Building Burglary
The manager of a business located in the 200 block of Terry Avenue North called 911 at 5:30 p.m. on March 7 to report his business had been broken into.
He told police seven new Apple computers had been stolen from inside the business' first floor office. The burglary had taken place some time between 12:30 p.m. on March 6 and 11:30 p.m. March 7.
Somehow the suspects had gained access via a door that is activated by a magnetic card. The suspects also gained access to a second, similarly magnetically activated door inside the building.
Repeated Offense
A man called police to report his car had been broken into. The event had taken place sometime between 10 p.m. on March 6 and 8 a.m. March 7. The car had been parked on West Raye Street. This was the second time this week his car had been prowled. The suspect pried open the driver's side door. Items were taken from the center console, driver's side visor and the rear of the vehicle.
Mail Thief
A woman called police on March 8 at 4:40 p.m. to report somebody had stolen checks from her outgoing mail and cashed one of them. Police responded to the woman's house, which is located in the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue North. The victim told police she suspected five of her checks had been stolen.
The victim said on Feb. 1 she had placed three checks in her outgoing mail: one for $1,344 and two to her bank totaling at $5,012. On Feb. 2 she placed two more checks in the mail: one for $118 and another for $128.
The victim said instead of putting outgoing mail into her mailbox, she hangs it from a clip on her front door. Leaving it in plain view.
On Feb. 4 the $1,344 check was cashed, but on March 8 the company she had written the check to contacted her to tell her they hadn't received the check yet. When she contacted the bank she was given a photocopy of the check that was cashed. Somebody had written over the name of the company it was made out to.
Upon further investigation the victim found out none of her checks had made it to their destinations. None of the others were cashed, and she stopped payment on all of them.
Burglars Get Nothing
Police were alerted that the front window of a café located in the 3200 block of 15th Avenue West was broken out at 1:29 a.m. on March 9. Upon arrival officers checked the building for suspects. They found none. They then found a contact person for the business and called them. The person came down and said the only thing missing from the business was the cash register, and there had been nothing in it.
A check for fingerprints was unsuccessful.
Stolen Tools
At 9 a.m. on March 9 a contractor called the police to report a burglary of a locked storage site at a condominium complex, where he had been working. The contractor works for a construction company out of North Seattle. The company is currently working in the 300 block of Second Avenue West and storing their tools in a parking garage behind a fenced area that is locked with pad locks.
When the victim arrived to work the morning of March 9 he discovered the locks had been cut and multiple tools had been stolen. He provided officers with a list of missing tools.
The garage is a limited access garage, but according to the victim, it is frequently open.
Stolen Bike
A man reported to police that on March 9 some time between midnight and 3 a.m. somebody entered his detached garage and stole his bicycle. There were no signs of forced entry to the garage. The man lives in the 3400 block of 13th Avenue West.
Car Prowl
A man told police he parked his vehicle in the 3800 block of West Government Way at 3 p.m. on March 7. When he returned to his car, about a half an hour later, he found his driver's side door lock pried, the window jamb bent and the window broken out.
The suspect stole a pair of pants that had a wallet inside. There was a fraudulent use of his credit card before he had a chance to cancel it. Damage to the car was estimated at $1,500.
Stolen Gun
A man called police on March 8 to report a gun had been stolen from his truck while he was working. The man is a contractor, currently working a job in the 3100 block of West Government Way.
On March 4 between 1 and 4:30 p.m. the man was working inside the building. When he returned to his truck he discovered somebody had broken in and stolen the gun from the center console. The man said he had left the truck unlocked because he had been going back and forth to retrieve tools.
The victim said he is the registered owner of the gun but was going to give it as a gift to someone else. The victim had waited to report the incident, because he wanted to check several places where he might have left the missing gun.
At Home Burglary
A police officer was dispatched to a house located in the 2400 block of 36th Avenue West at 10:59 p.m. on March 6 to investigate a burglary.
Upon arrival the officer spoke with the homeowner. He said he had been outside in the front yard doing yard work and his wife was inside the house upstairs on the phone.
Some time between 1 and 2:30 p.m. somebody had come in through the open garage and into the bedroom. The suspect had taken the victim's wallet from his pants and his watch from the dresser.
The victim believes the suspect must have heard his wife upstairs, as nothing else was missing or disturbed. The suspect used one of the victim's credit cards at 2:30 at a grocery store at 16th Avenue West and West Dravus Street. They also used it at a gas station in the 3300 block of West McGraw Street.
The victim has since canceled all his credit cards.
Locker Break In
On March 6 at 1:05 p.m. a man called police to report his 12-speed Fuji road bike had been stolen from his storage locker located in his apartment complex. The apartment is located in the 1700 block of Fifth Avenue North. The man had last observed his locked storage locker secured on March 3.
At 9 a.m. on March 6 the victim was notified by the building manager that his storage locker had been broken into.
Upon arrival the responding officer observed the storage door lock damaged with a sizable hole where the lock was. The storage facility is located in the basement of the apartment complex. The suspect did not appear to have been there long, as the bicycle was the only thing missing. Everything else appeared to have been left untouched.
Repeat Victim
A man reported to police that somebody broke into his car between the hours of 1 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. March 6.
The man lives at a residence in the 3600 block of 39th Avenue West that has recently been victim to a burglary and an auto theft.
The window on the driver's side of the car had been broken. A flashlight was found on the grass next to the burglarized vehicle. Police placed it into evidence.[[In-content Ad]]
