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I wanted to let everyone know that my brother had some high end cycling equipment stolen out of his condo storage unit up on the Sammamish plateau recently. I'm passing the word on as there is a large cycling community here in Seattle and so I'm hoping someone has suggestions or can at least keep an eye out for any of the following items: 1. Zipp 900 Carbon Fiber Disc-wheel 2. Davidson Custom Built-Track Bike (Blue fade to blue with name painted on frame) 3. Cannondale R600 Road Bike (Purple and black, 1995, Shimano Integra parts, speedplay sticker on frame) 4. Set of Mavic Cosmic Carbon Fiber Hybrid Road Wheels (Shimano Ultegra cassette) 5. Set of Specialized Carbon-Fiber Tri-Spoke Race wheels (Track hubs) My brother used to compete so there is a lot of sentimental value attached for him as well. We are really hoping that it will show up in a pawn shop or someone will recognize that this likely doesn't belong to those trying to sell it. If by any chance someone recognizes these bikes, my email is and phone...
Hey everyone, I work at a business on the 1600 block of South Jackson. Just wanted to pass along that our windows on the street have been broken out 3 different times in the past 4 weeks. The first happened over Easter weekend, what appears to be a BB pellet hit and shattered the outer pane of one of our windows. The second occurred the following weekend, when someone shattered the inner pane of the same window, breaking it out completely, as well as hitting our glass door with another BB pellet. The third came last night, when four of our windows were broken out, sometime between 10:00pm and 1:00am. This time it appears to be a blunt object that struck three windows, with two pellet impacts on another window above our door. I know that a business up the street has been hit a couple weeks ago, as well. Nobody's entered the building, nothing's been taken, but it's getting pretty frustrating, having to clean up broken glass week after week. I just want to send a note to those in the area to be watchful, and...
Police are looking for a man who robbed and beat a man and woman with a gun Friday night in a brutal street theft near Pratt Park. Details on the incident are below. SPD did not provide a description of the suspect or his vehicle but says the man was known to his victims. Armed Robbery, Assault of Two Citizens Seattle Police are investigating a reported rape of a patient at a medical facility near Swedish Cherry Hill. The alleged attacker? A caregiver at the facility:
A thief hit our house in the early hours of Sunday morning and made off with my husbands bike. It was a matte black 2006 Cannondale Bad Boy with disk brakes, larger padded seat with lights attached. 18 or 27 speeds - we can't remember now. We do have the serial number and original purchase receipt from Montlake Bicycles. We have filed a police report, but are looking for your help in apprehending the guy who did it. After having our car broken into two previous times, we installed video cameras and have some decent shots of the man who did this. He's young, probably late teens or early 20s, and appears Asian or Filipino. He's wearing dark blue jeans, hanging low in the rear, with stitching on the pockets; a bright blue windbreaker jacket with a hood; and a knit cap that's either dark blue or black with light colored writing on the front. Chances are he's local or friends with a neighbor around Judkins Park. Please take a look at the still shots we pulled from the video cameras to see if you recognize this...
Gang units were called to the scene to investigate a shooting near Seattle University at 12th and Jefferson just after midnight. Police and medics responded to the reported shooting at 12:12a and found a 25-year-old male with a gunshot wound to his leg. SPD gang units were called in to assist with the investigation. The area is near Waid's nightclub which was hosting a benefit party Friday night. 9:28AM - - - SPD has posted a brief on the incident: On 1/28/12, at approximately 12:15 a.m., a witness saw the victim and the suspect arguing in the 500 block of 13 Ave. The suspect came up behind the victim and shot the victim once in the leg. The suspect then got into the listed vehicle and fled the seen. Seattle Police fanned out across the area surrounding E Cherry and 26th in a search for three suspects following a reported robbery at Tana Market Monday night just after 9p. According to police radio, the suspects were described as three black males, two in all dark clothing and a third man wearing a mask, a grey hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans at the time of the robbery. The victim reported no weapons were used by the suspects. A K9 unit was summoned to the area as units set up a perimeter to search for the suspects only minutes after the suspects were reported to have left the store on foot. 10:16PM - - - The search for the Tana Market robbery suspects has ended without success. According to a SPD patrol officer, those shots we heard in the neighborhood over the past couple of nights were drive-by shootings. On 12/30/11, one shot was fired into a car, and tonight at around 10:40pm, there was a drive-by shooting at 27th and Cherry and one person was shot. Does anyone know where we can get consistent information on crime? The real time 911 ( http://www2.seattle.gov/fire/realTime911/getDatePubTab.asp) did not list any responses to dispatched calls when these shots and shootings occurred. SPD is looking for three masked men who held up a Pratt Park market Thursday night:
Squaters have broken into a property at 1913 east Spruce St. Seattle, Wa. 98122 and entered the residence of this forclosed home. The homeless individuals currently reside at this address everyday and funtion as if they are legal tenants. Six people, plus one pet dog, have been seen entering and exiting this property since December 12th 2011, The occupants have electricity in the upper level of the house. The lights are seen brightly shining every night. The property has been foreclosed and is presently owned by the bank since the auction of the house in August of 2011. The occupants have no intention to vacate.
