The driver of a stolen car smashed into two vehicles Thursday night on Capitol Hill before fleeing from officers on foot, leaving his passenger behind. Officers were patrolling near the 1700 block of Belmont Ave around 10:30 PM when they spotted a stolen Nissan Sentra. When officers pulled behind the… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 22-year-old man late Thursday night in connection with a series of arsons in West Seattle. Officers arrested the man at a bar near SW Oregon and California Ave SW after serving a warrant on his home and finding evidence linking him to several recent fires in West… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police and school officials are investigating after a student was reportedly seen with a firearm Thursday at Ballard High School. Officers and a SWAT team responded to the school and quickly located the student off campus. Officers took the teenage male into custody, but were not immediately able to… [ Keep reading ]
A sleuthing landlord helped police track down a fugitive sex offender after learning a 52-year-old man living in a trailer on his property may have been trying to lure teenage girls. The landlord called police Tuesday and said he’d become suspicious of the man after hearing from friends he was… [ Keep reading ]
A 44-year-old man with a backpack full of heroin was unable to outrun a team of bike officers Tuesday after he threatened another man with a gun in downtown Seattle. Officers were called to the 1500 block of 3rd Ave just before 5 PM after receiving reports of a disturbance outside a restaurant…. [ Keep reading ]
United States Attorney Annette Hayes has informed the Seattle Police Department that her office her office and the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice have declined to file federal color of law charges stemming from a June 22, 2014 use of force incident. The case will now be… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police arrested a suspected groper Sunday afternoon after he pulled up to his Tacoma apartment in a red truck, just like the one described by several of his victims. Detectives believe the 23-year-old Tacoma man first approached a woman in alleyway in the University District on September 18th, groped… [ Keep reading ]
