Rave Rumble:
A man called 911 after being assaulted at a rave being held at a club on Taylor Avenue North at about 9 p.m. on Friday, April 1st. Police met the victim in the 300 block of Fifth Avenue North, and noticed the victim had a bruised lip, with scrapes on the inside of his mouth.
He declined medical attention, but said he’d been inside the club when another male approached him and challenged him to a fight.
Not wanting to fight, he declined and then ran away when the challenger began trying to entice his friends to help him beat the victim up. He said another unknown male approached him later and acted friendly, but when he sat down the other man began kicking him in the face. The other male also took his phone, and then fled.
Officers drove the victim by the crowd outside the club, but he said he did not see his assailant there. He was then transported to the West Precinct where police provided him with a bus pass so he could get home to Kent.
Stick Up:
Police responded to a reported robbery at 10:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 2 at a store located on West Mercer Street. The store clerk, who was the only employee working at the time, said the suspect had entered the store with one hand in his pocket.
He demanded money from the register, so the clerk gave him $118 in cash. He then left the store, walking eastbound on Mercer and northbound on Queen Anne Avenue North.
Police reviewed the video and saw the suspect enter the store at 9:20 p.m. They did not see a weapon. They did not conduct an area search or call a K9 unit because the clerk delayed in calling 911.
Returning Customer:
Employees of a restaurant located on Denny Way called 911 from inside the restaurant after a would-be robber demanded money from one of them while still outside the doors. The employee went inside and barricaded the door before calling police.
Police responded at 10:13 p.m. on Monday, April 4th to the restaurant. The first employee said she’d been in the kitchen washing dishes when she heard a man yelling for service from the counter area.
When she looked at the security monitors she recognized him as a man who had robbed her a month earlier. She stayed in the back and waited for him to leave. He finally exited through the double doors leading to Denny Way.
Fifteen minutes later the second employee was in the rear of the restaurant cleaning the restrooms when the man re-entered the foyer. He demanded that the employee give him money, and indicated that he had a gun. The employee said she’d have to go inside to get it, and when she entered the interior doors she barricaded them and grabbed her phone to call 911.
The man waited for about 30 seconds and then fled through the double doors. A witness who had been in the foyer during the incident followed the man, losing sight of him on Queen Anne Avenue North.
iPad Tracker:
Police responded to a house in the area of 45th Avenue South because a man called 911 and said his iPad had been stolen from his Queen Anne office and his GPS locator told him it was in this house. Police arrived at 7:40 p.m. on Friday, April 1st.
The man said his office, located on West Harrison Street, had been left unlocked and he noticed his laptop bag was missing. His iPad had been inside the bag. Utilizing the GPS location feature on his iPhone he was able to track his iPad to the house where he saw a vehicle parked in front. A man got out of the car, and the victim said he saw what appeared to be an iPad in his hand.
When police arrived the man had exited the house and was getting back into the car. He said he didn’t know anything about a stolen iPad, and allowed the police to search the car. He said he was borrowing the car from a friend, who was also the owner of the house. She came out and said she didn’t know anything about the iPad, and politely declined allowing the police to search her house.
The man does not have the serial number of the iPad, police couldn’t do anything more for him at the time.
Just Looking:
After returning home from work to find his front door ajar on Monday, April 4th, a man called police to report a burglary at his house located on McGraw Street. He said he’d left home at 10 a.m. and returned at 6 p.m. He said nothing looked to be missing or out of place. He said he wasn’t sure if he’d locked the deadbolt, but he does know he activated the alarm.
Police found a cut in the wood of the door frame near the deadbolt. The man’s wife arrived home while police were still there, and said she didn’t see anything missing either. Police told them to get in touch with their alarm company to find out if any alarms had been tripped during the day.
Missing Clubs:
A man called 911 on Monday, April 4th to report his golf clubs had been stolen from his unlocked garage located on West Emerson Street. He said he is in the middle of moving right now, and was leaving the golf clubs in the garage for the time being.
He said he last saw the clubs on Wednesday, March 30th when he was loading up items to be moved until 7 p.m. He returned to the garage on Friday, April 1st to find the clubs missing. He said he’d been leaving the garage unlocked during the move.
Suspect Slammed:
A woman called police at 2:18 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5th to report a man had tried to get into her apartment, located on Roy Street. She said she’d been in her bedroom with the patio door slider open about three to four inches to let some air in.
At about 2:15 a.m. she heard the screen door slide open. She turned toward the patio door and saw a man’s hand reach in to move the slider door. She immediately got up and slammed the door, slamming the man’s hand in the door.
The man immediately ran off in an unknown direction. The victim told police she didn’t get a very good look at the man or what he was wearing.
Because the suspect was at large, and men trying to get into ladies’ bedroom windows is something police take seriously, a K9 unit was called to the scene. They searched the neighborhood, but were unable to locate the would be burglar.
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