Police Blotter

D'oh! At 2 a.m. Thursday, an officer was driving on the South Park Bridge, when she noticed donuts scattered all over the road. A delivery driver then ran into view and said that a man had hijacked his pastry truck. The driver wasn't sure which…MORE

Truck downs power line

Aug. 1-Traffic in downtown Burien was disrupted for much of the day after a solid-waste-disposal truck hit a power pole at First Avenue South and South 150th Street.

The pole carried a feeder line that…MORE

D'oh! At 2 a.m. Thursday, an officer was driving on the South Park Bridge, when she noticed donuts scattered all over the road. A delivery driver then ran into view and said that a man had hijacked his pastry truck. The driver wasn't sure which…MORE

Murder suspect arrested

July 23-A suspect was arrested for the death of a cab driver in SeaTac on July 10 and charged with first-degree murder.

Earnest Lenell Collins, 18, of SeaTac, was arrested in Chicago at the request of King…MORE

At 14th and Henderson, officers stopped a woman driving a stolen PT Cruiser. The woman explained that she had met the car's owner "over crack (cocaine) and a smile" a few days earlier, and he had asked her to drive a couple of his friends home.…MORE

Murder reward increased

July 16-A reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the death of Nicole Pietz was increased by her family to $26,000.

The body of Pietz, 32, who lived in…MORE

Saying she was "bored," a 14-year-old girl decided to pass the time by standing at the bus stop at 35th and Thistle, and baring her buttocks to passing drivers. She got a ride to her grandmother's house from Seattle police officers and may face…MORE

New Cedarhurst School damaged in fire

Highline School District officials say it is too early to tell whether the new Cedarhurst Elementary School will open in September following a stubborn roof fire on Saturday.

A welder's torch…MORE

A City Light security guard thought she was being friendly when she said hello to a transient she recognized from her patrol. But he returned the greeting by hitting her on top of the head, causing a three-day headache.

Depressed by the…MORE

On 20th SW, a man with diminished mental capacity lives in an unsupervised group home and has a habit of hiding in the bushes and jumping out, startling passersby on the sidewalk. He has also been known to run around the yard naked. Neighbors are…MORE