By Cassandra Baker, Intern

1:35 a.m. on July 12th. 77th block of 15th Ave NW

A business selling cannabis products was burglarized early in the morning of July 12th. The alarm went off at 1:35 a.m. Officers arrived less than 20 minutes later to find one of the store’s door windows broken and a large rock lying in the lobby. No suspects were located on the premises.

Furniture and marijuana plants had been scattered throughout the room. The suspect(s) disabled one of the store’s four security cameras and emptied a display case of food made with marijuana.

The officers were unable to determine what may have been taken besides the food because they were unable to reach the proprietor of the business.

5:41 p.m. on July 9th. 16th block of NW 67th St

On the evening of July 9th, a neighborhood resident called police after seeing a suspicious person leave a neighbor’s backyard. The complainant reported that the rear door window of the neighbor’s (victim’s) residence had been broken. A witness who lives across the street from the victim told police that she saw the suspect walking out of the victim’s backyard. When the suspect walked toward the front of the victim’s house, the witness yelled at him to ask what he was doing. The suspect then fled the scene. The complainant and the victim got into their car and tried to follow the suspect but could not find him him. Officers conducted an area search but were unable to locate the suspect.

The responding officer examined the smashed rear door and determined that the suspect had not been able to open it. One fingerprint was found on a ceramic mask that had been used to smash the door. The officer called the victim, who was on vacation. The victim said that he had not touched the mask in a long time and the print most likely belonged to the suspect.

11:13 p.m. on July 5th. 90th block of Greenwood Ave N

Security cameras at an apartment complex on Greenwood Ave N caught three male suspects taking bicycles from residents’ storage late on the night of July 5th. Each of the suspects entered through the main entrance at a slightly different time and each was taped leaving the building with at bicycle. One victim reported that two of his bicycles and his kayak gear had been stolen, and a second victim reported that her bicycle had been taken. Police did not know the identity of any of the suspects at the time that a report of the burglary was filed.