If you want to be a vice cop, cool. Apply to be an officer, go through training, work the streets for a few years, and try to get a transfer to the Vice Unit. But please,oh please, do not take it upon yourself to go out and buy a pair… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police officers arrested two fellow off-duty officers for a hit and run collision early Monday. Just after midnight, Seattle Police responded to a report of a collision near the intersection of 1st and Lander. A witness called police after they saw a woman driving a Nissan Altima with front-end damage…. [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating a light rail train/pedestrian collision that occurred tonight at around 5:40 pm. The pedestrian has life-threatening injuries, and was transported to Harborview Medical Center. Officers were called to a light rail train/pedestrian collision tonight near the Columbia City station located near Martin Luther King Jr. Way South… [ Keep reading ]
An alert business owner is credited with helping nab a robbery suspect yesterday afternoon in the International District. On December 11th, just before 11:00 am, a suspect entered a flower shop in the 600 Block of South Jackson and robbed the clerk by implying he had a gun. The suspect,… [ Keep reading ]
“Do you have the time?” A group of robbers working around South Seattle in the last week have been asking just that question to strike up conversations with their victims moments before they relieve them of cell phones, wallets, cameras and iPods—sometimes at gunpoint. SPD Robbery detectives believe a group… [ Keep reading ]
Some jerk with a rifle gave neighbors in Highland Park a bit of a scare Tuesday night. Around 9:30 last night, police received several reports of gunfire near 11th Avenue SW and SW Elmgrove Street. Neighbors told police they saw a white sedan, possibly a Pontiac Grand Prix, speeding up… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police need the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect who broke into a Rite Aid early this morning. Just before 5:00 am, a suspect used a rock to break out a front window of a Rite Aid pharmacy in the 2600 Block of Third Avenue. The suspect then entered… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are looking for a robber who pulled a gun on a bank teller in a holdup Tuesday afternoon. Around 11:30 am, the suspect walked into a Bank of America on 34th Avenue W and W McGraw Street in Magnolia, pulled out a gun and demanded money. The suspect then… [ Keep reading ]
A man was sent to the hospital last night with life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a car as he was attempting to cross South Dearborn Street in the International District. At 9:10 pm, officers responded to a report of a pedestrian/vehicle collision in the 900 Block of South… [ Keep reading ]
A grinch made off with thousands of dollars worth of toys, set to be donated to needy children, in a Central District burglary earlier this month. Staff at the Central District YWCA put approximately $6200 worth of radio controlled cars, basketballs, and other toys in to storage at a building on… [ Keep reading ]
