Police Blotter

At a family disturbance, officers spoke with a 9-year-old who has been hanging around with gang members. The boy acknowledged that they probably weren?t the best friends to keep. But he also told officers that he has been waiting to be assigned a…MORE

Burien

Stabbing death of man leads to arrest of teen

April 10-A 15-year-old Burien girl was arrested for the stabbing death of a 49-year-old Kent man.

She was booked into the Youth Center for investigation of homicide.

House destroyed by fire

as heat melts exterior

April 3 - Burien/Normandy Park firefighters responded to an afternoon blaze that destroyed a house near First Avenue South.

Smoke was pouring from windows and one corner of the…MORE

When a Junction man called Dell for some help with his computer, he got unexpected personal service from a Seattle Police officer who arrived at his door. The Dell help desk employee recognized the serial number as a stolen item and had alerted…MORE

Burien

Public's help asked to find gun-wielding shop robber

March 7 - The King County Sheriff's Office is asking for help from the public to catch a man who robbed a Burien tobacco shop while armed with a handgun.

The…MORE

Officers were dispatched to Jefferson Square after several callers reported that a man was ramming his car into other vehicles. The suspect fought with officers so hard that they couldn?t get him into handcuffs. In the meantime, the man wielded…MORE

Des Moines

Car turns in front of bus, 15 injured in collision

March 11-Fourteen passengers and the driver of a car that collided with a Metro bus were treated for injuries at area hospitals. No one was hurt seriously.

The mid…MORE

Be vigilant: West Seattle has been experiencing a rash of daytime forced-entry burglaries recently, along with an increase in reports of teenaged door-to-door (alleged) salespeople who might be canvassing the area to see if residents are home,…MORE

In a public location and in front of their children, a man grabbed his estranged wife by the throat, shoved her against a fence and yelled, "I'm going to kill you." A family member intervened, but as the woman and children walked home, Dad…MORE

Teens plead to burglary

in bargin for testimony

March 3 - One of two teenage boys accused of killing a White Center man who caught them and a friend burglarizing his White Center home in October pleaded guilty to a reduced charge…MORE