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Wallingford Crime Update

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We promised you some time ago that we wouldn't run regular, breathless stories detailing all the crimes around Wallingford. There's crime everywhere, and harping on it creates the wrong impression of the neighborhood. That said, when there's news, there's news. Saturday night, Kris wrote: We saw a white male arrested tonight across the street from our house on 46th and Eastern. Six SPD cars responded to the call. I'm not sure exactly what happened or where it took place, but it…

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Big Hands Guy Returns

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Kara from Not A Number reports: today, on our day off, we got a call from our employee saying that Big Hands Guy was back (just a half hour ago). [...] here's this guy's M.O.:  he usually has a NY accent, says he's from Alaska (he's real friendly, see), and his 8-month pregnant wife is sitting in a coffee shop down the street, and she has all the receipts in her purse.  this is after he's scouted the premises, found a…

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Did Goldie’s Just Serve Their Last Pint?

We just heard word through the "bartender grapevine" that Goldie's (2121 N 45th St) shut their doors for good last night. There's some speculation going around as to what might have occurred, but we're still searching for the facts. According to tipsters, there are no lights on or customers inside the bar tonight.  Who has the scoop?

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SeattleCrime.com Stone Way 7-11 Stabbing Follow-up

Seattle Crime ran this very intriguing post today: Man Turns Himself In For Wallingford Stabbing, Isn't Arrested By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee Hours after police were called to the scene of a stabbing in Wallingford on February 23rd, a man walked in to the North Precinct, confessed to the crime, and handed over a knife, a police report says. Just before midnight, the man—accompanied by two other men—walked into the North Precinct and told the officer at the front desk he had been…

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Officer Jackson at Chamber Meeting

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Late-breaking info, but the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce is holding their monthly lunch meeting today at noon at Tutta Bella. Special guest this month is Officer Jackson, the famously unresponsive "community police officer" for Wallingford . Member and non-member businesses are welcome, $18 for members, $20 for non-members.

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Break-in at Quizno’s?

I stopped by Quizno's for a little diet pepsi and saw some wood paneling (where there should have been glass) on their front and side doors. The sandwich artist on shift said that the store had been broken into last Monday night/early Tuesday morning - cash and food were missing. I didn't get much more information than that, so let us know if you've heard anything else. Hopefully, the sammies will be safe going forward.

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SWAT in the U-District

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If you were wondering why those helicopters were hovering over the U-District and Eastern Wallingford yesterday afternoon, you have no further to look than the Seattle Crime blog, where we learn that a SWAT team had surrounded a house on 52nd and 12th Ave NE with suspected bank robber inside. The Seattle Crime Blog provides the blow-by-blow, from the initial call for an armored Bearcat (apparently a big truck) to the denouement, where the police nab their man, recover the money…

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