A man mugged by armed robber in Fremont early Thursday managed to turn the table by taking away his attacker’s gun. The victim told police he was walking in the 300 block of Northwest 41st Street at 12:30 AM when a man approached from behind and demanded his, “stuff.” The… [ Keep reading ]
Police are searching for a man who stabbed and then robbed a woman in a Belltown alley Tuesday afternoon. Employees at a local business near 4th Ave and Lenora Street called 911 around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when a woman ran into their lobby stating she had just been stabbed. Medics… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating a hit and run collision where a car crashed into a building in the Denny Triangle neighborhood and burst into flames. A witness called 911 around 2:15 a.m. after seeing a car smash into the ground floor of a building in the 1800 block of 8 Ave. The… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department’s Latent Print Unit has received international certification, one of only a handful of law enforcement agencies in the state to achieve the distinction. The unit, which specializes in identifying prints that are invisible to the naked eye, went through a grueling three-year effort to meet… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department is taking new steps to address property crime and street disorder, including additional training for officers and potentially changing how 911 calls are handled. The department, for example, is considering increasing the priority of calls that come in regarding property crime, and dedicating staff to handle non-emergency… [ Keep reading ]
Update: A good Samaritan contacted North Precinct officers about an iPad they found in the street in the Ballard neighborhood today. Officers quickly discovered it was the victim’s stolen iPad and have returned it to it’s rightful owner. Detectives still need your help locating the person pictured below. If you have any… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested two men Sunday who threatened to shoot a group of people in a Capitol Hill parking garage. Three friends were entering a parking lot stairwell in the 1400 block of Harvard about 1:55 AM when two men in their early 20s approached, began yelling and tried to start a… [ Keep reading ]
A Seattle Police K-9 team tracked down and arrested a 19-year-old car prowler early Monday after the suspect broke into a vehicle in Lower Queen Anne and stole a pistol. The owner of the vehicle called police around 3:20 a.m. to report seeing the suspect in his truck on the 1000 block… [ Keep reading ]
