block of 21 Ave. NE where many witnesses… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle branch of the Secret Service was doing secret service work at a downtown hotel when an employee asked them to check on a man evidently passed out in his room. Happy to oblige, the agents went to the door and knocked, but there was no answer. Out of concern for… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives recovered two guns and cocaine as they arrested a man for his role in a double shooting in 2013. On September 17th gang detectives recognized a man with a felony warrant driving in the Columbia City neighborhood. The felony warrant stemmed from 2013 shooting which wounded two men. Detectives attempted to catch up to the man, but only… [ Keep reading ]
Earlier this week, in response to an OPA Report, I sent a letter to the City Auditor requesting a review of overtime expenditures in the SPD Education and Training Section. After my initial letter, I also ordered a preliminary Department review of all overtime spending in 2014. Today, I sent… [ Keep reading ]
Update 10/8: Detectives have identified and interviewed the man in the photos, and he is cooperating in the investigation. Police are still reviewing the case and continue to search for the members of the bachelorette party. Robbery detectives are hoping photos of a man and woman spotted using a… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police and Department of Corrections (DOC) officers on Thursday seized a rifle and a pistol from a wanted felon after finding him in a tent in the woods near Beacon Hill.
When robbers began targeting transit riders along South Seattle train and bus lines late this summer, commanders in the South Precinct took action, putting more officers on bikes and foot beats to combat thieves stealing cellphones and jewelry. Those efforts are apparently paying off. “Since we’ve started the emphasis, our street… [ Keep reading ]
A stolen car, a wanted woman, and her diary detailing “what I stole today” has led SPD’s Major Crimes Task Force to unravel a prolific crime ring, which detectives believe is responsible for hundreds of break-ins, car prowls, thefts and identity fraud in North Seattle. In all, police arrested four… [ Keep reading ]
SPD Robbery detectives are working to connect three teens to a Capitol Hill carjacking after Los Angeles traffic cops caught the group driving the stolen Ford Fusion in southeast LA last night. LAPD contacted SPD’s robbery unit this morning to advise SPD they had taken the three teens in custody, and detectives are… [ Keep reading ]
