Officers are investigating after reports of shots fired inside the Duwamish greenbelt overnight. Witnesses began calling 911 at 10:30 PM Thursday night to report gunfire in the greenbelt along the 1500 block of Airport Way S. Arriving officers located two witnesses who said the saw three men firing guns near a… [ Keep reading ]
A wanted fugitive, who’s been on the run from police since he shot a man in the Central District in 2012, was caught on the banks of the Cedar River Tuesday after leading officers on a brief chase through Renton in a friend’s Hummer, with a six-year-old child in tow. Detectives have… [ Keep reading ]
Police are searching for a white and green taxicab–and the man who stole it–following a carjacking in the University District Wednesday night. An unidentified man hailed a Stita Taxi Company Prius at the Space Needle and then asked the driver to take him to the University District. After arriving in… [ Keep reading ]
A woman’s jog on the Burke Gilman Trail was briefly interrupted Sunday when a man dressed as a masked antagonist from the Scream movies jumped out of the woods behind her. The woman said she was running along the trail near the 5200 block of 40th Avenue Northeast around 9 PM when she… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 31-year-old man Sunday after he approached a woman as she was working in her yard, told her he wanted to have sex with her, and then returned hours later and broke into her home as she was showering. The victim told police the suspect approached around 3… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives need your help returning a trove of jewelry recovered by police last week. While serving a search warrant on a 2004 Chevy Impala on August 24th, detectives came across a brown paper bag packed full of jewelry. Police believe the items were stolen in home burglaries prior to August 18th,… [ Keep reading ]
After scaling a barbed wire fence next to Interstate 5 early Wednesday, SPD officers contacted a man camping next to an overpass and recovered items stolen in two separate car prowls this summer. Around 6:45 AM, Officers Jamison Maehler and Christopher Couet entered the fenced-off area overlooking I-5 near 9th Avenue and… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 32-year-old man Wednesday in downtown Seattle after he groped a woman as she was leaving work. Officer Ryan Stone was leaving another call at a business at 6th Avenue and Pine Street around 8 PM when he saw a 19-year-old woman running toward him. The woman said… [ Keep reading ]
