By Cassandra Baker, Intern

6:35 p.m. on September 3rd. 2nd block of NW 48th St

A man called police on the evening of September 3rd to report that his electric guitar had been stolen from his garage the previous day. The guitar, valued at $2000, is a Hartman Hollow-Body blonde electric guitar. The victim said that his garage was open on the afternoon of September 2nd and he believed that the guitar was stolen then. He did not notice anything suspicious at the time and nothing else had been taken. The responding officer did not find any incriminating evidence at the scene.

The same officer had also responded to another burglary only a block away the previous day. That burglary was also a non-forced entry crime in which guitars were stolen.

2:00 a.m. on September 5th. 53rd block of 24th Ave NW

A man was attacked and robbed early in the morning of September 5th. The victim said that he was smoking in a parking lot when a man came out of nowhere and put him in a headlock. The suspect told the victim to give him everything he had or he would get hurt. The suspect then punched the victim in the head twice and the victim gave up his cell phone and wallet. The suspect released the victim, who ran away.

The victim told the responding officer that the suspect is a known transient in the area. He said that he had an idea of where the suspect lived and said that he would be able to identify him again in the future. The victim said that he did not need medical attention for his injuries.

8:17 a.m. on September 4th. 14th block of NW Market St

A man called police on the morning of September 4th to report that someone had threatened to kill him. The victim said that he was minding his own business when the suspect came up to him, held up a knife, and threatened to kill him. He said that he believed the threat to be serious. Witnesses said that the suspect appeared to be intoxicated. The suspect was not found in the area.

11:40 p.m. on September 3rd. 77th block of 17th Ave NW

A man returned home late on the night of September 2nd to find his back door ajar and several items missing. The responding officer determined that the suspect moved a large recycling bin under a bedroom window and pried the window open to enter the house. The burglar took five or six DVDs from the TV room, some coins and foreign currency from the bedroom, and two bottles of alcohol from a kitchen cabinet. The responding officer found partial fingerprints on the containers that had held the money.

6:24 p.m. on September 2nd. 1st block of NW 48th St

An officer responded to a burglary in which the only items stolen were five guitars. One of the victims said that he returned home at 4:00 in the afternoon on the 2nd to find both the front and back doors of the residence open. He said that he believed the doors had been locked when he left, but that there were four roommates living in the house and the door was sometimes left unlocked.

A basement bedroom had been ransacked, but the victim who reported the burglary said that his room appeared to be undisturbed. The only items that he knew to be missing were five guitars that had been hanging on the wall in the stairwell. Two of the guitars were regular electric guitars, two were electric bass guitars, and one was an electric mandolin. Three ukuleles hanging on the same wall were not taken.