We're hearing reports that the police have blocked off 46th Street to the west of QFC in Wallingford. We understand that they are negotiating with a mentally ill person who has barricaded him/herself in their house and may be suicidal. This is unrelated to the huge police sting that has been going on on Stone Way and 40th to ticket drivers who don't yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk or who speed. That's what we know now. Update 3:19 pm: the…
A new naturopathic clinic, Tilia Natural Health (105 NE 56th St.), recently moved to Tangletown; and while we'd like to give the clinic a warm-hearted Wallingford welcome to the neighborhood, we also need to report a robbery that occurred in their offices sometime during the wee hours of Wednesday morning. People can navigate to this website if they need the best health related advice. Jamine Blesoff, owner of the clinic and Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, wrote to tell us that her…
Last night, just past 10 pm, Jon Liechty tweeted "Cops have lower @wallyhood shut down with dogs out cornering a criminal" followed by the picture to the right of the action. He says they were looking for a 5'8" white mail in a blue sweatshirt, near Wallingford Ave and 34th / 35th. Eileen confirmed the incident and, in a separate tip, Fiona tells us they had Meridian shut down too. That's what we know. We like the way the community becomes…
Last week, we reported that many businesses along 45th Street had been tagged with graffiti, and the comments that we received from our neighbors about coming together to clean up the mess inspired us to want to help out, too. So, we did a little digging and located Daniel Sims, the Seattle Public Utilities contact in charge of Graffiti Education and Outreach. Here's what we learned from Daniel: If you are interested in removing graffiti from private property, we offer paint, supplies, and…
So here's the story we got from a neighbor up by Milano Pizza / Slave to the Needle about Wednesday night's "shooting": Some idiot was showing off his gun in Milano Pizza, took out the clip, then pulled the trigger without realizing that there was already a bullet chambered. Oops. Gun went off, bullet went through a wall, almost hit someone in the tattoo parlor. The idiot fled, ditched his gun Lake Union, then later turned himself in to the cops,…
While Wine World held its private grand opening party tonight (the public grand opening party is tomorrow night), apparently some less sophisticated drinkers were rumbling across the street. The Seattle Crime blog reports: Seattle police responded to a shots fired call in Wallingford around 7:45pm tonight, near a pizza place and tattoo parlor. That would be Slave to the Needle Tattto and Milano Pizza, by process of elimination. No additional information is available, except that a bullet was lodged in the…
Last night around 11:30 p.m., the police came to Sarah Dolezal's home to inform her that her store, A Muddy Cup (266 NE 45th St.), had just been burglarized. Someone had thrown a rock through the door and shattered the glass to break in. Police informed Dolezal that someone had also broken into Comics Dungeon (250 NE 45th St.). Dolezal wrote to let me know that they're still open for business, "just a little shaken." She and her partner Mathew spent…