Pete asks: Any idea what the "incident" that caused the Wallingford Branch Of Verity Credit Union to be closed today is? We don't, but hope it wasn't like the Incident at Bartell's. Who's got the skinny? Update: Sam notes that this SeattleCrime.com article, posted at 11:15 Saturday morning, probably has the answer: Police set up containment in Wallingford a short time ago near Stone Way N and N 47th Street looking for a robbery suspect. Officers are looking for an older…
Walking home from her boyfriend's house Thursday at approximately 11pm, 24-year-old Wallingford resident Samantha had just crossed 38th St and Stone Way when she felt a tap on her shoulder. A man who had come up behind her without her noticing said, "Give me your bag." She replied, "No" and kept walking. He tapped her on the shoulder, again asking for her belongings. She again refused, yelled loudly and punched him in the stomach. He then showed her he was carrying…
Samantha wrote: I'd like to report that I was robbed at gunpoint last night near Stone Way and 36th. I was not hurt and a police report has been filed. That's awful to hear, Samantha. We're glad to hear you're safe. Folks, please be safe.
Alan writes: Here’s another “What have we sunk to?” item. Here are pics of the second trash can that has been burned up at Meridian Park by the restrooms. The first time it was just the lid. Someone couldn’t figure out that there are real fire receptacles available to have a bit of a fire in just across the park. That was a month or two ago. Now, someone has burned up the entire can, lid and all. Seems to me…
A couple weeks back, we posted a query from a reader who spotted the sign you see to your right on a telephone pole around 55th and Wallingford. The question: why was someone writing down license plates in our neighborhood. We know that many readers don't go back and read comments on older posts, but this issue seemed important enough to bubble up as a follow-up post, so we're reprinting some of the comments that were posted. Sara wrote: Those of…
What have we sunk to, Wallingford? We saw this post on My Green Lake the other day: Scarlet writes: Last night on Woodlawn between Kirkwood and Kenwood, my neighbor’s car had the wheels taken off of her car. I notified her (she is out of town) boyfriend and the police have been called and have responded. Wondering if anyone saw anything or other cars were targeted last night? We were amazed that such a thing could happen in the Wallingford /…
We think we're plugged into what's going on around the neighborhood, then a new blog, the SeattleCrime.com Blog, turns up with this detailed account of misdeeds two weekends ago at Serena's Guadalajara: When Seattle police showed up to a Wallingford bar last weekend to deal with a large fight—involving as many as 15 people, a police report says—they made a few arrests. But rather than arresting a dozen patrons, police ended up taking in the bar's manager and an armed bouncer.…