On May 28th at approximately 12:22 p.m. officers responded to a bank robbery in the 2400 block of 34th Avenue West. Preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect entered the bank, passed a note to the teller demanding money and implied that he was armed. The suspect fled the scene on foot… [ Keep reading ]
On May 25th at approximately 12:43 p.m. officers responded to the 12200 block of Park Avenue North for a report that a 61-year-old male subject was having a “manic episode” outside of his shared residence. Patrol officers and on-duty SWAT officers in the area responded to the scene and made contact with the suspect at… [ Keep reading ]
On May 12th officers began investigating a complicated fraud/identity theft/criminal impersonation situation in which a female suspect had attempted to lease a residence using a false name and then managed to occupy it without making any payment. The residence in question is located in the 2700 block of 5th Avenue West. Investigation determined that… [ Keep reading ]
Armed Robbery suspect and police impersonator Michael James Beach was arrested by U.S. Marshals just after 3:00 p.m. today in Beaverton, Oregon. He was unarmed and cooperative during arrest. It is expected that he will be booked into a Portland, Oregon area jail and held for Investigation of Fugitive. While the suspect… [ Keep reading ]
On May 24th at approximately 12:16 a.m. officers responded to reports of a one-vehicle collision in the area of 32nd Avenue NW and NW 54th Street. Preliminary investigation indicates that a late model Honda Accord driven by a female in her late teens to early twenties was traveling southbound on 32nd Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
On May 22nd, at approximately 12:50 AM, Seattle Police responded to a link light rail train/pedestrian collision that occurred near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and Renton Avenue South. The female pedestrian had been walking down the tracks when she was struck by the train. Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
On Friday, May 20th, just before midnight, South Precinct officers responded to several calls of shots fired in the area of Rainier Avenue South and South Henderson Street. A few minutes later, the occupants of a residence in the 9100 Block of 50th Avenue South called 911 to report that… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department is investigating two reported cases involving an armed robbery suspect who is representing himself as a plain-clothes police officer. In one of the cases, he actually stole the victim’s car. The suspect pictured has been positively identified as Michael James BEACH, 27-years-old. He is approximately 5’10” tall and… [ Keep reading ]
On May 19th at approximately 1:06 p.m. officers responded to a shots fired call aboard a Metro bus downtown. Preliminary investigation indicates that a Metro bus was traveling southbound in the 1200 block of 3rd Avenue in the right lane. Witnesses heard what they correctly believed to be a gunshot… [ Keep reading ]
