Police Blotter

A mother and son in South Park are dismayed at their loss of income: They had their daughter/sister smuggled across the border in order to join her husband here in Seattle. In return, the husband was to pay a fee to the family. Though the husband…MORE

On April 29, detectives were able to track down one of the three suspects in a restaurant robbery in Fremont and arrest him in the University District. The 29-year-old suspect was interviewed by detectives, and they developed information about…MORE

An elderly gentleman was trimming the bushes Friday in the 2800 block of Northwest 59th and was startled by a man who appeared out of nowhere. The stranger insisted on “assisting” the gentleman and steadied the older man's hips as he used the…MORE

A Ballard real-estate agent visited a vacant home he has listed and was surprised to discover that someone had stolen a chandelier from the premises. There were no signs of forced entry to the residence.

At the skateboard park early…MORE

Technology caught up with a local 13-year-old who stole money from his mother, shoved a computer off a table onto her leg, and then threated to kill her in her sleep and burn down the house. Told he might be heading to Bremerton, a West Seattle…MORE

On April 25 between 11 p.m. and midnight, North Precinct patrol officers responded to three strong-arm robberies in Ballard.

The first robbery occurred in the 5600 block of Phinney Avenue North at 11:12 p.m. An adult female victim was…MORE

On Friday, April 24 at about 11 p.m. the victims in this incident were returning to their parked vehicle, at 20th Northwest and Shilshole Avenue Northwest, when the suspect approached and pointed a handgun at them.

The suspect demanded…MORE

On April 21 at approximately 2 a.m., North Precinct officers responded to a call of a man down in the 8500 block of Greenwood Avenue North.

Officers arrived at the location and found an unresponsive man, in his 30’s, bleeding from…MORE

While walking near 15th and Northwest 87th Thursday evening, a man and his female friend were accosted by two men in their twenties—one white and one Hispanic. The suspects—strangers to the victims—starting calling names and challenging the male…MORE

In the 4700 block of 37th Southwest, the intoxicated man stumbled from a taxi without paying his $20 cab fare—and without his “very nice” backpack. The cab driver is holding onto the pack in hopes that the man will call to claim it...and to pay…MORE