Police spent hours working to coax a man out of his Crown Hill home Thursday after he reportedly ingested hallucinogens and assaulted a family member. Officers were called to the 9200 block of 8 Ave Northwest around 10 AM after receiving a report a man was hallucinating, had access to knives, and… [ Keep reading ]
A man was shot early this morning while in the parking lot of a motel in the 12000 Block of Aurora Avenue North. Just after 12:30 this morning, officers from the North Precinct responded to a 911 call of a possible shooting at the Orion Motel. When officers arrived, they… [ Keep reading ]
A news release from our partners at the state DOC: On Jan. 29, the Washington State Department of Corrections’ Community Response Unit teamed with King County DOC community corrections officers and the Seattle Police Department in a joint operation to arrest DOC offenders with active warrants who also have various… [ Keep reading ]
When police investigated a robbery outside a Capitol Hill gas station early Tuesday morning, they quickly found the suspect and retrieved his knife. Finding his stolen cash, however, proved more difficult— that is until the suspect helped officers crack the case. Police were called to a gas station at Broadway and East Pike… [ Keep reading ]
A gunman sprayed the outside of North Seattle bar with bullets early Tuesday, apparently after getting into an argument at the tavern. Policed received reports of gunfire in the 8500 block of 15th Avenue Northwest around 1:30 AM. Witnesses said the shots were fired shortly after an argument broke out… [ Keep reading ]
CHICAGO, IL – A national coalition of local law enforcement agencies conducted a sting operation that led to the arrests of 570 would-be sex buyers (or “johns”) and 23 pimps or traffickers, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The ninth “National Day of Johns Arrests” ran for approximately… [ Keep reading ]
Two men were taken to a hospital for treatment after getting shot outside a South Seattle bar Sunday night. Officers were called to the 5600 block of Rainier Avenue South for a fight outside a bar involving a firearm, shortly before 7:30 PM. Police found drops of blood and a… [ Keep reading ]
Mike Ciesynski knows evil. He sees it every time he opens one of the fat binders that pack the sagging bookshelves in his cramped office at police headquarters. Each case neatly labeled with the names of victims killed years, often decades, ago. There was 15-year-old Sarah Beth Lundquist, raped and… [ Keep reading ]
An East Precinct officer on patrol broke up a fight around 1 a.m. this morning in the 1000 block of E Pine Street. The suspect in the altercation tried to get away by ducking into a nearby restaurant but was foiled by police who quickly spotted and detained him. The two… [ Keep reading ]
