The Seattle Police Department is working with South Seattle neighbors to clean up a darkened stairway in the Seward Park neighborhood after it became the scene of a violent midday robbery earlier this year. Trees and bushes have grown up around the staircase—which links 49th Avenue and 50th Avenue on… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police have arrested two suspects in a late-night street robbery in the University District. On March 2nd the three victims were walking near 25th Avenue NE and NE Blakely Street when a group of men in a silver Audi pulled up next to them. A group of suspects got out of… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police Department and King County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a sex offender outside of Seattle last week after he posed as a teenage girl and solicited at least a half-dozen Seattle middle school students to send him nude photographs. Detectives from the SPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department believes that the more information you have, the safer you are. That’s why you can find a great deal of data about crime in Seattle on SPD’s website. “We’re not waiting for constiuents to ask us for information,” says Bill Schrier, Seattle’s Chief Technology Officer.” We’re actively taking data… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives working an emphasis detail aimed at ending a series of recent pattern burglaries in north Seattle arrested a 21-year-old man during a break-in Wednesday afternoon. The 21-year-old suspect broke into the victim’s car Tuesday night and stole an electronic garage door opener. He returned to the victim’s home the next day, used… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Mike McGinn and the Seattle Police Department are working to tighten regulations on businesses that buy and sell used goods as part of an ongoing effort to reduce property crime in Seattle. Seattle’s overall property crime rate declined in 2011, but burglaries rose six percent. Police are typically only able… [ Keep reading ]
A huge crowd of about 200 south Seattle residents snaked up and down Rainier Avenue Monday night chanting “What do we want? Safe streets! When do we want ‘em? Now!” Following a series of violent incidents in and around the Rainier Beach neighborhood, Seattle Police Department’s South Precinct Lt. John… [ Keep reading ]
Over the weekend, three friends were walking near University Village when they heard squealing tires and saw a car pull out of an alleyway. Five men climbed out of the car, attacked the three victims and then stole their wallets, cellphones, and even one man’s hat. In another incident this… [ Keep reading ]
After several violent incidents in South Seattle, Seattle Police are partnering with South Precinct residents to make community members’ presence felt and let criminals know they’re not wanted in the neighborhood. “We’re taking back our community,” says South Precinct Crime Prevention Council Chair Pat Murakami. “We want [the neighborhood] to… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department’s auto theft and North Precinct burglary detectives are working to track down suspects they believe have stolen at least seven vehicles in series of burglaries in the Roosevelt and Greenlake neighborhoods. Since January, a burglar or group of burglars have entered victims’ homes through unlocked doors… [ Keep reading ]
