Wallyhood reader Andrew wrote to tell us this bit of bad news from Wednesday night: On Thackeray Pl., north of 45th St., mine and my neighbor's car were both hit by a drunk driver. I was asleep at the time, and was woken up by a roommate, around 10:30, after the incident. My car got a good scrape on the passenger side, largely bad comestic. The drunk driver proceeded straight into the right front fender/headlight area of the car, knocking it back…
Ugh, this is no good. Joan writes: Hey Wallyhood - just thought we'd put the word out that a package was stolen off our porch yesterday afternoon. The mailman said this has happened to others in Wallingford as well, so might be a good idea to be on alert and extra careful with leaving things out and about, and also to help out your neighbors by noticing any suspicious behavior. This is nothing new, really (see Lurker Lurking, Package Stealing from…
A reader tells us that her car had been stolen in front of her house last night on NE 59th St. in Tangletown, between Latona Avenue NE and 5th Avenue NE. The stolen car is a 2003 orange Honda Element with a Kirkland Lacrosse sticker on the lower left corner of rear window. A police report has been filed, but in the off-chance that someone spots the car, please let us know.
If you were in the neighborhood around noontime, you probably heard a few helicopters circling around eastern Wallingford. Reader Richard was kind enough to send us this picture: Turns out, there was an armed robbery today at the Wells Fargo at the 4100 block of University Avenue in the U-District, which was confirmed by our neighborhood police contact, Terrie Johnston. A UW alert on Twitter described the suspect as a white male, in his 40s, 6 feet tall with a medium…
So, I was walking to my weekly pickup frisbee game around noon yesterday, and as I was passing QFC there were two men with about 20 EMTs tending to them. I stopped to talk with another man at the bus stop about what happened, and two more city police pulled up and began to arrest the men, but I was late for my game and went on my way. Checking the police reports now, the incident has been classified under "Mental…
We got this disturbing note from a reader yesterday. Forewarned is forearmed. Today I walked across the west lawn at The Good Shepherd and when about half across a man from about 30 feet away spoke loudly to me. He complimented me on my bright-colored coat. He caught up with me and I explained I bought it at Value Village. I expected him to move on but as I walked north across the grass he followed beside and kept talking and…
Update: Wednesday, October 5, 10:54am: Despite what the P-I reported yesterday (see below), the attempted robbery took place at Key Bank on N. 45th, and not Wells Fargo. A spokesperson from Key Bank verified this and said there were no weapons involved and the suspect was apprehended near Meridian. A would-be bank robber was apprehended today (Tuesday, October 4) in Wallingford, according to the SPD Blotter: On October 4th at approximately 10:40 a.m. officers responded to a bank robbery in the 1700…