Wednesday night, at 92nd and 3rd Northwest, officers were waiting at a red light. A car approached from another direction, and when the passenger spotted officers, she leaped from the car and walked off. The excitable driver peeled off in such a hurry that he almost hit the squad car. He kept making furtive movements, as if trying to hide something, as officers approached. The driver had no license or ID, and officers found a tin of crack cocaine in the car. They finally ID'd the man and discovered he was wanted on a King County felony warrant. He was booked into King County Jail on the warrant and for investigation of drug charges. Officers decided to give him a pass on the traffic violations.
On Saturday night, a man gave up his efforts to steal beer from a Northwest 15th grocery when he was confronted by a security guard. The officer kicked one case of beer out of the suspect's hand, but the thirsty thief managed to throw a second case at the officer. He also punched another employee repeatedly in the face before toppling into a display of flowers and then fleeing in a car driven by a white male. The suspect is a stocky black male in his 20s, who wore a hooded black sweatshirt with a large white design on the front.
The on Wednesday evening A man reports that he was assaulted by three white male teens who drove up alongside him in the 9000 block of 2nd Northwest Saturday evening. The suspects got out of a black four-door Mercedes Benz or Audi, and two of the teens punched him several times in the face. The victim was taken to Northwest Hospital for treatment. The suspects fled the scene before officers arrived.
Hang onto your purses: Someone stole a wallet from a handbag in a cart at the Grocery Outlet at 130th and Aurora.
Called to the scene of a man battering on a door, officers discovered the suspect hiding inside the apartment of his partner...who has a no-contact order against him. (Though she claims that she had invited the man over.) The hidden ex ended up being arrested for violating the order and for an existing failure to appear warrant (for domestic violence) from the Edmonds police department. The woman had a second male friend at the scene, and officers found out that he was wanted on a felony escape warrant from the Department of Corrections. He, too, was booked into jail.
