SeattleCrime.com Stone Way 7-11 Stabbing Follow-up

Seattle Crime ran this very intriguing post today: Man Turns Himself In For Wallingford Stabbing, Isn't Arrested By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee Hours after police were called to the scene of a stabbing in Wallingford on February 23rd, a man walked in to the North Precinct, confessed to the crime, and handed over a knife, a police report says. Just before midnight, the man—accompanied by two other men—walked into the North Precinct and told the officer at the front desk he had been…

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Police Accountability

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…

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