If you drive a Honda Accord, Honda Civic or Subaru Legacy—or a car that was made before 2002—there is a greater chance that auto thieves may target your car. Auto theft remained a key topic of discussion at our SeaStat meeting yesterday. Officers and detectives are working hard to address this… [ Keep reading ]
Two men pistol whipped and robbed a 66-year-old man after breaking into his Columbia City home Tuesday night. The victim, who is a taxi driver, told police he stopped by his home in the 4400 block of South Brandon Street around 11 PM to check his email when two men… [ Keep reading ]
Police are searching for two men who robbed a Seattle University student at gunpoint shortly after he left a gym on campus Monday night. The 25-year-old victim told police that after he left the gym in the 500 block of 14th Avenue around 9 PM, two young men approached and… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrest a robbery suspect hours after the strong-arm robbery, with the help of a valiant valet. Several suspects surrounded a woman visiting Seattle at 6th Ave and Pike Street, just after 7 PM Monday evening. A female robber then grabbed a cell-phone from the victim’s hand whilst another woman… [ Keep reading ]
Officers caught a man who witnesses say car-jacked a woman, hit her with the car and then intentionally rammed two police cars during a pursuit stretching from Fremont to Phinney Ridge. Witnesses called 911 at 3:00 PM saying a suspect had just carjacked a woman near North 44th Street and… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested two people in a stolen car and found a trove of cell-phones and mail when a concerned neighbor called 911 about a suspicious car in the Montlake neighborhood. A concerned neighbor called 911 Monday morning when he saw a suspicious car sitting in the driveway of an abandoned… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department is dumping its old method of hand writing traffic tickets in favor of a new electronic system, called SECTOR, that will spit out citations with the punch of a button. It also will be used to track collisions in the city. Some officers started using the… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a man and collected his loaded gun as evidence after he allegedly pointed it at another person Sunday morning in Pioneer Square. After bar closing, officers saw a street fight near 1 Ave South and South Washington Street. As Officers were breaking up the fight, a man approached… [ Keep reading ]
Two witnesses caught a wanted fugitive out of Oregon after he broke into a car in the University District Saturday morning. Officers were called to Northeast 64th Street and Brooklyn Ave Northeast when two witnesses observed a man breaking into a car. The two witnesses detained the suspect till officers arrived and arrested… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a 25-year-old man near 3rd and Pike about noon on Thursday for illegal possession of a handgun. A Seattle Police Officer and Department of Corrections Officer spotted the suspect, who is under DOC supervision, in the 1500 block of 3rd Avenue. The officers searched his backpack and discovered a stolen semi-automatic handgun,… [ Keep reading ]