After meeting a 22-year-old (and her friend) at a Junction tavern, a West Seattle man invited them to a motel. While he showered with one, the second ran out of the room with his backpack, ID, credit cards, and wallet. Although he gave chase and retrieved the pack, both women got away. While he called the bank to cancel his cards, officers noticed a blue leather purse in the backpack. Inside? The light-fingered gal's ID card, complete with name, birthday, photo....and Arbor Heights address.

A woman returned home from a three-week trip and discovered that her house-sitter (recommended by a friend) had not only caused water damage to the home, but had stained her bedspread, driven her cars until they were out of gas, and accessed all of her account and credit records on her computer. A savvy computer person who came to help warned that someone had copied the financials onto another device. Luckily, her bank and credit card companies stated that no fraudulent transactions had occurred....yet.

After a 19-year-old was caught driving a stolen vehicle in the 6900 block of 39th SW, he admitted to several other recent auto thefts in the area (and disclosed the location of the cars). He also led officers to his parents' home to search for items he had stolen. After his folks signed a consent to search form, officers found an assortment of MP3 players, GPS units and miscellaneous jewelry—81 items total. They also found a fully loaded assault rifle—also stolen—hidden in an air vent. The young man was booked into King County Jail for investigation of auto theft and possession of stolen property. The stolen cars were returned to their owners.

A 44-year-old Morgan Junction resident called 911 to say that she was being followed by men who wanted to tie her up and drive her away in a truck. She assured officers that since she was seeing her doctor that morning, the men would likely go away. Several hours later, officers were dispatched to a church and daycare, where she was incoherent woman and causing a disturbance. Officers tried to get her to calm down so the children wouldn't be traumatized, but were forced to restrain her on the ground when she began screaming and twisting out of their grasp (with one handcuff swinging in the air and likely to cause injury to others). She was taken to Harborview for a mental exam.

Burglaries/break-ins/car prowls by block: 3000 63rd SW, 3400 49th SW, 4100 SW Orchard, 7100 44th SW, 8100 39th SW, 6700 48th SW, 7500 California Ave. SW