By Shara Wallace and Steve Shay
HIGHLINE TIMES

Thieves hit Burien Elks

Thieves stole in excess of $10,000 worth of material from the Burien Elks Club at 14006 First Ave. S. . Club officials said that a P.A. system, DJ equipment, flat screen televisions, an estimated $1000 in liquor and keys to other areas of the building were taken sometime between the hours of 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday April 28. There were no signs of forced entry.
Scott Knight, Past Exalted Ruler of the Burien Elks said, "I believe somebody came in during a party for the National Guard on Saturday night, and basically crashed it. The police thought it might even be a female who dressed the part, mingled in with the group and then found somewhere to hide. Once the building was empty she called in a group. The police said it had to be two or three men at least, lifting this stuff. That DJ equipment is heavy.
"We believe they were going to come back because we found the door propped open and a lot of stuff staged in the hall by the door. They had our big screen TV off of its pedestal on the ground, waiting to go out the door as well."
If you'd like to help the Elks as a performer or to donate some money you can contact them at 206-243-2143, or Burien Elks, P.O. Box 66564 Burien WA 98166. Please send any donations labeled as Theft Recovery Fundraiser.

Men charged with rape
Two men were charged with raping a woman in a Tukwila motel. King County prosecutors say David Eimer and another named Nathan "Everybodytalksabout" sexually assaulted the 21-year-old woman April 23 at the Great Bear Motel hours after meeting her.
According to charging papers, officers were at the motel on an unrelated call when the woman rushed out of a room crying, unable to talk. She rushed to the officers and pleaded that they get her out.

Vehicles destroyed in Sea-Tac fire
Damage is estimated at $250,000 from an April 30 fire in the Sea-Tac Airport parking garage. The fire destroyed eight cars and damaged another 10.
Sea-Tac spokesman Perry Cooper said the pattern of burn marks and soot in the garage indicate the fire originated with a BMW. Investigators believe the car may have had a mechanical defect that started the fire.
The Port of Seattle Fire Department first responded at 7 a.m. on April 30 to the fire on the garage’s sixth floor. Firefighters from the SeaTac Fire Department and other jurisdictions also responded.
Investigators believe the fire may have ignited the car’s fuel system or fuel or oil dripping on the ground that spread to the other cars.
The garage ceilings are too low to allow fire trucks to enter the garage. Firefighters used standpipes spaced throughout the garage to connect their hoses.

State Patrol seeks witnesses
Washington State Patrol is seeking witnesses to locate a Tukwila driver suspected of being under the influence while driving the wrong way on an on-ramp on Interstate 5 Monday morning, April 29, causing a collision. The two-vehicle, head-on injury crash occurred just after 8 a.m.
WSP said the collision was on the Southcenter Parkway on-ramp to northbound I-5. The vehicles involved were a 1988 Dodge pickup truck and 1995 Saturn sedan.
The 41-year-old driver of the truck was traveling southbound in the northbound lane of I-5. The driver exited to Southcenter Parkway the same time the driver of the Saturn entered northbound I-5 from Southcenter Parkway. The vehicles then collided.
Anyone with information about the accident is asked to contact detective Sgt. John Anderson at 425-401-7745 or detective Greg Wilcoxson at 425-401-7746.

Car break-ins, vandalism, prowlers, theft
12800 blk Des Moines Memorial Dr., 12800 blk 22nd Ave. S., 3000 blk S. 154th St., 15400 blk 10th Ave. S.W., 1000 blk S.W. 164th St., 15600 blk 4th Ave. S.W., 14200 blk 13th Ave. S.W., 15800 blk 4th Ave. S., 13600 blk 4th Ave. S.W., 100 blk S. 174th St., 13700 blk 16th Ave. S.W., 100 blk S.W. 155th St., 1000 blk S.W. 126th St., 14600 blk 1st Ave. S., 12200 blk 4th Ave. S.W., 400 blk S.W. 156th St., 16200 blk Sylvester Rd., 12400 blk 28th Ave. S.

Residential burglaries and break-ins
2000 blk S. 140th St., 300 blk S. 136th St., 1000 blk S. 124th St., 13800 blk 12th Ave. S.W., 16000 blk 12th Ave. S.W., 100 blk S. 160th, 13600 blk 6th Pl. S., 12000 blk 26th Ave. S., 14200 blk 11th Ave. S.W., 1000 blk S. 128th., 15800 blk 9th Ave. S.W., 12400 blk 2nd Pl. S.W., 11600 blk 18th Ave. S.W., 12800 blk 1st Ave. S., 12100 blk 9th Pl. S.W.