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Ballard Crime Watch: Jewelry, hedgers, traveler's checks and a car stolen

Guest — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 23:11:40 +0000

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Burglar makes off with some nice hedgers

Nov. 12, 8:10 a.m., 3600 Block of Phinney Ave N -- A burglar forced open the front door of an apartment, pried open a ground floor storage room and removed two Echo gas hedgers. There are no known witnesses and no surveillance camera footage.

Burglar nabs jewelry and traveler’s checks

Nov. 12, 8:38 p.m., 1100 Block of NW Elford Dr -- During the time that the victim was gone (between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.), his home had been burglarized. His front door was forced open, his wife’s jewelry was missing and $500 in traveler’s checks were missing. Nothing else appeared to be missing. The victim was given followup forms to document what jewelry was missing. The responding police officer could not locate any latent prints.

Two bicycles stolen in shared garage

Nov. 10, 8:32 p.m., 1500 Block of NW 59th St -- When a woman arrived back at her home, she noticed two people she didn’t know riding bicycles from the shared garage of her building. When she entered the garage, she noticed her husband’s bicycle was “missing” -- probably stolen. The garage door was not forced open and the woman said the garage door could have been left open by another resident. Her husband’s bicycle was not secured in any way inside the garage. A second bicycle could have been stolen, the woman said, but the owner of it was not home. The woman could not provide any good description of the possible burglars.

Man gets out of car, burglar drives off with man’s car

Nov. 9, 8:51 p.m., 6000 Block of NW 90th St -- A man pulled up to the front his house to find that his motion sensor lights were on. As he sat and watched, he noticed movement in his backyard. A few minutes later, a male walked out from his neighbor’s yard and continued east on NW 90th St.

The man then got out of his car and went to the back of his house to check things out. When he turned back around, his car, with the burglar presumably in the driver’s seat, was being driven down the alley.

When the police officer showed up, he and the man went through the house. Nothing appeared to be missing, except for four rings that had been taken off the dresser in the bedroom. There were no signs of forced entry. The man said that because he keeps the outer gates locked and has high fences, he sometimes does not lock the back door to his house. The only way to get in would be to climb over the fence.

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Ballard Crime Watch: Lexus' window broken at Hotel Ballard, a Halloween robbery, and a handgun goes missing

Guest — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 18:50:50 +0000

Guest (not verified) Fri, 11/08/2013 - 10:50am

A Halloween scuffle

Nov. 1, 1:41 a.m., 4300 Block of Phinney Ave N -- A man and his girlfriend went to a Halloween party on Phinney Ridge went things turned sour. It's unknown why, but a fight broke out between the man and three males who were described as "black, over 6-feet tall, with medium builds."

According to the man, the three guys punched him several times in the face and took his wallet and cell phone. Two others at the party were also assaulted, but they didn't want to cooperate. The suspects left before police arrived and no one else at the party was cooperative and no further information was collected.

The victim said he had guns at his house and said he would "take care of this" himself. Officers advised him that maybe that would be a bad choice.

A missing handgun

Nov. 4, 9:30 p.m., 1120 Block of Greenwood Ave N -- A man contacted police saying his handgun, which was stored in his bedroom closet, had gone missing. He last noticed it being there on Oct. 25 and just noticed it was gone on Nov. 4. He said there were no signs of forced entry, though he said he had kept his rear sliding glass door unlocked several times during the time frame. No fingerprints or other evidence was recovered from the scene.

A broken Lexus window

Nov. 5, 8 a.m., 5200 Block of Ballard Ave NW -- Someone broke out the rear driver side window of a woman's Lexus at Hotel Ballard. The victim said nothing appeared to be missing from the car. Since the windows are heavily tinted, she reasoned that the suspects may not have realized there was nothing valuable inside. People at the hotel said they will check their video surveillance for useable video.

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Police arrest naked man

Guest — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:52:46 +0000

Guest (not verified) Thu, 11/07/2013 - 2:52pm

From Seattle Police Department

After receiving a report that a nude man was running through the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks park Wednesday evening, officers arrived at the park and tracked down the stark naked suspect.

After arresting the man, the suspect told officers he was with a woman in the park, who fled with his clothing after he undressed himself for some unspecified reason.

The man later changed his story a bit and told police his clothes were in some bushes nearby. However, officers couldn’t find a thread of the man’s clothing.

Police booked the man into the King County Jail for indecent exposure.

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Detectives looking for female burglar

Guest — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:49:59 +0000

Guest (not verified) Wed, 10/30/2013 - 10:49am

From Seattle Police Department

A female suspect is seen on video entering the victim’s garage. This morning just shortly after 3:00 a.m., residents were asleep in their home in the 8300 block of 9th NW when a noise woke them up. Upon checking they found their main garage door open. The homeowner closed the garage door and went back to bed.

They then heard the garage door opening. They returned to the garage and did not see anyone. However, they saw some of their tools moved over to the garage door area and found their vehicle had been rummaged through with paperwork being taken. The residence has video cameras. Upon review of the video footage they saw the suspect in their garage. The female suspect was wearing gloves. She is seen opening the door that leads into the residence, but does not enter.

