A woman is in custody and several other people are hospitalized following a bizarre situation that unfolded yesterday evening. At about 5:30 pm, a man reported that his female acquaintance, whom he had just met, took the truck he was driving without permission from the 9700 block of Holman Road… [ Keep reading ]
A man believed to be high on methamphetamine and PCP smashed a downtown Ballard window during the afternoon lunch hour and attacked customers with a shard of glass before being wrestled to the ground by diners and passersby. SPD’s 911 center began receiving calls at around 12:08 p.m. that a… [ Keep reading ]
Chief Kathleen O’Toole has directed the Seattle Police Operations and Investigations Bureaus to accelerate summer staffing deployment levels in an ongoing effort to deter and prevent gun violence. Starting tonight, Seattle residents can expect to see extra police officers in neighborhoods, nightlife districts and hotspots detailed in our SeaStat crime analysis reports. These… [ Keep reading ]
A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after he reportedly climbed on top of a woman and groped her at a Ballard office before assaulting several other women on the street. Just before 10:30 AM, a young woman was sitting in the lobby of an office in the 1700 block of NW… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole, and Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Larry Nyland announced today the expansion of SPD Safe Place to Seattle Public Schools. The district’s 98 schools are designated SPD “Safe Place” for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) victims of crime and discrimination. SPD announced the program in May… [ Keep reading ]
Major Crimes Taskforce detectives, SWAT and patrol officers arrested four people and recovered stolen bikes, cars and a motorcycle last night after serving a warrant at a Wedgwood home. On Monday, detectives learned the home belonged to a suspected prolific auto thief and burglar, and that dozens of stolen items and… [ Keep reading ]
A suspect is in custody following a burglary in Ballard yesterday afternoon after a coordinated effort that involved two different precincts and the King County Sheriff’s Office’s helicopter, Guardian One. Yesterday, at approximately 12:45 pm, officers from the North Precinct responded to a burglary call in the 5600 Block of… [ Keep reading ]
If Smokey the Bear, Beavis and Frankenstein have taught us anything, it’s that fire bad! Officers tried to relay this same lesson to a less-than-receptive 22-year-old man Saturday night after they caught him spewing flames from his mouth on a busy Capitol Hill street. Officers Sandlin Grayson and Christopher James were… [ Keep reading ]
A little more than a month after the Seattle Police Department partnered with the Marah Project to equip bike patrols with a drug to reverse the effects of overdoses, two officers on Sunday became the first members of SPD to administer a dose of the medication, saving a young woman’s life. Bike Officers James Kellett… [ Keep reading ]
Lake Forest Park Police Department detectives, supported by Seattle Police, Kirkland Police, and King County Sheriff’s Office resources, arrested a veteran Seattle Police Department supervisor today after developing probable cause that he had been engaging in long term abuse of his two daughters, one a teenager and one a young… [ Keep reading ]
