On April 6, SPD’s Narcotics Unit arrested a 20-year-old man during a buy/bust operation at a downtown rave, and recovered suspected Ketamine, liquid Xanax, hallucinogens, and an assortment of pills. Here’s what those drugs look like:
A group of thieves disguised as construction workers have stripped tens of thousands of dollars worth of metal from a building in the Cascade neighborhood and caused problems for several nearby businesses in recent months. According to Seattle Police Department West Precinct Burglary Detective Lora Alcantara—who’s investigating the case—since January,… [ Keep reading ]
Every day, two people die in Washington from drug overdoses, which are also the number one cause of accidental death in our state. With a recent increase in deaths caused by heroin overdoses in King County, the Seattle Police Department wants to remind you that Washington has a “911 Good Samaritan… [ Keep reading ]
One man was wounded in an early-morning shooting on Beacon Hill last Saturday, March 31. The victim told officers he was in his garage of his home on 39th Avenue S. and S. Trenton Street at 2:30 in the morning, working on a car, when a masked man confronted him. The masked man… [ Keep reading ]
After a day of crisscrossing overgrown, muddy pathways along the west side of Beacon Hill Monday, three South Precinct officers stand on a leaf-covered hillside just below Holgate Street, digging up a patch of dirt. They’re looking for a body. Recently, Beacon Hill neighbors have reported gunfire rumbling through the… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a 36-year-old felon in Georgetown early Tuesday morning after he opened fire on a car full of people on Beacon Hill. Around 12:45 am, two men and a woman were in a vehicle stopped at a stoplight on South Columbian Way when a man in a white Ford Escort… [ Keep reading ]
In two different incidents this week, thieves broke into a machine shop on lower Queen Anne and made off with thousands of pounds of metal. In the latest break-in Thursday night, the suspect or suspects stole a 2,000-pound gear from the machine shop in the 1000 block of Elliot Ave W. The… [ Keep reading ]
One way or another, the Seattle Police Department is going to look very different in the next 20 months. Following a harsh review by the Department of Justice—which called SPD out for a pattern of excessive force and intimated there were signs of biased policing in the department—city leaders and… [ Keep reading ]
A man suspected in a series of violent robberies and sexual assaults across King County is in custody, and facing charges of rape, robbery, and indecent liberties following a joint investigation between King County Sheriff’s Deputies, Seattle, Bellevue, and Renton police. Police believe 38-year-old Charles Linell Bluford is responsible for… [ Keep reading ]
A unique operation by the Seattle Police Department’s Vice/High-Risk Victims Unit—which had detectives running a south Seattle massage parlor for a day in order to arrest johns—came to a close last week after a jury found the owner of the massage parlor, Liu Wei, guilty of promoting prostitution. Undercover Vice/High… [ Keep reading ]
