West Seattle - Police Blotter

Jumped near 16th and Barton Just before midnight on May 24 a young man was walking near S.W. Barton St. and 16th Ave. S.W. to his girlfriend’s apartment nearby when an older model white sedan pulled up and two young men jumped out, one armed…MORE

Snack addiction may lead to crime Earlier in May a woman living on Sylvan Way S.W. said her daughter had a friend over (ages not given). After the friend left, the mother noticed a candy bar and her daughter’s house key, usually hanging on a…MORE

Hair salon ripped off West Seattle’s Ola Salon on Avalon Way was broken into sometime Wednesday night, May 15, and the unknown suspects stole an estimated $25,000 worth of cash, tools of the hairdressing trade and computers. Strangely, instead…MORE

Keep those windows closed In the precautionary tales file from a May 8 daytime burglary on the 4000 block of 45th Ave. S.W., the victim decided to leave a few windows slightly opened to keep the house cool during the day while temperatures rose…MORE

Never too old to throw a punch Police were called to a South Park nursing home on April 28 after a 92-year-old woman and her elderly roommate (age not given) got into a fight. Nurses said the two started fighting after the 92-year-old confronted…MORE

Incoming police chief comes clean With Seattle Police Chief John Diaz retiring at the end of May, his interim replacement Chief Jim Pugel will take the helm. In an unexpected move, Pugel voluntarily released an SPD training video he was part of…MORE

Ecstasy turns friend into foe On April 16, in the early evening hours, a group of friends were at the West Seattle Stadium watching an acquaintance participate in a Special Olympics competition. One of the women decided she wanted to leave the…MORE

Trouble walking On April 8 a man walked into a business on the 9400 block of Delridge Way S.W., stuck a can of fertilizer under his sweatshirt, walked to the back of the store to push it further down into his pants, and then tried to walk out the…MORE

Same house targeted by gunfire three times In less than one month, the same house on the 2000 block of S.W. Cloverdale St. has been shot at on three separate occasions by unknown suspects. The latest shooting occurred on April 2 around 10:15 p.m…MORE

Purple sweatpants = trouble It was just after 1 a.m. at the Yen Wor Village Bar in the Admiral District on March 25 when a male patron wearing purple sweatpants started acting strangely. Bar staff said the man was repeatedly pulling his…MORE