Crime reports were once the big drag of the neighborhood news beat due to massive manual labor to sort through hundreds of .PDF files. But now they're all nicely mapped on
seattlecrime.com
, so we'll be bringing you more frequent updates for the big crimes around the neighborhood.
Robbery:
On 10/20, an "abrupt and rude" victim had walked into a parking garage at 14th & Jefferson to talk to two subjects who had "called him over", when one of them grabbed him from behind and put him into a head lock. The other suspect then started punching and kicking him in the face, only ceasing the assault when the first suspect stripped the victim of his backpack. The victim lost $830 of property in his backpack, including a laptop, cell phone, and headphones.
Robbery:
From 19th and E. Spring, also on 10/20:
The victim who stated he had just been robbed. V/ stated he was walking with his friend down the street when a black male (6'0", 170 lbs., athletic build, wearing black pants, light grey sweatshirt, black do-rag) walked up to him and asked for the time. V/ stated he pulled his phone out to check, and the unidentified male punched him and grabbed the phone. (The phone was described as a black Samsung with a grey stripe on the side, and a "pooh-bear" keychain). V/ friend, a witness , stated he stepped towards V/ to help him. The unidentified male said to "you wanna get shot tonight," to which W/ ran away W/B on E Spring St. No weapon was seen by V/ or W/.
Containment units found possible suspects in the 1700 block of E Pike, and V/ and W/ were driven by the scene in my patrol vehicle. Neither of the two males was identified as the suspect by V/ or W/.
Attempted Burglary:
A woman arrived home on Randolph Place to find damage to two exterior doors, evidently from a pry-bar that was used in an attempt to break in. Everything was still secure indoors.
Burglary:
200 block of 18th Ave
Someone broke in through the back door of a house in the in the late morning hours of October 21st. $450 of property was stolen from inside.
Assault:
A woman went home with a man, smoked some crack, and became the victim of violence:
On 10/03/09 at 0414hrs, 911 received a call from a cell phone with a disturbance that could be heard in the background. The signal was triangulated to the area of 31 Ave/ E Marion St. On arrival, V/ was sitting on the cement stoop in front of E Marion St hold a cell phone in her right hand. Initially V/ denied call 911. V/ seemed to be very intoxicated or high on some kind of narcotic. Upon further investigation, V/ admitted to calling 911 but very uncooperative with Police due to her intoxication. But through her rants and raves and slurred speech, V/ stated that sometime last night she was picked up on S Jackson St (exact unknown) and she went over to E Marion St, where she started to drink and that the unknown male started to smoke crack. V/ stated that she took a couple of hits of crack then decided to leave and the unknown suspect won't let her girl. V/ stated that S/ started pushing her around and grabbed her arms and threw her to the ground. At this point, she called 911 and S/ then pushed her out of the house through the front door.V/ declined medical assistance but did state that her arms were sore. V/'s hair was much disheveled as if she was involved in a struggle. V/ wouldn't say anything further and didn't want anyone to get in trouble. Attempt was made to contact the resident at 31 Ave with no answer at the door.
Makeup Assault:
The male victim in an elevator was wearing make-up, ready for a big night out, when another elevator passenger said "why don't you take that makeup off?" The victim responded by standing face-to-face with his tormentor and asking "what did you say?", prompting the tormentor to punch him in the face. The victim then ran away and was advised by police that his response in the situation was "unreasonable" and may have made the tormentor feel threatened.
