On March 28th at approximately 5:20 p.m. officers responded to a silent hold-up alarm at a bank in the 6400 block Roosevelt Way NE. The adult male suspect entered the bank and passed a note to the teller implying a gun. The suspect subsequently fled the bank on foot with… [ Keep reading ]
A unique operation by the Seattle Police Department’s Vice/High-Risk Victims Unit—which had detectives running a south Seattle massage parlor for a day in order to arrest johns—came to a close last week after a jury found the owner of the massage parlor, Liu Wei, guilty of promoting prostitution. Undercover Vice/High… [ Keep reading ]
On 3/28/12, officers contacted a Middle School Counselor who stated that the victim/student reported that she had been assaulted by a man, while walking to her bus stop in the 9800 block of 62nd Ave South this morning at 7:00 a.m. The victim stated that the suspect grabbed (upper shoulders area) her from behind and she screamed for… [ Keep reading ]
Auto theft detectives and patrol officers have arrested a 32-year-old man suspected in dozens of car prowls and auto thefts in and around Seattle. “In the last four of five months there had been a real spike in auto theft and car prowl activity in the South Seattle area,” says… [ Keep reading ]
Arson Detectives are investigating two fires set in the Interbay/Magnolia neighborhoods over the weekend. Fire crews and police were first called to 43rd Avenue and W. Barrett Street at about 9:45 pm Saturday after someone set a fire in a portable toilet outside a vacant home. The flames spread from… [ Keep reading ]
On March 25th at approximately 1:34 a.m. there was a large gathering at a night club in the 7000 block of East Marginal Way South. Several groups of males in the parking lot got into a verbal altercation. At one point, three male suspects got into a white Suburban SUV and one gunshot… [ Keep reading ]
On March 24th at approximately 11:59 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a “man with a gun” out in front of a bar in the 2800 block of Alki Avenue SW. Further 911 calls stated that there were shots fired. Preliminary investigation indicates that two adult males (the suspect… [ Keep reading ]
On March 23rd at approximately 8:30 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call of an armed robbery of a video store in the 10300 block of Aurora Avenue North. Preliminary investigation indicates that the adult male suspect entered the store and shortly thereafter approached the cashier counter with some store… [ Keep reading ]
On 3/23/12, at approximately 8:10 a.m., officers responded to the intersection of 23rd and S. Jackson St to a report of a vehicle vs. pedestrian collision. Officers arrived and found an 85-year-old female pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle. She was alert and conscious. Seattle Fire Personnel responded and treated the… [ Keep reading ]
It was Monday afternoon when a boyfriend and girlfriend got into an argument at their shared West Seattle home. He grabbed her by the shoulders. When she tried to run from him, he shot her in the neck with a BB gun. Officers arrived at the couples’ home and found the… [ Keep reading ]
