A 20-year-old self-professed gang member was wounded in a shooting outside a Central District home Monday evening. Around 10:15pm Monday night, the 20-year-old man was walking up to a home on 23rd Avenue and E. Alder Street when a dark-colored four door sedan rolled down the street behind him. Someone… [ Keep reading ]
Local Democratic campaign headquarters burglarized. On or between late last night and early morning, unknown suspect(s) broke into the democratic campaign headquarters in the 900 block of Rainier Av S. A campaign worker called 911 this morning at approximately 5:30 a.m. and reported finding a broken window and open door. Officers responded and… [ Keep reading ]
Good Samaritans kept robber at bay until officers arrived. On 11-04-2012, just shortly before 5:00 p.m., Bike Officers were directed to a disturbance in the 150 block of S Washington St on the North Side of the street. Officers were advised that a man had snatched a woman’s purse and a witness and patrons… [ Keep reading ]
Major Crimes Task Force detectives have arrested six people as part of an investigation into widespread liquor theft in the Seattle area, including several people who were buying booze stolen from Seattle stores to resell to high schoolers and wedding parties. Since Washington retailers began selling liquor on June 1st,… [ Keep reading ]
A man in his 20’s was seriously wounded in a shooting in South Seattle Friday afternoon. Around 12:20 pm, several people called 911 and reported hearing at least a half-dozen gunshots near McClintock Avenue S. and S. Byron Street. Witnesses also told police they saw a man lying on the… [ Keep reading ]
Gang Unit detectives working an emphasis patrol in the Central District on Halloween night arrested two men and seized a gun, drugs, and a Jeep which may be connected to a recent shooting in south Seattle, which left two people wounded. In recent weeks, sources have told gang detectives about… [ Keep reading ]
Robbery detectives are looking for suspects in a Halloween home invasion on Beacon Hill after a family opened their front door expecting trick-or-treaters, and instead found three armed men dressed like the Grim Reaper. The three suspects—dressed all in black and wearing what the victims described as “grim reaper costumes”—knocked on the… [ Keep reading ]
A wanted prolific burglar and his accomplice, who detectives connected to at least four residential, occupied nighttime burglaries committed on Capitol Hill, North Seattle and South Seattle, were arrested today in California. Both suspects are currently in jail awaiting extradition to Washington. The link to the original SPD Blotter posting on this suspect… [ Keep reading ]
Homicide detectives have arrested a 22-year-old Renton man in the investigation into the fatal stabbing of another man after a fight outside a Belltown nightclub on October 26th. Around 1:30 am Friday morning, the victim—also in his 20s—got into a fight with four men outside Tia Lou’s, near 1st Avenue and… [ Keep reading ]
East Precinct officers and Arson/Bomb Squad detectives are investigating an early morning arson to an apartment unit in the 1100 Block of Yakima Avenue South. Fortunately, there were no injuries and the Seattle Fire Department was able to extinguish the flames quickly. The call of the arson came in just… [ Keep reading ]