The suspect is then seen leaving the garage and walking down the street. Officers conducted an area check for the suspect with negative results.

The suspect is described as a white female, 5’6, slim build, wearing a white or beige knit hat, scarf, and gloves with a white shopping bag.

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Hit and run accident yesterday

Guest — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:04:19 +0000

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A Ballard News-Tribune reader witnessed a hit and run accident yesterday on 14th Ave NW, between NW 45th and 46th streets. She said it "looked pretty serious" -- airbags were deployed and both cars were mangled. She said that the driver and passenger in the silver car apparently ran away from the scene.

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Ballard Crime Watch: Police catch liquor thief, burglar makes off with laundry quarters

Guest — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:48:56 +0000

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Liquor thief caught at Crown Hill store

Oct. 18, 8:57 p.m., 8300 Block of 15th Ave NW -- A man with a $5,000 theft warrant was booked into King County Jail after he tried to steal three liquor bottles from a store in Crown Hill.

The first witness was able to recognize him from the six or seven open theft investigations he had. They didn't know his name. The witness saw him grab a handbasket and place miscellaneous merchandise in it, per his M.O. He then took three bottles of liquor and walked over to the bakery section, concealed them in his messenger bag, and walked out the store without paying for them. The handbasket was left behind.

Two witnesses contacted him outside and identified themselves. There was a brief struggle -- the suspect flailed his arms, tried to run away and tried to reach for something in his pocket -- but was brought under control. (Police later found that the suspect had a pocket knife on him.)

The suspect was brought up into the office and 911 was called. The witnesses and suspect were not injured during the minor altercation.

The suspect was placed into King County Jail and his pocket knife was placed into evidence.

Business broken into for third time

Oct. 18, 4:43 p.m., 3400 Block of Phinney Ave N -- A business was broken into in Fremont. The business owner received a call from her phone company that someone broke into her store at 4:17 a.m.

The suspect broke into the glass of the rolling door to get in. The victim said the burglar took an unfinished white Scott road bike from the bike rack in the rear of the store.

The responding police officer noted a large concrete slab with a "Sprague" pest solutions box attached to it on the ground of the business. He took photos of it and submitted it as evidence.

The victim said this was the third recent break-in of the store.

There goes those rock climbing plans

Oct. 19, 12:32 p.m., 8500 Block of 12th Ave NW -- A man had his rock climbing gear, iPod, Oakley glasses stolen from his car in the apartment's secured garage. He also noticed the storage door open, but he didn't know if anything was taken from the storage. The victim said he would follow up with management to see if the security video caught anything. Nothing else suspicious was seen or heard.

Burglar makes off with all of the laundry quarters

Oct. 20, 6:07 p.m., 5200 11th Ave NW -- A burglar broke into two laundry rooms at an apartment complex, stealing an estimated $400-worth of change. The suspect drilled the locks off the coin drawers of the washer and dryers and took all of the quarters. The victim said he was scheduled to do a coin pickup soon. There is no suspect.

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Skateboarder smashes car windows, gets run over

Guest — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:51:21 +0000

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From Seattle Police Blotter

A man attacked another man’s vehicle with a skateboard this evening in North Seattle. On Sunday, Oct. 20, at approximately 5:00 p.m., a blue mini-van was traveling southbound on 15th Ave NW and stopped at a traffic signal at NW 80th St.

An adult male pedestrian/skateboarder apparently blocked the path of the mini-van and yelled racial slurs at the driver of the van. The pedestrian then smashed the minivans car hood and shattered the windshield with his skateboard.

During the encounter, the mini-van drove forward and ran over the pedestrian/skateboarder. The Pedestrian/skateboarder became trapped under the mini-van. Bystanders picked up the rear of the mini-van and pulled the pedestrian/skateboarder to safety.

The Seattle Fire Department responded to the scene and medics transported the pedestrian to Harbor Medical Center with serious injuries. The adult male driver of the mini-van was not injured. There were no passengers in the mini-van at the time of the incident.

The mini-van was secured for further investigation from the TCIS. A DRE Officer interviewed the driver of the minivan and observed no indications of impairment.

The driver was released at the scene pending further investigation.

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Ballard Crime Watch: Business owner attacked with skateboard, three residents fall victim to bicycle thief, burglaries around town

Guest — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:19:05 +0000

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Business owner hit with skateboard by Ballard Bridge

Oct. 10, 5:11 p.m., 15th Ave NW and NW Leary Way -- A business owner near the Ballard Bridge was attacked when he was on his way to his car.

The victim said he had a few run-ins with the man, who had been aggressively panhandling at the bridge. When the victim first called police, the man had raised his skateboard in a threatening manner toward the victim. Later, when the victim was walking toward his car, the man “got in his face” and then hit the victim in the face with his skateboard.

The victim was not seriously injured and the suspect left before police arrived. Several people near where the suspect was panhandling stated that the suspect had been panhandling aggressively and left shortly before the police arrived. The suspect was also seen with another male.

