Crime

A reader asks: What's going on between 39th and 40th on Sunnyside?  There's lots of cops, dogs and crime scene tape. They were blocking off 40th and when the cop asked me to turn around, he said "we're working on something here." What's the neighborhood buzz?

Wow, would you just look at that headline? Jonah over at SeattleCrime.com really knows how to write 'em. Of course, it helps that that is actually what happened here in Wallingford: Seattle police arrested a man in Wallingford last week after, a police report says, the man left the scene of an car accident to get a tattoo, and then attacked a police officer. According to a police report, officers received a report at about 6:45 on April 11th that a…

Mark's got the scoop on an old scam reappearing over on Aurora, with photos to boot: I have seen this guy pulling this scam at the intersection of Aurora and Green Lake Way several times before, but when I happened to look out my window and see him parking his car in front of my house (about 3 blocks from his intersection) I had to take a closer look.  His gas gauge was on a half tank and was in great…

He's back. A door-to-door magazine salesman is making the rounds of the neighborhood again. We just got these two reports in the last hour: Just had some fellow come to my door (Latona Ave NE) trying to get me to pick a magazine subscription so he could win a trip. The operation seemed a little shady - wanted to know what I did for a living because people in the neighborhood were suppose to 'inspire' him. and just got a door…

The Seattle Crime blog is reporting an attempted robbery last night on 45th St: The man was walking home March 27 around 3 a.m. when two men approached him at 45th and Wallingford Ave. The suspects told him he had a very nice PSP and Nike shoes. The victim told the men that they could buy their own stuff. [...] The suspect then allegedly punched the victim in the face. The other suspect grabbed him and punched him in the back…