Employee gone crazy
The manager of a grocery store in the 1600 block of West Dravus Street was called to the front of the store at 5 a.m., Nov. 23 because an employee was causing a scene. A witness told the manager the employee had been verbally abusing one of the checkers and was throwing food around the store.
When the manager approached the employee he was spraying the words "I quit" on the front windows of the store with Cheez Whiz. The manager asked the employee why he was acting this way. The employee responded by calling the manager a derogatory term.
The manager told the employee he would be fired if he continued to act this way. The employee told his manager he couldn't be fired, because he quit. The manager tried to escort the employee out of the store to the parking lot, but the employee turned and threw his cup full of beer at the manager.
The employee then walked toward the manager, who was now drenched in beer, and stood face to face with him. He yelled, "Come on! Bring it on!"
Once the employee had been escorted out of the store by security the manager called the police, who told him to call 911 if the employee ever returned to the store.
Strange Dumping
Police responded to a report of an illegal dumping at 1:25 a.m. on Nov. 19 in a parking lot in the 2600 block of 14th Avenue West. The responding officer spoke with a man who said he was sitting inside his home when he heard a loud noise. He looked out the window and saw a silver van speeding out of the parking lot, leaving behind a large glass object.
The officer and the complainant investigated the object, but couldn't determine what it was. It was 4-feet tall, blue and with a glass pane. The complainant told the officer he thought it could have come from a store down the street.
The officer went to check out the store. When he arrived he discovered the lock on the door to be missing, and a screwdriver wedged into the doorframe. He was able to open the door, and called for backup.
Backup officers arrived and investigated the building, but couldn't find any signs of anything being stolen. Officers couldn't find any information on the store-owner, so they left a note.
Garage Burglary
A couple had secured their home's detached garage at 8 p.m. on Nov. 15. When they came back out to the garage in the 2300 block of West Viewmont Way, at 7 a.m. the next day, they discovered somebody had broken into the garage and stolen multiple items.
The person had rolled up one of the doors, but had not broken the lock.
Bouncer Attack
Police responded to a disturbance at a bar located at 621 Queen Anne Avenue North at 1:51 a.m. on Nov. 22. A witness told responding police that his friend had attempted to re-enter the bar after exiting at closing time. A bouncer had refused to let him re-enter.
The man attempted to push past the bouncer, who in return punched the man in the face, causing him to fall backward and hit his head on a curb. The man suffered a laceration to the back of the head.
The bouncer had left the scene by the time the police arrived. Police were unable to get good information from the bar's owner regarding the bouncer's name and contact information.
Hit and Run
A man told police he was walking northbound through the intersection of First Avenue West and West Roy Street at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 19. When an acquaintance, who appeared intoxicated, approached him and punched him in the right side of the face. The victim told police the suspect was stumbling and had watery eyes. The suspect didn't say anything to the victim, but simply walked up and punched him. The victim said the suspect then walked away eastbound on West Roy Street.
Bar Fight
Police arrested two men who witnesses said were involved in a bar fight at 11:15 p.m. in a bar located at 105 West Mercer Street on Nov. 21. A bouncer at the bar as well as a witness and two victims told police the two men started a fight with the two victims over a beer.
One of the suspects grabbed one of the victims and punched him in the right eye, causing immediate bruising and swelling. When the second victim attempted to help the first victim up off the floor, the second suspect jumped out of his chair and punched victim two in the mouth.
When officers arrived at the bar, the witness was outside and pointed police to the two suspects, who were attempting to leave. When police questioned the suspects they denied being involved in any kind of incident inside the bar.
The two suspects were placed under arrest for assault, read their Miranda rights and transported to the West Precinct. They were later booked into King County Jail.
Burglary
Police responded to reports of a burglary in the 300 block of Fourth Avenue North at 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 20.
When they arrived the victim told police she had left her house at 7:45 a.m. and hadn't returned until 9:20 p.m. When she came home she found her door ajar and a window open. There was a chair underneath the open window on the outside. The victim told police the chair was normally on the porch.
Upon investigation the victim discovered she was missing two laptop computers, an iMac and a Dell, and a Tiffany wedding ring set. Her CDs were also knocked all over the floor.
Police were unable to lift any fingerprints.
Bloody Burglary
A man called police to report a burglary in an apartment he uses as storage. The man returned to the apartment and found a broken window and blood everywhere and a bloody coat in the stairwell.
The man told police he had left the apartment, which is located in the 200 block of Queen Anne Avenue North, around 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 18. He returned at 6:45 a.m. on Nov. 19 to find the door unlocked.
When he entered he saw the window was broken, with a rock on the floor, and blood on the walls, floor and door.
Responding police knocked on the door of a neighbor who said a random bloody man knocked on his door and asked for a bandage at 7 p.m.
Stolen iPhone
A young man, who is a minor, told police he got off a Metro bus at Queen Anne Avenue North and Denny Way at 8 p.m. on Nov. 19. Three older males got off the bus at the same stop. One, who was described as being around 19 years old and having a limp, asked the young man to use his phone.
The victim handed the man his iPhone. While the first man attempted to use the iPhone the other two came up behind the victim and took $40 from his pocket. The three then ran eastbound.
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