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.
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…
Sounds like there was quite a to-do around Green Lake last night, with several blocks cordoned off by the police as they chased a hit and run driver who fled on foot. Full scoop over at My Green Lake: Lots of police activity in Green Lake Tonight.
Two bits of from the crime blotter this week. Patrick writes: A lurker was spotted Wednesday morning on Sunnyside Ave N, near the intersection of 38th. My wife was walking our two dogs at approximately 6.15 AM and noticed a man slip into the bushes. The dogs did, too – all six eyes kept a careful watch. The man did not make any threatening sounds or gestures, by my wife described it as fairly unnerving, particularly since one of the dogs…
The story of the flipped SUV we reported on last night just got more interesting. David wrote us with his first hand report: I was about half a block away walking up Wallingford Ave when the wreck happened. Three guys in the Explorer were crossing Eastbound from a stop sign. They zipped out right in front of a Mazda who slammed on the brakes but still broadsided them and they flipped. When I got there they were crawling out the side…
There's been quite a bit of upset from readers of this blog about the responsiveness of the Seattle Police Department to crime reports from the Wallingford neighborhood, so we thought you might be interested in this upcoming oppo0rtunity to provide feedback: The Seattle City Council and the Office of Professional Accountability Review Board (OPARB) will jointly host a public hearing on the effectiveness of the City’s police accountability system on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. in Seattle City Hall…
The Seattle Crime Twitter stream reported a shooting around midnight last night: Shooting in Wallingford. 52/Latona. Woman injured. followed by Polce looking for a Toyota celica. Victim in shooting may be inside vehicle.