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Man Injured Under Unknown Circumstances Downtown
posted: May 18, 2013
Officers contacted a man under the influence with knife wounds downtown but were unable to determine what exactly led up to his injuries.   Tonight at approximately 7:54 p.m. officers responded to 6th Avenue and Olive Way for the report of a man who had been cut and was bleeding.  Responding officers located the subject, [more]

Man Assaulted & Beaten Downtown, Two Suspects in Custody
posted: May 18, 2013
Officers arrested two men for brutally beating a man downtown last night.   On May 17th at approximately 9:50 p.m. officers responded to 911 calls of an assault in the 100 block of Pike Street.  Officers arrived within two minutes of the original 911 call and secured the scene.  The suspects had fled the area [more]

You Can Run, But You’ll Only Be Caught Tired
posted: May 18, 2013
Officers captured an elusive Magnolia car prowler early this morning after almost three hours of dogged determination.  It all started at approximately 4:50 a.m. when a witness called 911 to report she had observed a male suspect going door-to-door of vehicles that were parked along the street in the 3600 block of 39th Avenue West. [more]

Be Careful Who You Get In A Car With
posted: May 18, 2013
Officers arrested a woman after she shot at another woman inside a vehicle this morning. At approximately 2:04 a.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a fight disturbance in the area of the Noc Noc bar located at 2nd Avenue and Pike Street. One complainant stated a gunshot was heard.  Officers arrived in the [more]

Man Stabbed in Victor Steinbruck Park, Suspect Arrested
posted: May 17, 2013
A man in his 30s was seriously wounded in a stabbing in Victor Steinbrueck Park Friday afternoon. Officers arrested the suspect about a half-mile from the scene. The incident unfolded just before 2:30 pm, when police received a report of two men fighting and throwing glass bottles at each other near Western Ave. and Virginia Street. [more]

SPD Rolling Out Crime Forecasting Program Citywide
posted: May 17, 2013
This Sunday, as Seattle police officers start their shifts and file into roll calls at precincts around the city, they’ll be greeted with a map of their precincts. Each map will be speckled with red boxes, forecasting areas where officers might be more likely to catch a burglar breaking into a home, or a prowler [more]

Recognize Any of These May Day 2013 Rioters?
posted: May 16, 2013
Detectives need your help identifying eight suspects wanted for assault, property damage and rioting on May Day 2013. Please take a look through our photo gallery of the eight suspects—along with a list of crimes they’re wanted for—and check out the three videos further down the page. If you recognize any of the suspects, please [more]

That Luggage Doesn’t Pass the Sniff Test
posted: May 15, 2013
Seattle Police Arson/Bomb Squad detectives responded to the King Street Station to investigate a suspicious suitcase this afternoon.  At approximately 3:58 p.m. a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officer’s ”bomb dog” alerted on a suitcase that was on a conveyer belt at the Amtrak train station located in the 300 block of South Jackson Street.  DHS called Seattle Police [more]

The Case of the Müesli Mystery
posted: May 15, 2013
It was just after 7am this morning when a Müesli mystery unfolded outside the Mystery Bookshop in downtown Seattle. Officers got a call about a suspicious package outside the store—near 1st Ave and Cherry Street—where they found modem card, a phone cord, and a granola bar in an inflated wrapper all stacked atop a piece of white paper. [more]

10 Simple Ways to Not Get Arrested For Assault
posted: May 9, 2013
This post sponsored by Acme Traffic Cone Supply 1) Don’t drunkenly walk into a cordoned-off construction site at 4th and Denny Way at nine in the morning. 2) Don’t ignore a construction worker when he tells you to leave. 3) Don’t pick up a traffic cone. 4) Don’t wear the traffic cone like a hat. [more]