CDNews Police Scanner - 10/29

By scott
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All the fun from a rainy Thursday in Seattle's East Precinct:

10:48AM - 2100 S. Judkins - Disturbance - A man is holding on to a woman who is crying and yelling at him to let her go. They appear to be previously aquainted
11:35AM - 1600 31st Ave - Disturbance - A man's uncle is refusing to leave and is violating a no-contact order
12:33PM - 23rd & S. Main - Threat - A man behind a tree yelled at a woman that he was going to kill her
12:59PM - 23rd & E. Thomas - Property Damage - Somebody threw a rock at a passing car
1:01PM - Rainier S. & S. Massachusetts - Medical - A person is having a seizure in the roadway, blocking traffic. Medics on scene
1:25PM - 1319 E. Madison - Disturbance - Recently-fired man is refusing to leave and arguing with former coworkers
1:54PM - 23rd S. & S. Main - Accident - Serious accident, blocking all but one lane on 23rd. Luckily down the block from fire station
2:59PM - 1019 S. Jackson - Robbery - Jewelry store robbed a gunpoint. Suspect left in a gray nice newer truck with a "B" in the license plate #
Update: Suspect described as an Asian male, 35, 6', heavy-set, white tshirt, white pants
Update: He was armed with a dark black "glock-style" semi-automatic handgun
Update x3: Toyota, 2-door pickup, no-canopy, possible with a lift kit, and the last letter of the license plate is a "V". Victim is 100% sure its the same suspect from a previous robbery 5 years ago.
3:48PM - 100 12th Ave - Burglary - A man just kicked in the front door of a vacant house, and is still inside. Black male, 40s, 6', brown coat, with something in his hands
Update: This is actually in the old PizzaTime building. Police found the front door to be shattered, and can hear someone inside.
4:08PM - 2000 24th Ave E - Burglary - Caller says someone just took an axe to her front door and then ran away eastbound
7:10PM - 700 16th Ave - Rousting - People living in a brown/white older motor home that's been parked there for several weeks
7:11PM - 300 23rd Ave - Domestic Disturbance - Physical fight between family members
7:39PM - 300 29th Ave - Shots Fired - 3 shots heard, possibly from SE
10:21PM - 1500 Broadway - Weapons Call - Caller say a man take out a gun, wave it around, and then place it back in a black pouch. White male, white jacket, last seen westbound on Pike past QFC
10:51PM - 100 28th Ave - Domestic DIsturbance - Man is trying to get his intoxicated brother out of the house, and the brother has armed himself with a knife
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posted on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 10:45 AM
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the need? (below viewing threshold show)byjtmc3 months ago (6 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
RE: the need? byJustin3 months ago (5 votes) (report abuse)
Why do I read them?

1) Curiousity.
2) To know what the siren I heard/lights I saw were all about.
3) To help be better aware of the activities that are going on in my neighborhood.
4) To learn about patterns and watch for them.

The scanner doesn't cover everything that's going on in our neighborhoods. But knowledge is power and it better to have eyes open than to pretend this stuff doesn't happen.
RE: the need? byeyes3 months ago (6 votes) (report abuse)
because in the past and perhaps in the future we have been a containment zone for crime so it does not spread to the lakeside communities and increase Capitol hill's problems. As the community becomes more aware of the amount of crime we have here they have reacted and demanded a fair treatment. Scott and his late brother has performed a community service that has been extrodinary in bringing this to the communities attention. Foe decades the city power structure has tried to keep the Central District dumb and segregated culturally from the rest of the city. That has and continues to change as awareness grows within the community. Knowledge is power.
RE: the need? byArch3 months ago (4 votes) (report abuse)
I absolutely want to know what's going on in my neighborhood and I disagree with the idea that we shouldn't be open about our crime problems because it might reflect badly on us, or our neighbors. I really apppreciate Centraldistrictnews posting these reports.
RE: the need? byRollinRainier3 months ago (4 votes) (report abuse)
We get the police reports from Capitol Hill and surrounding areas because the CD News scanner reports everything in the East Precinct. Here's a map of all the precincts in Seattle: http://www.seattle.gov/Police/maps/precinct_map.htm.

As to the need, well, what, if any, news really is necessary? Do I need to know about a new barbecue joint if I'm a vegetarian or the Halloween events if I don't have kids? Pretty much no news outside of emergency warning about earthquakes, etc. is necessary for my survival.

As far as the emphasis on crime on this blog, well, it's a big a deal for everyone who lives in a historically high crime area. Open any Seattle guidebook and you'll see ominous warning about not walking in the Central District alone at night. Years of gang violence and the notorious murder of Mia Zapata, who's body was found in the CD, point to a sordid recent history for the CD. Even the Wikipedia article on our neighborhood mentions poverty and crime issues. For Central District residents, crime is a huge hurdle at forefront of our concerns. Getting the statistics and seeing the police scanner let us look for patterns and keep up informed on what's going on.

In addition to all this, there's a pretty big historical precedent for this kind of reporting. Almost any small town newspaper or neighborhood periodical will contain a "Police Log" or something to that effect.
Containment zone? byGod3 months ago (4 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
So your preventing crime with the blotter?
RE: Containment zone? bykb3 months ago (7 votes) (report abuse)
No, I'm preventing crime with proper grammar.
Maybe I am just naive byjtmc3 months ago (4 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
I am not sure using the murder of Mia Zapata as rationale to post the Police Scanners is appropriate - terrible murders happen all over the City - I moved to the Central District from the same block that US Attorney Thomas C. Wales was murdered on a top of Queen Anne Hill - and there was someone recently stabbed to death in the alley adjacent to my office on Capitol Hill - these are all terrible crimes that could have no way been prevented or anticipated by a list of criminal activities.

I think postings like this can scare people and propogate the idea that the CD is a bad place to be and live and that is just not so.... not anymore.

Do bad things happen here...yes. They happen in all parts of the City. While I applaud you for trying to make the CD a better and safe place to live, I think posts of this kind can lead to disinvestments from good people who are looking to buy a home in an affordable part of the City.

Yes, "Knowledge is Power" - but gossip is bad - and raw data and addresses are just numbers and words... there is not a lot of knowledge in that. Does knowing some sad soul got busted for shop liffting at the Goodwill make me wiser?

A story telling why its bad for people to wear headphones when walking at night through an urban neighborhood - would be a good way to prevent crime. But, the best way to help ward off crime in the CD is get people out of their homes and doing things to help make the community better (such as enjoying time at the park, picking up the trash in the alley, cleaning the storm drainage basins, etc.) - not sitting inside afraid of life outside their lot.

Maybe I am just naive, regardless, I am off my soap box - and back to work.
RE: Maybe I am just naive byeyes3 months ago (0 votes) (report abuse)
I love the Goodwill reports. If someone did not get caught there daily I would begin to wonder whats wrong! Goodwill an the QFC on Broadway are infamous and somewhat halarious!
It's the main reason I read the CDN - byfooop3 months ago (4 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
I'm happier with the longer blotter coverage, too, stopping at 5 pm made it close to useless.

It's good community information and the CDN has been an important advocate for this neighborhood in lots of ways.
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