North Precinct officers arrested a 36-year-old man early this morning in the Northgate neighborhood following a foot pursuit. He was later booked into jail for felony drugs. Just before 1:00 am, an officer was flagged down about a robbery at gunpoint that had just occurred in the 11700 block of Pinehurst… [ Keep reading ]
SPD Gang Unit detectives are investigating after a 38-year-old man showed up at a First Hill hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Shortly after 1:00 am Wednesday 911 began receiving calls of “shots fired” in the 100 block of 25th Avenue South. East Precinct patrol officers arrived and located several shell… [ Keep reading ]
A tenant in a Wallingford rooming house was shot and wounded by another tenant, after he reportedly chased after a third tenant while armed with a knife. While investigators are still on scene gathering details, it appears the incident unfolded shortly after 4:15 PM Tuesday in the 1900 block of… [ Keep reading ]
A man is in custody following a bizarre incident early Tuesday morning involving the theft of an 80′ yacht and damage of several other vessels in South Lake Union. Around 4:30 am, police responded to a reported theft of the boat from it’s moorage in Chandler’s Cove. The suspect, an adult… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after two men were shot at a University District house party Friday night. Witnesses began calling 911 just after 10 p.m. to report shots fired in the 5200 block of 20 Avenue Northeast. Officers arriving at the scene found one person with a gunshot wound to the arm… [ Keep reading ]
Investigators seized more than two kilos of heroin, more than a pound of methamphetamine and large amounts of cocaine in investigations into two groups of drug dealers in the north and west precincts who, detectives say, were making upwards of 200 deals a day. In the first arrest, last Friday,… [ Keep reading ]
On Wednesday, August 15th, a victim called police to report a burglary at a condominium building located in the 1400 block of Boylston Avenue. Two suspects, a man and a woman, entered a common area inside the building where they stole a large, 72″ wall mounted flat screen television. This burglary occurred… [ Keep reading ]
Carmen Best Confirmed and Sworn In Today @carmenbest was sworn in as the new Chief Of Police https://t.co/JkhQNzvee0 pic.twitter.com/GSUZRhWgdd — Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) August 14, 2018 The Seattle City Council, in a unanimous vote, confirmed @carmenbest as Chief of Police for @SeattlePD during its meeting this afternoon. https://t.co/ArcyJHNxMs pic.twitter.com/R5lcwK4jSa… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man suspected of sabotaging brake lines on several bike-share bicycles in SODO. Surveillance video shows the man walking up to several bikes parked at 4th Avenue and South Main Street around 11:45 PM on June 14th. He can be seen… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a car thief on Capitol Hill early this morning after he stole a pizza delivery driver’s vehicle, ate some chicken wings, and invoked an obscure (some might say non-existent) federal statute in an attempt to street-lawyer his way out of trouble. Around 1:30 AM Thursday, police were called to… [ Keep reading ]
