On January 1, 2009 at 1:55 a.m. officers responded to 911 calls of shots being fired by a group of males in an alley west of the 5200 block of 17th Avenue Northeast. The suspects were reported to be armed with rifles and/or shotguns and wearing military clothing. Uniformed officers… [ Keep reading ]
On December 31 at 3:51 p.m. multiple citizens called 911 to report seeing the suspect believed to be responsible for several occupied business burglaries and thefts that have occurred in the Ballard area over the past several days. Officers responded to the area and minutes later located and detained the… [ Keep reading ]
On 12-22-08 at 1148 p.m., officers were investigating a case of an individual stabbed in the back in the area of the 4600 block of Leary Way NW. Officers located the transient victim who had suffered a single stab wound to his back. The victim cited two names of assailants and described… [ Keep reading ]
On 12/22/08 at approximately 5:00 AM North Precinct Officers were dispatched to a call in the 5100 block of 29 Ave NE. The Communications Center reported that there was a disturbance in the background and that the house had several hang up calls. It appeared that someone kept hanging up the phone to… [ Keep reading ]
On 12/21/08, at 6:20 p.m., Officers responded to the area of NE 45 and 55 NE regarding a car/sledder accident. The investigation showed that a 16- year- old driver was struck by an errant teenaged sledder who glanced off the bumper of the oncoming vehicle at the hillcrest. Speed estimates were… [ Keep reading ]
On 12-19-08, just shortly before 3 am, a citizen in the 13900 block of Northwood Road NW, observed a vehicle being stolen and called 911. Third Watch Officers responded and located four individuals who were involved in stealing a Honda. Two suspects were in the car, and two were standing about… [ Keep reading ]
On December 18th, at approximately 12:15 A.M., North Precinct officers were dispatched to the 2700 block of NE 125th Street for a car on fire. Upon arrival they found a Ford pick-up which had fire damage on the inside from a “Molotov cocktail” style flammable projectile that had been thrown through… [ Keep reading ]
On 12/15/08 at approximately 9:45 PM North Precinct Officers responded to a car jacking. Upon arriving the victim told them he was driving, approaching the traffic circle at 12 NE / NE 100 when an unknown suspect opened the passenger door of his car and got in. Another suspect was… [ Keep reading ]
Message from Chief R. Gil Kerlikowske: 2008 is a year of transition, as SPD moved to a new records management system. The new system enables officers on patrol to file crime reports and also to look up details on prior incidents, from their cars. Also new in 2008, we adjusted… [ Keep reading ]
On December 10th at approximately 1:15 P.M., a bank in the 1300 Block of NE 45th Street was robbed by a lone individual. This individual was described as an Asian or Hispanic male in his thirties. Information developed by officers led them to check out leads near the University of Washington Medical Center. University of… [ Keep reading ]