Three apartment complex residents have bicycles stolen in same night

Oct. 10, 10:39 p.m., 2600 Block of NW 58th St -- Three people in the same apartment complex had bicycles stolen from the community garage.

Victim No. 1: A woman’s Cannondale mountain bike was stolen overnight. She had noticed it in the garage the night before at 9:30 p.m. When she left for work in the morning at 6 a.m. She said she didn’t have any suspect or witness information but did say someone had taken a realtor key lock box containing keys to the building.

Victim No. 2: A man also had his bicycle stolen and suspects it was the same person who stole his neighbor’s. He did not have any further information or a timeline for when he last saw his bicycle.

Victim No. 3: The last victim had two bicycles stolen from the garage and had a similar timeline for the theft as the first victim. He also did not have any suspect or witness information.

The police officer gave all three victims a business card with a case number.

A bad day gets worse

Oct. 11, 4:09 p.m., 7300 Block of 15th Ave NW -- In a matter of minutes, a woman’s stress magnified tenfold.

Her day started off being stressed out by deadlines and not feeling well. She took a nap in the back of her business but left the front door unlocked. When she woke up, she went back to the front desk, picked up her phone and called her friend. She put the phone back down and went out back to take care of some things.

When she came back, her phone and her purse, which was sitting on the floor behind her desk, were both gone. In her purse she had a wallet with $60 cash, credit and debit cards, her driver’s license and keys.

She checked garbage cans outside to see if the purse had been thrown out but found nothing.

The only evidence of a possible suspect was gray hoodie. Police took it into evidence.

A family trip in Tacoma gets interrupted

Oct. 13, 4:13 p.m., 6700 Block of Dibble Ave NW -- During a family visit to Tacoma with her son, a woman became the victim of a burglary. She drove home and called police after a neighbor informed her that her house was broken into. The suspect pried open the backdoor and stole name-brand jewelry, $100-plus in change and miscellaneous prescription drugs. The burglar even emptied the victim’s son’s piggy bank and left a pill bottle in the middle of his crib.

$1,400-worth of jewelry stolen

Oct. 13, 10:29 p.m., 7700 Block of 10th Ave NW -- A woman had $1,400-worth of jewelry stolen when a burglar pried open a locked window and rifled through drawers in the upstairs bedroom. The responding police officer took photos of the pry marks. The victim opted to give a detailed list after the time of this report.

Intoxicated man robbed by drinking buddies

Oct. 13, 6:04 p.m., 1400 Block of NW Market St -- In the Ballard Safeway, a police officer found a man passed out in front of the cash registers. The officer woke him up and asked if he would like to go outside the store and see the Seattle Fire Department medics. The man slowly stood up and stumbled his way out of the front entrance.

Once outside, it was quickly apparent that he was too intoxicated to tell SFD what his injuries were, if any. He mumbled incoherently and yelled random words at the medics, before finally telling them to “fuck off.”

The officer tried to interview the victim to find out what happened. He was still unable to give a coherent message. He was eventually able to say that two or three of his “friends” or “drinking buddies” robbed him of $20.

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Ballard Hair salon window broken by 'destructive' person

Guest — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:28:45 +0000

Guest (not verified) Thu, 10/17/2013 - 12:28pm

Photo by Zachariah Bryan

A couple of nights ago, someone intentionally broke the outside window of the Ballard Hair Salon.

A worker at the salon said that no rock or object had been discovered on the inside. Furthermore, because it was a tough window to break, she said that they didn't believe it was some random drunk person who caused the damage. They suspected that it was someone either on drugs or someone who simply had "destructive habits," she said.

Because the window must be measured out, it won't be replaced until next week. The window is estimated to be $2,000.

The business was not actually broken into and nothing was stolen.

When asked why she thought someone would break their window, the worker at the salon said, "Well you know, old Ballard isn't what it used to be."

The customer in the chair, who said she has lived in Ballard since there were still a couple of dime stores, gave a small chortle, "That's for sure."

Ballard Hair Salon is still open for business.

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A ranch dip temper tantrum turns violent at Jack in the Box

Guest — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:30:40 +0000

Guest (not verified) Mon, 10/14/2013 - 2:30pm

From Seattle Police Blotter

After learning that the first two packets of ranch dressing were free but that he would have to pay for a third, a customer at the Ballard Jack In the Box flew into a rage and attacked a 68-year-old man.

It was just before 12:30 PM when the suspect walked up to the counter of the Jack in the Box in the 900 block of Leary Way and asked a clerk for some ranch dip.

The cashier obliged the man’s request and provided two packets of dip, but the man demanded a third.
After the clerk told him another packet would cost 25 cents, the man became incensed and began yelling about how he was being overcharged.

In an attempt to prevent the man from causing a scene, the cashier provided the suspect a third container. This did little to calm the suspect.

When a 68-year-old patron overheard the man hassling the cashier and stepped in, the suspect shoved the 68-year-old man to the ground. The 68-year-old was not seriously injured.

The suspect left the store, grumbled something about how he had a knife, climbed onto a purple bike and rode off down the street.

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