Security cameras at a West Seattle convenience store captured two masked, armed men robbing a clerk at gunpoint earlier this week. Now police are hoping someone out there recognizes the men in the footage. Just before 3 AM Monday, the men entered the store in the 3200 block of Avalon Way… [ Keep reading ]
A cyclist was seriously injured Friday in a collision with a motorist in South Seattle. Police and medics were called to the 3600 block of South Graham Street shortly after 3 PM after the cyclist, a man believed to be in his 30s, was struck as he crossed into the… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are diving head-first into an investigation of a group of thieves, who have targeted swimmers in a series of pool locker room break-ins. Since late November, police have received reports of thefts at swimming pool locker rooms in Ballard, Queen Anne, Greenlake, Meadowbrook, Central District and West Seattle…. [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE: 1/6/2017 at 6:30 pm “Top Notch” is in custody. Detectives investigating today’s robbery believe that the suspect is in fact the “Top Notch” robber and that he is responsible for at least two bank robberies and three commercial robberies. The suspect is the same man pictured in this previously published Blotter… [ Keep reading ]
West Precinct officers revived a man Saturday after he suffered a drug overdose in the bathroom of a downtown business. Around 9:30 PM, Officers Matt Newsome and Richard Bonesteel were called to a department store in the 1600 block of 3rd Avenue after a 23-year-old man was found unconscious in… [ Keep reading ]
A suspected heroin dealer tried to flush his stash down a motel toilet Sunday night after police came knocking. Members of SPD’s Narcotics Unit and North Precinct Anti-Crime Team arrived at the Seals Motel Sunday, looking for a man and a woman suspected of dealing heroin out of several rooms…. [ Keep reading ]
Update 12/20: Detectives are releasing additional video of a 11/26 burglary and ATM theft at a business in the 2200 block of Eastlake Avenue. Update: Detectives are still looking for assistance in identifying the suspects in this case, and are now releasing video from a December 2nd ATM theft at… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police continue to investigate reports of gunfire and a disturbance that preceded a police pursuit and fatal crash early Thursday on Lake City Way. Shortly after 3:45 AM, police received a 911 call near 130th and 32nd Avenue Northeast. 911 operators could hear an argument involving at least one… [ Keep reading ]
A 34-year-old man was arrested at a Capitol Hill college Wednesday after a witness contacted school security out of concern that the man was carrying a gun on campus. The witness contacted campus security at Seattle Central College around 5 PM and reported seeing a man on campus, who was carrying a… [ Keep reading ]
A car thief awoke from a sound slumber Sunday morning to find he had been remotely locked inside a stolen BMW, just as Seattle police officers were bearing down on him. Hours earlier, the thief had reportedly been out prowling cars with some friends in the 4300 block of 8th Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
