Police arrested two men early Monday who broke into a pickup truck in Downtown Seattle after consuming a half-gallon of red wine. Officers got a call about the car prowl at 5th Avenue and Columbia Street around 1:30 AM on Monday. They arrived to find the owner of a truck standing outside the… [ Keep reading ]
Police tracked down and arrested a 52-year-man on Monday who threatened employees inside a Capitol Hill store and hurled epithets and slurs at staff and customers. Witnesses told police said the intoxicated man hung out in the doorway of the store, located in 1500 block of 11th Avenue, shortly before noon and… [ Keep reading ]
A 26-year-old felon tried to stash a stolen gun in the diaper aisle of a drug store Monday evening after opening fire on a West Seattle street. Police received reports of gunfire just before 5pm near 12th Avenue SW and SW Roxbury Street, where witnesses said a man—accompanied by two young women, one… [ Keep reading ]
Police and Seattle Fire Department medics have seen an increase today in the number of reported heroin overdoses, and would like to remind the public of a Washington State law designed to curb opiate overdose deaths. As of 4 P.M. Monday, both police and fire officials received at least six reports of overdoses… [ Keep reading ]
West Precinct detectives have requested charges against a pair of prolific car prowlers, caught raiding the vehicles of Seahawks fans during a January playoff game. On January 18th, a witness spotted a green Mercury Marquis parked near a lot at Dearborn Street and Maynard Avenue S. Detectives believe a 20-year-old man… [ Keep reading ]
Officer Mark Vwich was pulling his patrol car in front of the West Precinct last Thursday when something caught his eye. About a week earlier, on February 18th, Officer Vwich had been called to a downtown parking garage after a reported burglary and theft of a high-end bike. When he pulled… [ Keep reading ]
Update: Officers from the Kent Police Department have found the missing 12-year-old babysitter. Detectives will continue to work with social services to assure Amaziah is safe. Police have found 8-month-old Zaria Smith after she and her 12-year-old cousin were reported missing early Monday morning. After midnight, the mother of 8 month-old Zariah… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested three suspects on Saturday in two different burglaries, one in Columbia City and another on Capitol Hill. Police were called to the 2900 block of South Byron Street after a witness saw two suspects breaking into a home. Officers surrounded the house, just as one of the two… [ Keep reading ]