Update on 11/18: After investigation of the incident, detectives have determined that an emergency contact was in fact attempting to pick up the children on behalf of their parents. The children were not in any danger and detectives have closed the case. —- Seattle police are working to identify a… [ Keep reading ]
A violent rapist—who was being sought by the King County Sheriff’s Office after failing to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison—is in custody after attacking a 60-year-old woman in a hospital bathroom over the weekend. Seattle Police Department detectives are investigating the case. Around 5 pm… [ Keep reading ]
A Lynwood man was arrested in downtown Seattle yesterday after an alert Parking Enforcement Officer (PEO) spied him driving away in a stolen vehicle. On 11/12/13, at approximately 4:30 p.m., a PEO was on patrol in the 1700 block of 7th Ave when she spotted a BMW parked in a… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are on the trail of a passive-aggressive parking vigilante, who’s been graffitiing all over the street and leaving nasty notes for neighbors in North Seattle. Earlier this year, some neighborhood parking vigilante took it upon themselves to paint (unofficial) parking lines along most of a one-block stretch of Whitman… [ Keep reading ]
Robbery Detectives are investigating a home invasion robbery in North Seattle this morning. On 11-13-13, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Victim-1 called 911 to report a home invasion robbery at her house in the 9700 block of 3rd Av NW. The victim stated that she heard a noise outside of her room… [ Keep reading ]
Two auto thieves arrested this morning in South Seattle. On 11/13/13, just shortly after 5:00 a.m., the complainant called 911 to report two suspicious males that were in the rear parking lot of his apartment complex in the 7900 block of Rainier Av S. One of the males was seated… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are following up on an attempted robbery that occurred this afternoon at Renton Avenue South and South Ryan. The male victim was shot once in the knee during an attempted robbery. At about 12:15 pm, South Precinct officers responded to a report of a shooting at that location. The suspect… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating an early morning arson and burglary to one of the portable classrooms at Asa Mercer Middle School in the 1600 block of South Columbian Way. At around 1:30 this morning, Seattle Fire responded to a fire alarm at the school. SFD found evidence of forced entry and… [ Keep reading ]
A teenage suspect wanted in connection with a robbery last month in South Seattle was arrested last night. On October 14th, a man got off a Metro bus and began walking near Beacon Avenue and South Holly. He noticed the two suspects who had been on the bus with him also… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police have been called to four different sorority and fraternity houses in the University District over the last week after a burglar (or burglars) slipped through unlocked doors and windows and stole laptops from students. In all four cases—which were reported between November 1st and 5th—the thief or thieves crept… [ Keep reading ]