When breakfast goes bad: roommates disturb the peace over breadcrumbs

Seattle Police responded to a dispute between roommates at an apartment complex on the 6000 block of Third Avenue N.W. on May 28.

When police arrived they made contact with the victim-roommate who said that the two men were eating breakfast when they got in an argument about breadcrumbs in the kitchen. The suspect-roommate had made himself some steak for breakfast and accused his roommate of “ruining his breakfast.”

The argument escalated. The suspect removed his shirt and began throwing things in the kitchen. The suspect threw steak at the victim. He raised the knife he was using to cut his steak and approached the victim with the knife over his head. The victim told police he felt “threated.”

Another roommate witnessed the disturbance and corroborated the victim’s story.

However, the suspect had a different story. He told police that every time he cooks steak his roommate comes into the kitchen and starts harassing him. He said that he got upset and was yelling, and he happened to have a knife in his hand because he was cutting his breakfast with it. He also said he was being “set up” because the tenants of the house wanted him evicted.

Police arrested the suspect for unlawful use of weapons to intimidate another. They also took photos of the knife, steak and oil-stained on the victim’s t-shirt for evidence.

Guns, video games, cash taken from Ballard home

Police responded to a burglary at the 6000 block of N.W. 87th Street on May 25.
One complainant told police he was missing a few items: an XBOX 360, PS4 with one controller, video games, a small a grey safe, $1000 USA cash and four firearms with ammunition - Marlin 22 rifle, Colt M4 rifle, Remington 721 hunting rifle, Linberta Shotgun, 100 5.56 rounds, 500 9mm rounds and a Bandelier with unknown amount of shotgun rounds on it.

The other complainant told police he was missing: a PS4 with about 12 games, $800 USA cash and a FNS 9C 9mm semi-auto pistol with a full loaded 12 round magazine inside.

One of the victims said he found a broken, black, men's watch in his room that did not belong to him.

Police asked one of the complainants if they could think of anyone who would rob them and he said, “We don't have beef with anyone right now and anyone who would do this would have done it a long time ago."

A neighbor told police that she saw a skinny, white male, possibly in his 20s, leaving the house carrying a bag during the time of the burglary.

Police scoured the area but did not find the suspects.