While San Francisco has Frank Bullitt’s white-knuckle Mustang-versus-Charger chase and New York Popeye Doyle’s Pontiac LeMans pursuit of a speeding subway train, both of these famous chases are works of fiction. Seattle, however, has its own IRL hero-wheelman: a pizza delivery driver, who jumped into his Nissan Murano Wednesday and tailed… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives arrested a suspected bank robber Wednesday after he left behind a key piece of evidence: his pants. On May 14th, the suspect walked into a bank in the 4500 block of Stone Way and passed note, demanding cash from a teller. Police arrived shortly after the robbery and searched… [ Keep reading ]
SPD officers saved a man from an overdose Wednesday in downtown Seattle after finding him on the floor of a restroom with a needle in his arm. Police and Seattle Fire Department EMTs were called to a downtown business at 3rd Avenue and Pine Street around 8:30 PM for a reported overdose…. [ Keep reading ]
A 30-year-old suspected pimp thought he was in for a big payday when he loaded three teenage girls into a van and drove them from Portland to a Seattle hotel Monday. The man believed he’d made a deal with a john, who had offered to pay a large sum for… [ Keep reading ]
After jumping through a hotel window Saturday night, a 23-year-old man stole a Seattle Fire Department aid car and led police on a brief chase in the Sand Point neighborhood before officers were able to convince him to surrender. Around 11:30 PM, officers and Seattle Fire Department EMTs were called… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police arrested a 32-year-old man for arson early Tuesday after firefighters found him standing over a fire in the stairwell of a Capitol Hill apartment building. Around 3 AM, firefighters responded to a building in the 800 block of East Pine Street after smoke tripped an automatic fire alarm. After arriving at… [ Keep reading ]
A 62-year-old cyclist was seriously injured Wednesday after he was struck by a driver in the Ravenna neighborhood. Around 1 PM, the cyclist was reportedly crossing Northeast 70th Street and 25th Avenue Northeast. As the cyclist crossed NE 70th, he was struck by a car travelling southbound on 25th Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
A ride-share driver led police to arrest a convicted felon Saturday night and recover a backpack filled with meth, crack cocaine, cash and a handgun. Officer Nic Plemel was on patrol in the Delridge neighborhood around 11 PM Saturday when he heard the sound of gunfire several blocks away. Moments later,… [ Keep reading ]
SPD bike officers saved a man on Sunday from a potentially fatal overdose in downtown Seattle. Officers Josh Dunbar, Jim Kellett and Randy Jokela were riding through downtown shortly before 5 PM when they heard dispatchers broadcast a report of an apparent overdose at 3rd Avenue and Spring Street. Officers… [ Keep reading ]
A Capitol Hill couple called Seattle police early Thursday after a small drone crashed into the side of their home, near 13th Avenue East and East Aloha Street. The couple reportedly heard the sound of breaking glass in their living room around 7:30 AM and went outside, where they found a… [ Keep reading ]