Police searched a home Thursday afternoon in the Brighton neighborhood after a school bus was damaged by suspected BB gun fire. Officers began searching near 44th Avenue S. and S. Holly Street around 3:40 PM after receiving reports someone had shot out two windows on a school bus. Witnesses also reported seeing… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department has recruited a top Amazon executive to boost the department’s technological prowess and find new ways to fight crime through data analysis. Greg Russell, an Amazon vice president who oversaw the company’s corporate applications, enterprise data warehouse and IT, will start work at the police department… [ Keep reading ]
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Captain Pierre Davis was out patrolling the East Precinct Tuesday when he heard dispatchers announce that a man had just robbed a cafe at 24th and E. Union. A cafe employee called 911 at 2:30 PM and reported the suspect—a man in his 30’s, about 5’11, wearing a blue puffy jacket and… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are seeking a suspected peeper after a woman reported seeing a camera flash outside her bedroom, just minutes after a strange man told her he had been watching her through a window. The victim told police she awoke just before 3 AM and went outside her home—near 15th Avenue S. and… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested five teens Monday in West Seattle for attacking a 55-year-old grocery store clerk, after he confronted them about an earlier shoplifting incident. The victim had been working at the Westwood QFC earlier in the day, when he witnessed the group of teens stealing shrimp, hot dogs and barbecue sauce from the store. After… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 19-year-old man Sunday in Crown Hill after a concerned officer contacted a woman, who he’d seen walking Aurora Avenue without a coat on chilly night, and learned she had been attacked. The officer was driving in the 11500 block of Aurora Ave. at 12:20 AM when he passed a 41-year-old woman he recognized from an earlier conversation… [ Keep reading ]
A Bitter Lake man told police he recognized one of the two men who burst into his apartment early Monday and robbed him at gunpoint. The victim called police at about 2:45 AM after the two suspects burst into his apartment in the 14300 block of Linden Ave North. When… [ Keep reading ]
A man drove to Western State Hospital on Sunday, confessed to murder and asked to be committed. Lakewood Police responded to Western State Hospital and contacted the 29-year-old man. He told officers that he killed his 24-year-old girlfriend and that her body was still in his parked car. Officers quickly… [ Keep reading ]
Police found drugs and a gun after arresting a man seen making suspected drug deals Friday afternoon downtown. Bike patrol officers noticed a man near 3 Ave and Pike Street make a suspected narcotics sale around 2:30 PM. Officers contacted the man and found him to have a Federal warrant for… [ Keep reading ]
