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(UPDATE) Person Of Interest Interviewed After West Seattle Luring Report

UPDATE 11/20: SPD detectives have contacted and interviewed the person of interest in this case. The man was very forthcoming with information about the incident. Investigators are currently checking out details he provided to rule out any criminal activity on his part. Detectives are investigating a possible luring incident Monday in West Seattle. A… [ Keep reading ]

Officers Arrest Georgetown Booze Burglar

Officers chased down and arrested a 37-year-old man who broke into a Georgetown restaurant and stole three bottles of liquor Tuesday night. The burglar set off an alarm when he broke into the restaurant in the 6900 block of Carleton Avenue South around 8:30 PM. Officers quickly arrived and saw… [ Keep reading ]

Police Arrest Suspect In Pioneer Square Attack

Officers arrested a robber in Pioneer Square after he viciously assaulted a woman and attempted to steal her cell phone Tuesday evening. The victim was hurriedly walking down 3rd Avenue just after 5 PM on her way to catch a train when she noticed a shirtless man walking toward her near… [ Keep reading ]

Major Crimes Detectives Bust Grinch, Seize Guns and Catch Greenlake Bike Thief

The Seattle Police Department’s Major Crimes Taskforce (MCTF) has been busy this month. In the last two weeks, MCTF detectives have busted a package-stealing Grinch, seized meth, guns and stolen goods from a felon’s storage lockers, and arrested a high-end bike thief. MCTF’s first big bust this month came after… [ Keep reading ]

Man Attacked by Group on Capitol Hill

Several men reportedly beat up another man in the Capitol Hill area early Monday after making derogatory remarks about his sexual orientation. The victim told police he was smoking a cigarette near the corner of Belmont Avenue and East Pike Street around 1:30 AM when three to four males walked up,… [ Keep reading ]

Police Arrest Burglars In The Act In Two Separate North Seattle Calls

In two separate North Seattle burglaries officers arrived at Licton Springs and Ballard homes catching the burglars red handed yesterday evening. Just before 8 Pm officers were driving lights and sirens through the Licton Springs neighborhood to a different call when the dispatcher broadcast a homeowner was outside in the front yard… [ Keep reading ]

Officers Catch Their Men After a Wild Foot Chase Through a Cemetery in the Haller Lake Neighborhood

Seattle police captured two suspects hiding in a cemetery after the suspects jumped from a moving, stolen car late Friday Night. Officers, while on an Anti-Violence Emphasis patrol, were keeping their eyes open for a stolen SUV believed to be connected with a number of recent incidents throughout North Seattle…. [ Keep reading ]

Officer Puts Herself In Harms Way to Protect Crowd From Horny Birds

Benjamin Franklin once described the bald eagle as a “Bird of bad moral Character.” While this characterization remains up for debate, one Seattle police officer was forced to put herself between a crowd of bystanders and the razor-sharp talons of two erotically-entwined eagles earlier this week after the birds crash-landed in a park…. [ Keep reading ]

Felon Arrested After Trying to Run Over Police

Police arrested a 36-year-old man Thursday afternoon after he tried to run over several officers with his car and ended up crashing into a patrol vehicle just a block from the SPD East Precinct building on Capitol Hill. Officers had been searching for the man, wanted on several felony warrants,… [ Keep reading ]

Chief O’Toole Appoints Lead Investigator to Help Track Stolen Cell Phones

Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole has assigned a member of a high-tech SPD team to help patrol officers track down stolen phones. Effective today, a supervisor in the department’s Technical and Electronic Support Unit will be available to officers around the clock to guide them through the technically and legally complicated process of zeroing in on… [ Keep reading ]