Officers arrested 21 people during a protest that wound through Downtown and ended on Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon. Officers escorted a group of protestors through the streets of Seattle during their permitted march which started at 2 PM. today. The group began marching at Occidental park, made their way through Downtown then… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are working to flush out a thief, who’s been posing as a plumber and draining the wallets of residents in South and West Seattle. In five different cases between January 22nd and April 8th, the suspect has approached women–all between the ages of 76 and 91–at their homes, claimed to work… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a 44-year-old man Tuesday in Belltown after he stabbed a man and pepper sprayed a woman during an argument. Police received reports of a fight the 2100 block of 1st Ave. at 5:30 PM. When the first officer arrived, he found a 48-year-old man with stab wounds in his chest… [ Keep reading ]
At some point, a 21-year-old man busted for a botched burglary in Matthews Beach Monday morning will have to explain to his mother why police towed her car. He may also have to explain to a judge why he unsuccessfully tried to bribe the officers who arrested him. 911 dispatchers received a call shortly… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police and King County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two teens and tracked down a stolen car Monday night after an armed carjacking in a Rainier View park. The car’s owner told police he stopped to use a restroom at Lakeridge Park in the 10100 block of Cornell Ave South shortly after… [ Keep reading ]
On April 9th, 2015 an inquest jury found that a Seattle police officer believed he was in imminent danger when he killed a man armed with a realistic-looking pellet gun last July. The inquest, ordered by county Executive Dow Constantine, was a fact-finding hearing on the July 1 shooting death… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 27-year-old woman in downtown Seattle Sunday afternoon after she robbed a hot dog stand and a restaurant, stole cash from a coffee shop, trespassed at a department store and became embroiled in a brawl on 2nd Avenue. Around 3 PM Sunday, officers responded to a restaurant in the 200 block of… [ Keep reading ]
Update 4/14: Police have arrested John Turner. We’ll update this post with additional details as they become available. Police received a report shortly after 6 AM that Turner was at a downtown shelter. A witness had recognized Turner from an online posting about the case and called 911. Officers arrived at the shelter in the… [ Keep reading ]
Two men are in jail, and a Glock 9mm handgun is now in evidence following an early morning disturbance in Belltown. At around 1:30 this morning, an officer was flagged down by security from one of the clubs in the 2200 Block of 1st Avenue. The victim stated that he… [ Keep reading ]
Officers had a brief struggle with a man in a storage room inside a University District apartment building last night before taking him into custody. The apartment manager of a building in the 4200 Block of Brooklyn Avenue NE called to complain that an unknown person had entered the secure… [ Keep reading ]
