Sara writes: Greetings! I'm a Green Lake/Wallingford resident living a block west of McDonald Elementary on 1st Ave. NE. I'm writing to let folks know that my car went missing sometime between Thursday, Aug. 23 - Sunday, Aug. 26. I was backpacking so I don't know when it was stolen. I wanted to let Wallyhood know because a) the thief may target other cars in the area and, b) if someone sees a white 1992 Honda Accord wagon (plates: ACR3459), please…
Ellie writes: We have found a leather bound Hyundai Owner's Manual and materials for the 2012 Santa Fe after my mother's car was broken into and the thief left them in our car. There is no registration or other info, just booklets about the car and a brand new leather bound case for all of it. Luckily, nothing was stolen in our car but I wanted to get these materials back to their owner who has also likely been through a…
An apartment resident on Whitman writes about a very creepy burglary that happened last week: ****************************************** Around 5:30pm on Monday I startled a young man in our basement when I went down to do laundry. He was crouched down by one of the water heaters and claimed he was a friend of one of the tenants in another apartment in our building and that he was checking on a malfunctioning water heater. He introduced himself, was very apologetic for having freaked…
Sharon wrote to tell us that someone swiped something unique and sentimental from her porch on Thursday morning: Sometime during the morning of April 19th, a statue of a retriever-type dog was taken from the front porch of my residence in Wallingford. The statue was about 14 inches tall, off white, fabricated from a clay like material, and worth probably about $100. It was received as a gift. The dog originally held a stick in it's mouth with a welcome sign suspended…
Ashley at the Erotic Bakery wrote to let us know about a car collision that happened on Sunnyside on Tuesday (4/17) evening. Apparently one of the vehicles in the collision left the scene. If you witnessed the collision, please call 911, or you can email Ashley at [email protected]. Here's what she wrote: At 7:03pm my co-worker and I heard a series of crunches, crashes, glass shattering, and tires screeching. We work at the Erotic Bakery. Ran out the back door in…
(Updated: April 13, 1:44 pm removing uncorroborated information There was an arrest last night at 4228 Latona Ave NE. According to Mark Jamieson of the Seattle Police Department: North Precinct officers responded to that location following a 911 call. The complainant stated that another resident had threatened him. The victim stated that the suspect was repeatedly banging on his door threatening to harm him. The victim told officers that he was afraid of the suspect, and another witness in the house…
You may remember our last post on this subject: Package Thefts. Now, Marilyn writes: Amazon shows that I had a book delivered to my porch last Friday night at 6:58. It disappeared sometime during the night. This is the 4th package, all from Amazon, that has gone missing from my porch in 2 months. While not entirely comforting, at the very least, we can rule out the suspect involved in this month's rash of burglaries.