A friend (female, petite, mid twenties) was robbed of her phone by two young males at the bus stop on the north side of 27th and Yesler at approximately 10pm on 12/13. She was using her cell phone when the men knocked her down and took her phone from her hand. They then ran towards 27th and Fir. My friend was unable to pursue them, and was unable to get a good description. She intends to file a police report if not to apprehend the perpetrators, at least to inform the police of a hot-spot in my neighborhood. Please keep each other safe, and keep your guard up. SPD units are demanding a suspect give himself up in a standoff on 21st Ave between Union and Pine. We don't yet have details on what lead to the situation but we have reports of a flash-bang going off and police attempting to communicate with the suspect via bullhorn and demand that he come outside and give himself up.
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11:49PM - - We're hearing that the suspect is apparently no longer at the 21st/Pine location and that the situation there should be wrapped up shortly. According to police radio, the suspect is in communication with police and arrangements have been made to meet him at another location. 12:10AM - - - Police have contacted the suspect at a Beacon Hill gas station and the situation in Central District is being cleared. Go back to sleep. 5:14PM - - - SPD confirms that the person they believed to be in the house was not actually there. Police do not believe anyone was in danger at any point during the evening and said it was related to a custody issue. We don't have confirmation from police yet but Central District activist Wyking Garrett of Umojafest Peace Center says that a situation at the old Horace Mann school Friday afternoon has resulted in arrests. According to police radio dispatches, SPD was called to the school now leased by private operator People's Family Life Center Friday afternoon for a report of a group of people who refused to leave the premises after a meeting was canceled. Garret tweeted the following message about the situation at 3:26p:
3:42PM - - - Tom is at the scene and reports the following: "Police threatening to mace protestors, who have locked them inside parking lot."  3:46PM - - - Also from Tom at the scene: Protest is against gentrification. People chanting "Banks got bailed out, blacks got sold out" and "They colonized the CD"  4:01PM - - - Report from the scene is Seattle Police are investigating an early Wednesday morning blaze that damaged the Bank of America at 4112 E Madison. Here is the preliminary report from SPD. The fire department responded to the 2a incident but we do not yet have details from SFD on damages.
6:24AM - - - Banks on Capitol Hill have been regular targets for vandalism. In this recent attack in October, witnesses reported seeing a man smash windows and the glass door at a bank on Broadway at E Denny Way. 6:30AM - - - Meanwhile, the SPD drop-in location at 23rd and Union has been repeatedly targeted and was set on fire in a February incident that did little damage but did scorch some paint. Two people who pleaded guilty to smashing windows at the center were sentenced to community service for the crime. 10:19AM - - - Seattle Fire says a department sniffing dog may have found evidence of accelerant use on several items found at the scene. They have been sent to the lab for further investigation. From SFD: Seattle Fire Investigators along with “Henny” the accelerant sniffing dog investigated a suspicious fire at a Madison Park Bank of America bank branch. Around two a.m., a Seattle Police Department patrol officer spotted the bank’s ATM machine smoldering at the branch located in the 4100 block of East Madison Street. My bicycle was stolen last week out of my front yard, they had to come through a gate and cut a very large cable and not wake my dogs to do so. Today, I found the stereo in my truck was also stolen. The truck was parked on the street in front of my house and there is no sign as to how they got in. I have lived here for 6 years and haven't had problems until now, looks like this kind of crime is up in the neighborhood. The bicycle was custom built and painted by me. It is green with white decals on it. If anyone sees it, please email me at kj98112@yahoo.com, and lock all of your belongings down.
Wanted to let everyone know of another break-in. Our house was broke into Friday sometime between 11am-12:15 while I stepped out. They broke in through a basement window and stole all our electronics and jewelry. Don't think they were in the house very long. Police officer said he may have a lead. He was at another call when he got mine a few blocks away. We are on mlk between union and pike.
(sorry for grammar, writing on phone.)
