Seattle police are hoping a series of arrests in West Seattle will have a chilling effect on the theft of frozen pizzas from elementary schools. Around 3:45 AM Monday, an alarm was tripped inside Alki Elementary School, in the 3000 block of 59th Ave SW. A school security arrived at Alki and… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police are currently searching for a suspect wanted in connection with a robbery at the Key Bank in the 1200 Block of Madison Street. The robbery occurred at about 11:40 this morning. The suspect fled the bank on foot. Below are images of the suspect, taken from bank surveillance cameras. … [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are investigating a new series of threatening phone calls from fraudsters, who are posing as police or IRS agents in an attempt to scare their victims into falling for their scam. On Thursday, March 20th, a woman received several phone calls from as many as three different men,… [ Keep reading ]
A man was struck by a burglar’s vehicle as the suspect fled the crime scene. On 3/19/14, just shortly before 8:00 p.m., the complainant called 9-1-1 and reported seeing one or possibly two males casing his neighbor’s house in the 4500 block of S Kenny Street. The complainant and some of the… [ Keep reading ]
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle while crossing W. Nickerson and 6 Av W last night. On March 18, 2014, just shortly after 9:00 p.m., a Red Honda Civic was traveling westbound on W Nickerson St. At the same time a pedestrian was crossing W Nickerson St at the… [ Keep reading ]
Updated at 11:53 AM. At 7:40 AM this morning, Seattle Fire and Police responded to 4th Avenue and Broad Street after receiving numerous reports of a helicopter crash. At the scene, firefighters began working to put out several car fires and found two deceased crash victims. The crash also damaged three… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police were called to the Our Lady of the Lake church in Wedgwood around 10:15 AM Saturday morning after an employee came into work to find someone had smashed church equipment, lit several candles, and propped open a door at the church. Sometime between 7:30 PM Friday and 10:15… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department has hired Andrew Garber as senior media advisor. Andrew has more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist, including 14 years at the Seattle Times. He has spent the past 13 years covering the state Legislature, state government and politics for the Times. Garber starts with… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are searching for a burglar who tried to stab a man while breaking into a Columbia City apartment this morning. Around 4:50 AM, police received a 911 call from a man and a woman, who said a burglar had just tried to climb in their bedroom window. When officers… [ Keep reading ]
A man was attacked and beaten while the suspect hurled racial slurs at him. On 3/16/14, just shortly after 2:00 a.m., the victim and a group of friends were in the 700 block of E. Pike. The suspect, a complete stranger, approached the victim, who is mixed race. The suspect… [ Keep reading ]
