SPD bike officers saved a 61-year-old man from a potentially fatal overdose early Tuesday after finding him lying in a downtown alleyway. Around 12:30 AM Tuesday, Officers Matt Newsome and Dick Bonesteel were on bicycle patrol downtown when they saw a man lying on his back in the 200 block… [ Keep reading ]
For the second time in as many weeks, Seattle police officers have used a life-saving medication to stop a potentially fatal overdose. Around 2:30 PM Wednesday, East Precinct bike officers Chris Myers and Drew Fowler were patrol near Broadway and East Pike Street when they spotted a 33-year-old man sprawled on… [ Keep reading ]
A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after he reportedly climbed on top of a woman and groped her at a Ballard office before assaulting several other women on the street. Just before 10:30 AM, a young woman was sitting in the lobby of an office in the 1700 block of NW… [ Keep reading ]
If Smokey the Bear, Beavis and Frankenstein have taught us anything, it’s that fire bad! Officers tried to relay this same lesson to a less-than-receptive 22-year-old man Saturday night after they caught him spewing flames from his mouth on a busy Capitol Hill street. Officers Sandlin Grayson and Christopher James were… [ Keep reading ]
A little more than a month after the Seattle Police Department partnered with the Marah Project to equip bike patrols with a drug to reverse the effects of overdoses, two officers on Sunday became the first members of SPD to administer a dose of the medication, saving a young woman’s life. Bike Officers James Kellett… [ Keep reading ]
Two men suspected in a string of break-ins at churches all over Seattle and Puget Sound region are in custody after Major Crimes Taskforce detectives, North Precinct Patrol officers, Edmonds police and the King County Sheriff’s Guardian One helicopter worked late into the night Thursday tracking them down. Detectives arrested… [ Keep reading ]
A break-in at a children’s bookstore early Tuesday in Ballard led police to a secret garden of illegal marijuana plants. Around 3:30 AM, Seattle police received a report of an in-progress burglary at the bookstore, in the 1100 block of N.W. 85th Street Officers entered the store and found a large hole… [ Keep reading ]
A young woman was revived by Seattle police, Seattle Fire Department paramedics and her mother after she suffered a near-fatal overdose Tuesday at her North Seattle home. The 18-year-old woman’s mother called 911 dispatchers shortly after 12:36 PM and reported her daughter was overdosing at her home near NE 50th Street… [ Keep reading ]
SPD Homicide detectives are investigating after suspected human remains were found in a recycling bin outside a Central District home. Around 4pm Saturday, a homeowner in the 1600 block of 21st Avenue called 911 and reported finding suspicious items in a recycling bin. SPD patrol officers, homicide detectives and the King County Medical… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE: Detectives arrested the 24-year-old suspect in Federal Way on Saturday, April 2nd. He has since been interviewed by detectives. Detectives suspect he may be involved in several other crimes as well. This remains an on-going robbery investigation. Seattle police are looking to identify a man seen using a… [ Keep reading ]
