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Officers Make Eighth Overdose Save

Officers made yet another life-saving use of Naloxone yesterday after a downtown bike patrol in downtown Seattle spotted an unconscious man outside Westlake Mall in downtown Seattle. Officers Randy Jokela and Jason Drummond were on bike patrol in downtown Seattle around 2 PM Tuesday when they spotted the man lying in… [ Keep reading ]

Officers Save Seventh Life With Overdose Reversal Drug

The scene in a downtown alleyway Saturday night was unfortunately all-too-familiar to West Precinct bike officers Matt Newsome and Dick Bonesteel: police had received a report around 9:30 PM of an overdose in an alley at 6th Avenue and Virginia Street. The officers arrived and found a man lying on the pavement,… [ Keep reading ]

Police Investigating Hate Crime Attack After Capitol Hill Fundraiser for Orlando Victims

Seattle police are working with the FBI as they investigate an attack on a transgender person, who was beaten late Wednesday on Capitol Hill after leaving a fundraiser for victims of the Orlando mass shooting. The victim left the fundraiser around 11:30 PM and was walking near 11th Avenue and… [ Keep reading ]

Three Teens Arrested for North Seattle Grocery Store Robbery

Three teenagers are in custody following an attempted robbery at a North Seattle grocery store Wednesday afternoon. On June 22nd, shortly after 4:00 pm, the three suspects–two 14-year-old females and one 15-year-old female– entered the store near NE 123rd Street and 15th Avenue NE.  The suspects went to the deli section… [ Keep reading ]

Man Arrested For Self-Exposure at Self-Checkout

East Precinct officers arrested a 31-year-old man Wednesday night after he flashed employees and befouled a self-checkout machine at a Capitol Hill grocery store. Around 5 PM, employees at the store in the 400 block of Broadway E noticed the man standing at a self-checkout machine, laughing to himself as… [ Keep reading ]

Child Abuse Case Leads Police to Man Who Offered Dog Online For Sex

Warning: this post is contains disturbing content. The Seattle Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) taskforce detectives arrested a Toledo, WA man this week after investigators discovered he had offered his dog up online for sexual encounters and had prior online exchanges with a couple convicted of sexually abusing a 6-year-old. In instant messages with the couple, the… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Seize Box Full of Cash, Crack In Narcotics Investigation

A team of SPD officers, Narcotics detectives and DEA agents arrested two men and seized a box filled with cash and drugs Tuesday at a Mountlake Terrace home. After making several buys from a suspected dealer, police served a warrant at a rental home in the 5600 block of 224th St SW… [ Keep reading ]

Man Arrested After Crashing Stolen Van Into Two Cars on Queen Anne

Police arrested a man on Queen Anne early Thursday after he crashed a stolen van into two parked cars and was later caught with heroin and a scale. Around 5 AM, several witnesses awoke to a crash outside their homes in the 400 block of Halladay Street and saw a… [ Keep reading ]

Felon Arrested For Napping With Stolen Handgun

A complaint about a sleeping passenger on a shuttle bus Wednesday led police to arrest an armed felon with a stolen handgun. Officers Michael Sudduth and Todd Wiebke boarded the bus in the 1600 block of Harbor Avenue Southwest around 3:15 PM, approached the slumbering suspect and asked him to leave.  The man waved them… [ Keep reading ]

Car Thief Found Asleep At the Wheel

Police found a car thief asleep at the wheel Monday night after tracking a stolen Honda from Queen Anne to the West Woodland neighborhood. A Queen Anne resident called SPD around 9 PM Monday from the 3200 block of Conkling Place West and reported someone had stolen his Honda Prelude… [ Keep reading ]