Southwest Precinct officers seized a gun, impounded two cars, and arrested eight teenagers in Roxhill Park Friday evening, and are now investigating possible connections between the teens and several burglaries and robberies, including two recent armed muggings in Roxhill Park. Following the muggings earlier this week, Southwest Precinct officers stepped… [ Keep reading ]
(This is all the information we currently have on this arrest. More on Monday) After receiving a report of a robbery Thursday evening, police walked into a South Lake Union bank and found cash and a gun strewn across the bank’s floor, and a security guard holding down a masked… [ Keep reading ]
Two young male suspects are at large tonight after robbing a man at gunpoint. At approximately 6:26 p.m. officers responded to the area of 31st Avenue and East Yesler Way for the report of an armed robbery of a citizen. Preliminary investigation indicates that the victim placed an advertisement on Craig’s List… [ Keep reading ]
Last week, a fishy-smelling toothless man single-handedly gave all fishy-smelling toothless men a bad name when he ripped off a watch—probably worth more than your car—from a downtown jewelry store. Just after 2 pm on January 18th, the suspect walked into the Ben Bridge Jewelers at 4th and Pike and started chatting up employees. Employees noticed the… [ Keep reading ]
A 14-year-old girl fought off an unknown man who attacked her while she was walking home from the train in South Seattle early this morning. The victim got off of the southbound light rail at Martin Luther King Jr. Way South (MLK) and South Henderson Street and started walking up Carkeek Drive… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE: Detectives have arrested Hansen. A robber, who targeted his victims through online personal ads, eluded police in the Central District last night, but detectives are hoping the public can help track him down. Police believe David Hansen, 25, brutally beat and robbed a man in November after meeting him for sex. In… [ Keep reading ]
Crime does not pay. Especially when you rob a bank and don’t actually get any money. Detectives are now looking for the bank robber who walked into the Washington Federal Bank at 3rd Avenue and Columbia Street just before 11:30 am this morning, threatened a bank teller, demanded cash, and… [ Keep reading ]
Police are looking for a pair of armed gunman, who have held up two groups of middle schoolers in Roxhill Park in West Seattle The first robbery happened around 6:30 pm on January 20th, when two suspects pulled a shotgun on a group of four middle schoolers, near 27th Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives were attempting to arrest a robbery suspect when it is believed he saw them and ran back into the apartment building. After a few hours, a search warrant was obtained and SWAT officers were able to search the residence. The suspect was not there. Detectives will continue to search for this suspect. … [ Keep reading ]
An alert neighbor called 9-1-1 after she saw an unknown male “lurking” in the area and disappear into her friend’s yard. This morning just shortly after 9:00 a.m., a woman saw an unknown male roaming around in her neighbor’s yard in the 3700 block of SW Donovan St, she then heard… [ Keep reading ]
