Detectives are trying to determine what led up to an apparent stabbing in the Rainier Beach neighborhood Thursday night. An officer patrolling in the area of Rainier Avenue South and South Henderson Street at 9:30 Thursday night noticed a man and woman standing in front of a bus. The officer… [ Keep reading ]
South Precinct detectives and patrol officers, working with US Postal Inspectors, arrested a suspected prolific mail thief in Georgetown on Wednesday. Investigators believe the 34-year-old woman has been stealing packages, mail, and credit cards in the Beacon Hill area, and then using those cards to purchase items at area stores…. [ Keep reading ]
Today, Seattle police are returning $70,000 in stolen goods to 29 stores following an investigation, and conviction, of a suspect in a downtown retail theft ring. In December 2017, investigators identified one person, a 39-year-old man, who was purchasing and reselling items stolen from downtown stores. Detectives served a search… [ Keep reading ]
One man was seriously injured Thursday in a stabbing at an International District apartment. Officers arrested the suspect at the scene. Police were called to the apartment near 4th Avenue and Jackson Street shortly after 1 PM for a report of a stabbing after the suspect and the victim, both… [ Keep reading ]
A 29-year-old Lynnwood man and a ferret of undetermined age are in custody following a shoplift-turned-robbery at a North Seattle hardware store. Around 5:40 pm on Wednesday, security at the hardware store in the 11600 block of Aurora Avenue North confronted two men they suspected were stealing power tool battery… [ Keep reading ]
Police recovered a man’s stolen iPad and laptop and arrested three people earlier this month after tracking the electronics to a Capitol Hill parking lot. Just after midnight on November 10th, a man called police and said he’d tracked his laptop and iPad—which had been taken from his car in… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department would like to announce three command staff changes. Captain Todd Kibbee has been named the South Precinct Captain, taking over for Captain Kevin Grossman. Captain Grossman will be moving to the Special Victims Unit. Captain James Dermody will now be the Captain over the Collaborative Policing… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police Gang Unit detectives, working with members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, arrested a 28-year-old man Thursday afternoon at a residence in Federal Way for an outstanding federal warrant for drug trafficking. Following the arrest, detectives served another warrant on the residence and recovered an… [ Keep reading ]
SPD Homicide investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in an August fatal shooting on Aurora Avenue North. Surveillance cameras captured footage of a man who detectives believe fired across Aurora Avenue at another man, who later died from his injuries. If you recognize the suspect, please… [ Keep reading ]
Update 11/13: Detectives arrested a 17-year-old male Monday afternoon in connection with last month’s arson in a Lake City Way department store. Investigators also believe the same suspect set fires inside several other Seattle businesses–including a University District pharmacy, a Green Lake grocery store, and a SODO office–in the past… [ Keep reading ]
