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Detectives Seek Victims In Fraudulent Ticket Scam

If ticket-bots and the overall decline in quality music since 1996 hadn’t already made it nearly impossible to go out and enjoy a show, police are now investigating a man believed to have scammed dozens of people with a roll of stock paper stolen from a ticketing company. Detectives began… [ Keep reading ]

Man Arrested In Late-Night Pickaxe Attack

Police arrested a 24-year-old man in North Seattle this morning after he broke into a home and attacked a stranger with a pickaxe. Around 3:30 this morning, the resident of a home in the 13500 block of 16th Ave NE was asleep in bed when the suspect walked into his… [ Keep reading ]

Man Wounded In Lake City Shooting

One man was wounded in a shooting Tuesday morning in Lake City following a dispute between a woman, her boyfriend and the father of her children. The dispute began shortly after the woman, her two children and her current boyfriend arrived at her ex-boyfriend’s home in the 1000 block of… [ Keep reading ]

Man Hospitalized After Pulling Knife on Bus Driver, Breaking Into Home, Stealing Car From Dealership and Crashing Into House

A 27-year-old Orting, Washington man was seriously injured Monday in the University District after he ended his 40 minute-long crime spree by crashing a stolen car into a house. Around 4:20 PM, the Washington State Patrol received a report of a man armed with a knife threatening a bus driver… [ Keep reading ]

Man Arrested Following Sriracha-on-Pizza Dispute, Not For the Reason You’d Think

A garbage can was thrown and one man was arrested early Monday on Capitol Hill following a dispute over a pizza restaurant’s allegedly meager side servings of sriracha sauce. Police responded to the 1000 block of East Union Street just after 2:15 AM after a woman called 911 and complained… [ Keep reading ]

Man Arrested After Stealing Two Paintings In Strange Hotel Heist

A 25-year-old man broke into nine rooms at an International District hotel, attacked a security guard and made off with several paintings early this morning before he was arrested by police. Officers were called to the 600 block of Main Street around 4 AM after receiving a report of a… [ Keep reading ]

Crowd of Restaurant Patrons Chase Down Thief After He Steals Woman’s Cash and Car

A crowd of restaurant patrons helped chase down a man in the International District late Friday after he stole money out of a woman’s car and then stole the car. Around 11pm police received a report of a crowd of eight to ten people pursuing a man near 12th Avenue… [ Keep reading ]

Man Arrested, AR-15 Rifle Seized After He Threatens to “Engage the Artillery” at Seattle Church

Police arrested a 25-year-old Covington man and seized his AR-15 rifle this week after he sent a series of escalating messages to pastors at a University District church invoking a recent mass shooting at a Texas church and telling them it was “time to engage the artillery and kill you… [ Keep reading ]

Police Recover Two Bikes After Victim Finds Them Listed on Ebay

Police recovered a pair of high-end bicycles this week after a theft victim found his bikes listed on eBay. The bikes, worth about $13,000, went missing from the victim’s South Seattle home late last month, on October 20th. The bikes had been locked up on a rack in his garage…. [ Keep reading ]

Report of Domestic Violence from Ride-Share Driver Leads Police to Felon With Gun, Heroin and Meth

A call from a ride-share driver about domestic violence on a downtown street led police to chase a man through a downtown apartment building and recover a gun, heroin and meth on Thursday. The ride-share driver called 911 shortly before 7:30 PM and reported seeing a man hitting a woman on… [ Keep reading ]