A 23-year-old man was arrested early Tuesday after he tried to life-hack his way into’s Seattle high-priced housing market by taking up residence in a for-sale home without actually buying it. Officers were called to a home a for-sale home in the 4800 block of South Othello Street around 5:30 AM… [ Keep reading ]
A man arrested in April 2015 for stealing a police SUV was arrested again this morning for attempting to abscond with another police vehicle. Around 8:15 AM, officers were checking on a possible stolen car in a parking lot in the 2600 block of 1st Avenue. Police had parked their patrol… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a suspected gunman Thursday on Capitol Hill after he shot and wounded another man and fled into a coffee shop after ditching his gun. Police were called to 10th Avenue and East John Street shortly after 9:30 after receiving reports a man had been shot in the shoulder…. [ Keep reading ]
An encounter with a nervous man in a stolen SUV led police to recover a Vietnam veteran’s stolen Purple Heart medal over the weekend. The SUV’s driver caught the attention of officers around 5 AM on July 30th after he rolled through a stop sign near Dexter Way North and… [ Keep reading ]
Hours after U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy met with Seattle police on Tuesday to discuss the department’s life-saving Naloxone program, two downtown bike officers saved a man from a potentially fatal overdose outside a downtown store. West Precinct Bike Officers Richard Bonesteel and James Coma were on patrol near… [ Keep reading ]
Police recovered a handgun, heroin and cash after officers spotted a stolen car Thursday night on a downtown Seattle street. Officers David Toner and Cole Nelson were on patrol in the 200 block of Pine Street around 10:15 PM when they saw three people sitting in a grey Acura parked in… [ Keep reading ]
After months of canvassing homeless encampments and searching for leads in areas with nicknames like “the field” and “the cave,” SPD homicide detectives have linked a 22-year-old man recently arrested for a shooting at a camp earlier this month to a fatal shooting of a homeless man in October 2015…. [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a man on Capitol Hill Monday after he threatened a bouncer with a homemade spear and threw a batarang at officers as they pursued him. Police were called to a Capitol Hill bar around 6:30 PM after a man with a knife attached to a metal pole reportedly… [ Keep reading ]
A threatening, racist letter left at a West Seattle home is being investigated as a hate crime by Seattle police. Officers were called to the 3800 block of 22nd Avenue Southwest around 10 PM last night after a homeowner found the letter on the front door of her house. The letter… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 37-year-old man Tuesday on Beacon Hill, two days after he made off a keyboard from a South Seattle church. Around 2 PM on Sunday, Surveillance cameras at the church–located in the 8300 block of Renton Avenue South–caught the suspect walking into the building and walking out with the $2,000… [ Keep reading ]
