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Cops Follow Trail of Pot Smoke to Teen Felon, Two Guns

Officers recovered a pair of pistols Thursday night after receiving reports of a group of teens trespassing and smoking pot at a Rainier Beach apartment complex. Just before 8pm police arrived at the apartment the 8700 block of Rainier Avenue South where a resident pointed out the four juvenile boys in… [ Keep reading ]

Surveillance Cameras, Plaid Lead Police to South Park Burglar

While layers of plaid might typically help one blend in on the streets of Seattle (especially when worn with a bowtie and ironic mustache), one burglar’s checkered parka made it much easier for police to find him after a break-in early this morning in South Park. A security guard at… [ Keep reading ]

Crack Remains Wack

Police found a big bag of crack stashed away inside a Ford Bronco after arresting a dealer Thursday evening in West Seattle. Members of the West Precinct Anti-Crime Team were able to call in an order to the 42-year-old dealer, who offered to meet at a convenience store in the 1600 block… [ Keep reading ]

Burglar Injured By Phinney Ridge Resident’s Fists, Garden Shears

A 30-year-old burglar was injured Tuesday after a Phinney Ridge man caught him breaking into his home and proceeded to beat him about the head with his fists and a pair of garden shears.. The resident called 911 around 3:30 PM after he saw the burglar pull up on his street in the… [ Keep reading ]

Man Arrested For Smashing Windows, ATM In Fremont

Officers made a rock-solid arrest Tuesday morning in Fremont after a man threw a chunk of concrete through a bus shelter, smashed windows at a chocolate factory with a cement brick, and hurled a large stone at an ATM. Staff members at a Fremont business called police just before 10… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Track Down Teen Suspects In Wallingford Armed Robbery

Detectives have arrested two teens in connection with an armed robbery at a Wallingford convenience store last week. Police responded to the store in the 4000 block of Wallingford Ave N around 9:30 PM on January 28th, after an employee reported that two masked men had robbed him at gunpoint.  The employee asked the… [ Keep reading ]

Police Find Meth, Heroin In Camouflage-Painted Motorhome In Magnolia

The camouflage paint job on a felon’s 1978 Swinger motorhome did little to disguise his Magnolia drug dealing operation from SPD detectives, who arrested the man Tuesday and found methamphetamine and heroin hidden under a mattress inside the RV. SPD’s Narcotics Unit had received information about narcotics dealing associated with the motorhome, and detectives… [ Keep reading ]

Man Arrested With Stolen Gun After Confrontation Outside Mosque

Police arrested a man armed with a stolen gun, a pellet gun and a baseball bat after he confronted two other men outside a mosque Tuesday in the Northgate neighborhood. The two victims were reportedly standing in the parking lot of a mosque at 15th Avenue NE and Northgate Way… [ Keep reading ]

Teen Arrested For Bringing Handgun to School

Seattle police arrested an 18-year-old woman Wednesday afternoon at Chief Sealth High School in West Seattle after she was reportedly seen with a firearm. At around 2 PM, a fellow student reported seeing the young woman drop a firearm in bathroom, before picking it up and leaving the school building…. [ Keep reading ]

(Updated) One Arrested Following Shooting On Metro Bus In SoDo

Seattle Police and King County Sheriff’s arrested a suspected gunman after one man was wounded Wednesday morning in a shooting on a King County Metro bus in SODO. Police are still searching for a second man reportedly involved in the incident. At 10 AM, SPD officers and King County Sheriff’s… [ Keep reading ]