Police arrested a suspected carjacker and his teenage girlfriend Tuesday after the pair struck two cars on Aurora Avenue and bailed out of a Lexus stolen days earlier from a woman at Northgate. Detectives believe the 18-year-old suspect approached the woman around 5:30 PM on Monday, February 29th, as she… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police have arrested a suspect in several incidents of indecent exposure and voyeurism late last year in the Miller Park neighborhood. Around 3:40 AM Sunday, February 28th, Officers Katrina Walter, Brad Devore and Shawn Crow were responding to a report of a suspicious person creeping around a building in the 300… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a suspected car thief and recovered a backpack full of tools for stealing other cars after the man flipped a stolen SUV near Seattle Center. Officers responded to the 200 block of Dexter Ave N around 12:45 Thursday after witnesses reported a man had flipped a Jeep, crawled from… [ Keep reading ]
SPD Homicide detectives are investigating after a 21-year-man was found shot in car Wednesday in the New Holly neighborhood. Seattle Fire Department personnel responded to a report of a man slumped over in a vehicle in the 3300 block of South Holly Street around 3 PM. Upon arriving at the scene, medics… [ Keep reading ]
SPD officers interrupted a burglar’s shvitz Monday afternoon after K9 Blitz found him hiding in a hot tub. Two witnesses called 911 around 3 PM after hearing a home security alarm ringing in the 2400 block of East Helen Street. After spotting two men leaving the home, both of the… [ Keep reading ]
Months after a woman was found dead in a shopping cart in Ballard after suffering a fatal overdose, SPD detectives have identified two men suspected of dumping her body to avoid drawing attention to drug activity at their motor home. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged Michael Tarp,… [ Keep reading ]
Two men were wounded in a shooting Monday on Beacon Hill. The victims were walking in the 2800 block of Beacon Ave. South just before 11:45 AM when they were struck by gunfire. One man, a 26-year-old, was struck in the leg, while his 21-year-old companion was hit in his ankle…. [ Keep reading ]
Update: It turns out the man in the picture was already in jail. A Clallam County Sheriffs Sergeant called Seattle Police Detectives today to let them know the suspect had been booked into jail in Clallam County earlier in the week on unrelated charges. Detectives are now working with the jail… [ Keep reading ]
A Seattle police K9 team found a nine-time felon under a car early Sunday after officers spotted him speeding through South Seattle. The 25-year-old man first caught the attention of SPD Gang Unit detectives Jon Huber and Ben Hughey around 1 AM when they noticed his green Dodge Dynasty rocketing down Rainier at… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives believe scam artists are using an old con on a new target: non-profit groups. In late January, a man contacted the Seattle Hearing Speech and Deafness Center via email and offered to make a $30,000 donation to then organization. A few days later, HSDC received a check for $39,850,… [ Keep reading ]
