Police Blotter

Construction thieves take sides

1. Representatives of Woodinville Construction contacted the Federal Way police to report the theft of more than $1,200 in OSB siding. The thieves lifted more than 60 sheets of the siding from the…MORE

in Seattle parking lot

The 2003 Volkswagen Jetta driven by murder victim Nicole Pietz the day she disappeared was found last week.

Seattle police discovered the car in a downtown parking lot. They declined to give the exact location…MORE

Please lock your cell phone keypads and turn off the 911 autodials. Seattle's 911 system is being overwhelmed with 700 calls a day being triggered accidentally when phones are jostled in a pocket or purse. And if you give your child an old cell…MORE

Please lock your cell phone keypads and turn off the 911 autodials. Seattle's 911 system is being overwhelmed with 700 calls a day being triggered accidentally when phones are jostled in a pocket or purse. And if you give your child an old cell…MORE

drunk driving charge

Vili Fualaau, the husband of convicted sex-offender Mary Kay Letourneau, was arrested Dec. 22 on suspicion of drunk driving, it was made public recently.

Fualaau was pulled over along Des Moines Memorial Drive…MORE

found in Burien woods

The body of Nicole Pietz, 32, of Lynnwood, who had been missing since Jan. 28, was found in a wooded area near Des Moines Memorial Drive and South 144th Street on Feb. 6.

Pietz disappeared after leaving her…MORE

On Thursday afternoon, a number of citizens called in reports of strong-arm robberies in the Admiral area. In one case, three teens jumped from a black 2000 4-door Honda and assaulted several teens at the corner of California SW and SW Lander.…MORE

Violence victim wanted to walk it off

1. Officers responded to a domestic violence call at the Greystone Apartments on the 31000 block of 18th Avenue South. The incident involved a physical altercation where a woman reported that her…MORE

1. After a routine traffic stop near the New Horizon Motel on the 33100 block of Pacific Highway South, Federal Way officers arrested the driver of a cream colored 1979 Oldsmobile for operating his vehicle without a license. The police also…MORE

man wanted for killing

Markus D. Carpenter, 31, was arrested Feb. 1 in Las Vegas, Nev., on a charge of murder in connection with the 2004 shooting death of Brian Porter in Boulevard Park.

According to King County Sheriff’s Sgt.…MORE