ONE STORE TOO MANY
At 4:30 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 3, a shopper returned to her vehicle, parked in an alley near Seattle Center. She discovered she had been car-prowled.
Someone had jimmied the driver's side door. Missing items stolen from the car including electronic equipment was estimated to be $500. Police discovered no usable prints and no suspects.
TWO-WHEELED PROFILING
A Queen Anne man rode his bicycle to a gym up on Aurora Avenue about 5:30 p.m., on Oct. 3. He worked out until about 9 p.m., exited the gym and discovered his bicycle was gone.
The complainant told officers he believed his bike was stolen by a black male. When asked how he knew that, the victim said he had his info "from a very reliable source." Police declined to act on rumor and the newly bikeless fella took the bus home.
PACIFIST THIEF
A Magnolia man returned to his home on 33rd Avenue West about 6 p.m. on Oct. 3 and discovered his back door had been kicked in.
A thief or thieves took a 19-inch flatscreen television and some jewelry estimated to be worth $500. But, officers noted, the thieves left two handguns and a long rifle in the home. No prints, no suspects.
RODENTIA
A woman was visiting a friend on 35th Avenue West on Oct. 3. When she exited her friend's home about 7 p.m., she discovered her car had been broken into.
Nothing seemed to be missing but officers discovered dried blood inside the car and a rat trap positioned by the car's vandalized front door. No prints, no rats.
UNNEIGHBORLY
A Queen Anne woman called officers about 7 p.m. on Oct. 3 to report a forced entry burglary. She said she left home at 1:30, returned at 6:30 and found a rear door forced open.
Officers found a steel rod on the scene, which did the business. A laptop and valued old coins had been taken. Fingerprints were discovered at the scene but thus far no arrests have been made.
ON THE HOUSE
A Queen Anne man's night out in Fremont ended not long after he realized he had left his wallet in a bar, or had had it lifted while socializing late on Saturday, Oct. 3.
He called his bank and they informed him his debit card had been used at Norm's in Fremont not long after he noticed it was missing. He went to the establishment and retrieved his card, left there after someone had used it to buy drinks. No one working at Norm's could help the fellow with a description of the person whose drinks he had unwittingly purchased.
COURSE OF LOVE, ETC.
Early on Sunday, Oct. 4, a Queen Anne woman (address redacted) called police to report her home had been broken into the previous night.
The lady told officers she thought her ex-boyfriend was following her. That worried her so she spent the night with a friend. She returned to discover her clothes scattered across her bed and a DVD player missing.
There were no usable prints at the scene and the woman was given a case number and told to call again if she discovered anything else missing or spotted her ex.
FAINT OF HEART
A woman who owns a home on Gilman Avenue West called police about noon on Oct. 4 and reported that her tenant, who lives at the address, had heard knocking and banging about 2 a.m.
Motion sensor lights came on. Police investigated and theorized that "it's possible the lights scared away the suspect.'
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
A woman parked her car at 15th Avenue West and Garfield early Monday morning, Oct. 5, and did a little business.
She returned and discovered her driver's side window smashed (damage $200). The thief stole approximately $150 in CDs and other property and was long gone when police arrived.
BAD VOYAGE
Police were called to a pier in lower Queen Anne by a distraught fella who had been relieved of his 'medium-sized, rolling suitcase,' and the contents inside, valued at more than $1,500.
The man said he had brought the suitcase on "his cruise" and that it disappeared. He had gotten no satisfaction from cruise line employees and so called the local gendarmes. The report noted "nothing further was done.
BAD BUSINESS
A self-described "businessman" told police he had parked his rental car in a garage near Second and Taylor streets Monday, Oct. 5. When he returned to the vehicle he found it ransacked and the GPS from the driver's side front windshield gone. The value was estimated to be $250. The suspects, possibly using the GPS as an aid, were long gone.
NOT SO SPECIAL
Police were called to a "specialty store" on West Denny Way about noon Monday, Oct. 5, when the owner reported someone had splintered their front door (estimated damage $150) and stolen some items overnight. Officers noted the store was "in a secure building that featured NO surveillance cameras."
HIGH SECURITY, NOT!
A man living on Second Avenue West called police about 2:30 Monday, Oct. 5th to report his vehicle, parked in the "secured" garage of his apartment complex had been prowled. The man reported an i-Pod, sunglasses and a pocket knife (estimated value $700) missing. Security cameras in the garage only covered the entrance, not where the man's vehicle was parked.
BRINGING WORK HOME
A fellow who lives on 20th Avenue West called police Tuesday evening, Oct. 6, to report someone had stolen a mountain bike and toolbox from his patio.
He told officers he strongly suspected a 6-foot, 230-pound, 50-year-old white man with long stringy gray hair of the theft.
The victim said he had fired someone of that description recently 'at work."
Officers cautiously noted in the report that "It is possible that (redacted) did the burglary but no suspect was seen."
LONG WALK HOME
A Ballard woman called police late Tuesday evening, Oct. 6, to report that someone had stolen her bike from outside the front of Trader Joe's, on upper Queen Anne, while she was shopping. The report noted that there was "no evidence." And no bike.[[In-content Ad]]