From an e-mail from a friend: Just a note to say that we’ve had four houses on 32nd Ave broken into in the last three weeks. There seems to be a group of people who are watching the houses on our block to see when people aren’t home and then breaking into the rear of the houses when people are gone. I have tried to get more concrete information but other than the fact that someone with red hair and a beard was taking pictures of one of the victims houses, we’re not getting much. A lost delivery person was held up at gunpoint Monday night and robbed of cash and a cell phone -- and the pizzas the driver was delivering. Here's the SPD report on the incident:
In the past -- and still, for some, in the present -- residents in the Central District have been frustrated by delivery "redlining" that left areas out of service coverage for some local restaurants. 
Police and emergency units rushed to 26th and Jefferson this morning in an incident in which a man has apparently been killed. We are still working to gather details on the incident. SPD will provide a briefing shortly. The original call came out around 6:44a Thursday morning for a large medic response indicating somebody requiring treatment for life threatening injuries. Several additional aid units were called to the scene near Garfield High. According to police radio, CSI has been called to the scene to investigate.
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We have not officially confirmed the death but are told the man was severely beaten and was taken to Harborview with life-threatening injuries.
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SPD confirms that a man was beaten to death this morning at 26th and Jefferson. According to spokesperson Mark Jamieson, SPD was called to the scene this morning just after 6:30a to a report of an altercation inside a vehicle at the location. When officers arrived, they found a man in his 30s lying on the ground and bleeding from a significant head wound. Officers began CPR and called in Seattle Fire who transported the man to Harborview as he died from his injuries.
No suspect description is available at this time. SPD says there is no connection to Garfield High School and that classes will continue there with no interruption as the investigation continues nearby.
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The man's death appears to be the second killing on the streets of the neighborhood this summer. Demicko Chatman was shot and killed on a sidewalk near 19th and Yesler in late July. There is no indication the two incidents are related.
The first meeting of the newly-renamed East Precinct Advisory Council (EastPAC) is tonight (September 22) at 6 p.m. at Seattle University's Pigott Auditorium. Mayor McGinn will be there to answer questions. His appearance was previously scheduled, and not in response to today's incident. Police responded to a report of a knife fight on 10th Ave S Tuesday afternoon just before 5p. According to police, a man was stabbed in the incident and the suspect was taken into custody.
5:51PM - - - According to an SPD radio report, the suspect has told police the stabbing was self-defense against a man who has "jumped" him repeatedly in the past. A Vietnamese speaking officer was called to the scene to translate for witnesses and the suspect in the incident. A confusing incident scene and a long holiday weekend conspired to add to the mystery surrounding the account of a "shots fired" scare disrupting Saturday's rally against neighborhood violence at Powell Barnett Park. Here's the brief report on the situation provided to Central District News by SPD Tuesday afternoon about the Saturday incident:
A spate of gunfire incidents marred the long Labor Day holiday weekend in the Central District but no victims or damage was identified in any of the reports. Two posters to the popular "Madrona Mom's" email list say that a neighborhood rally in Powell Barnett park against violence was disrupted Saturday by a scare sparked by reports of gunshots. We have not yet been able to confirm with SPD what happened at the park Saturday afternoon but SPD did post information about another shots fired incident a half-mile away from where the rally was taking place -- and, according to SPD, hours after the incident reported by two people posting to the mom's list. SPD says no evidence of gunshots was found in that later Saturday incident reported near 28th and Jackson. Here is one account of the Saturday afternoon incident from a Madrona Mom's poster:
Another poster corroborated the story and added additional details:
Earlier in the day, another mom's list poster e-mailed the list about the rally:
Central District News is looking into the incident and will continue to try to find out more about what occurred. 10:05AM - - TUESDAY UPDATE - Still working on this one. We have questions out to SPD and East Precinct. We understand the desire to get behind Mayor McGinn's bicycle initiative but whoever took the five childrens 10 speed bicycles from the UMOJAFEST PEACE CENTER GROUNDS PLEASE THEY ARE THE CHILDREN'S BICYCLES, a 22 inch tire pink girls bicycle with high seat, a 22 inch tire silver girls bike with front wheel knee action, a 24 inch tire girls bicycle pink lavender and silver stripes, 20 inch tire blue boys bike and a 24 inch tire blue boys bike with carrier (my son's bike). All bikes were ten speeds. PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AND THANKS FOR THE TREMENDOUS TURN OUT FOR THE UMOJAFEST AND PARADE. FOR MORE INFORMATION call 206.941.2527 or email info@umojafestpeacecenter.com
Anybody know what this is about? I got off the bus on yesler and three cop cars and an ambulance flew by. The 911 fire dept report says weapons at s. Lane st & lk wa blvd... just wondering if anyone has more info.
Thanks to readers for tips on this afternoon's gunfire at 23rd and Union. Here's the SPD report on the incident:
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