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SPD runs in the 2011 Law Enforcement Torch Run

On Friday, June 3rd, members of the Seattle Police Department were on hand at North 145th Street and Aurora Avenue North to receive the torch from Shoreline Police.  Seattle Police ran the torch south down Aurora and then south down 5th Avenue, where they handed the torch off to representatives… [ Keep reading ]

Shots fired in Ballard

On June 2nd at approximately 11:11 p.m. officers responded to the 1400 block of NW 64th Street for reports of shots fired.  Officers arrived on scene and discovered a house that had been struck multiple times by gunfire.  The front door, doorframe and lower part of the house around the… [ Keep reading ]

Serial Sexual Assault suspect arrested

On June 1st at approximately 3:40 p.m. bicycle officers on patrol in the 400 block of Maynard Avenue South were contacted by a female sexual assault victim.  The 23-year-old victim told officers that she had been sexually assaulted the day before (May 30th at approximately 8:30 p.m.) in the 500 block… [ Keep reading ]

2 burglary suspects captured

On 6/2/11, just shortly before 1:00 p.m., the victim was upstairs inside his own home, in the 1700 block of 16 Av. As he came down the stairs he saw that someone had opened his front door. He immediately stepped out and saw the suspects holding his I-Phone which he… [ Keep reading ]

Hit & Run collision to apartment building

On June 2nd at approximately 1:00 a.m. officers responded to a disturbance call at a residence in the 1400 block of NE Ravenna Boulevard.  Once on scene, the complainants were uncooperative with investigating officers.  Officers were then dispatched to a report of a vehicle into a building within the same hundred block (officers did… [ Keep reading ]

Robbery/Stabbing on Capitol Hill, suspect in custody

On June 1st at approximately 4:32 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a disturbance between two males near 12th Avenue and Howell Street.  Preliminary investigation indicates that the 24-year-old male suspect robbed the 49-year-old male victim at knifepoint near 12th Avenue and Howell Street.  The suspect then fled on… [ Keep reading ]

Shots fired in Rainier Valley

On May 31st, at approximately 8:50 PM, South Precinct officers responded to the 4600 Block of South Othello Street on a report of several shots fired.  Officers spoke to a resident in the 4600 Block of Othello who stated that a dark green sedan drove by a house in that… [ Keep reading ]

Detective arrests intoxicated auto thief and recovers a stolen car on his way to police headquarters

On May 31st at approximately 11:37 a.m. an SPD detective on his way to police headquarters downtown observed a blue 2010 Volkswagen Golf traveling southbound on 2nd Avenue near James Street.  A routine check of the vehicle’s license plates showed that the car had been stolen from a residence in the 300 block of… [ Keep reading ]

SPD participates in 2011 Law Enforcement Torch Run

The 2011 Law Enforcement Torch Run will be coming through Seattle on Friday, June 3rd.  Seattle Police will receive the torch from Shoreline Police at 9:00 A.M. at Aurora Avenue North and North 145th Street.  The Seattle portion of the run will end at approximately 10:30 A.M. in front of… [ Keep reading ]

Two fatal overdoses

On May 28th at 12:55 a.m., East Precinct patrol officers responded to a report of a death investigation at an apartment in the 600 block of E. Denny Way. The 38 year old male victim had possibly died of an overdose.  Officers interviewed the man’s two acquaintances, a 25 year… [ Keep reading ]