Police are searching Ballard for a man who robbed a bank at gunpoint Tuesday evening. Just before 6:30 pm, the man walked into the People’s Bank on NW 56th Street and 24th Ave NW, brandished a black handgun and demanded cash. The man was described as a white male, 5’5… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a shoe-less, mud-caked man on Beacon Hill Tuesday after he robbed a marijuana deliveryman, fled from police, and fell out of a tree. *Around 12:30 pm today, the victim—a medical marijuana cardholder—met up with two suspects in the parking lot of a Safeway on Martin Luther King Jr…. [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a man armed with a knife in Roosevelt Tuesday afternoon after he stole a woman’s purse. The arrest comes after a string of similar robberies in nearby North Seattle neighborhoods, and detectives are investigating whether the cases may be connected. At about 1:30 pm today, police received a… [ Keep reading ]
A man wanted for impersonating a police officer while robbing unsuspecting Seattle park-goers is still on for the run. But that hasn’t stopped him from keeping his robbery streak alive, while armed with a box full of porn. Robbery detectives have been searching for 46-year-old Ryan James Purdy (aka Tracy… [ Keep reading ]
If you see a handcuffed man running around near First Hill, give police a call. Seattle police officers and King County Sheriff’s deputies have been searching for the man since he fled from deputies at Harborview hospital earlier today. Just after 1:30 pm, deputies were getting ready to transport the… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrr investigating how a plundered pickup truck ended up in the waters of Lake Washington Monday afternoon. Around 1:30 pm, police received a call about a truck underwater in Magnuson Park, where patrol officers spotted the aft-end of a waterlogged black 2006 Ford F-150 under a dock. After Harbor Patrol checked… [ Keep reading ]
The Airlane in Georgetown is not a typical motel. It doesn’t have a pool, continental breakfast or Wifi. But it does have its own drug dealers, prostitutes, and plenty of violent crime. Last year, Seattle police arrested 18 people at the motel—located at Flora Avenue S. and E. Marginal Way… [ Keep reading ]
A bank robber arrested last month after he was found pleasuring himself in the doorway of a Capitol Hill car dealership is back in jail after he walked away from work release Thursday morning and tried to rob another bank. Around 9:20 Thursday morning, the 45-year-old suspect walked into the… [ Keep reading ]
Police are looking for the man who robbed a downtown Key Bank Thursday morning. Around 9:20 am, the suspect walked into the bank, near 2nd and Columbia, threatened a clerk, demanded money, and then fled. If you recognize the man—who was about 5’5 and had short blonde hair—please contact the Robbery… [ Keep reading ]
As detectives work to identify the suspect or suspects in a series of attacks on women in North Seattle, police are also trying to track down a cyclist who helped stop an early morning attack at Green Lake on Monday. Sometime between 6:20 and 6:30 am Monday, a female jogger… [ Keep reading ]
