Update: The found bike below has been reunited with its owner! But keep reading to learn how to register your bike and check SPD's list of recovered bikes. We discovered an abandoned bike on our street this morning. Meanwhile, neighbors around the corner reported their bike stolen from the back porch. I sent over a picture, but it's not the same bike! What are the odds? Well, pretty high, probably. KING 5 reports there are 200 bikes still unclaimed in SPD…
Seattle Police Department recently launched @Getyourbikeback, a Twitter feed for their inventory of over 500 bicycles in their Evidence Warehouse. Why does the SPD have so many bikes? According to the SPD Blotter, "Each one of those bikes was abandoned somewhere in the city then later recovered by officers. We may have your bike, and we’d like to reunite you with your wheels." The Blotter points out that most folks don't report their stolen bikes because they don't know the serial number. “You…
A reader who lives near N.49th St. at Burke writes: Yesterday (Tuesday) early evening around 7:30, I looked out my front window and saw a group of teens breaking into our car. I went out of the house and confronted about 6 boys and 2 girls. The one who was in my car ran around the block towards QFC. I immediately called 911 and tracked them a block or so while the group got in my face yelling they didn’t do anything…
The Wallingford/Fremont monthly Safety & Security Meeting will be held on Thursday, June 27, from 9:00am to 10:30am at the Seattle Bank (1227 N. Allen Pl.) Business owners and residents of the neighborhood are invited to participate in a roundtable discussion of current issues. RSVP here.
KING 5 News reports that a man wearing hospital scrubs broke into a Wallingford home, early in the morning, on Thursday, June 6. The incident occurred at the 4000 block of Densmore Avenue N. The suspect is a 26 year-old male who came in through a first-floor window that was "unlocked and slightly ajar" according to the report. The owner of the home and his family were asleep when they heard their dog barking loudly and found the suspect on the…
KIRO 7 News reports that Ahcene and Irinia Aribi, owners of a Wallingford convenience store, BBC Smoke & Wine (2315 N 45th St.), are under investigation by the Seattle Police Department for "Trafficking in Stolen Property." According to KIRO 7 News: Documents filed in King County allege the investigation started more than a year ago when a Safeway employee shopping at BBC noticed a package of razors that still had a Safeway security sticker attached. Days later, an investigator saw packages of condoms…
According to Seattle Police Department (SPD), a 53 year-old woman attacked her roommate early this morning, armed with a hammer and an axe. The incident occurred in their home, near N. 50th Street and Stone Way, and officers arrived on the scene to arrest the woman after the victim phoned 911. From the SPD Blotter: As officers were talking to the victim—who told police his girlfriend was still inside the house with the suspect—the suspect slammed the front door of the…