Open Window
A man living on First Avenue West called 911 on Saturday, May 12th to report that at some time between 2 and 11 a.m. somebody had reached into an open window in his apartment and taken a bag full of his stuff. The bag had been left sitting near the window, which the victim believes he left partially open. This window had a screen on it, but after examining the window it appeared that the screen had been removed and the window forced open beyond its secure point.
Unlocked Door
Another trusting Queen Anne resident called Seattle Police to report his unlocked garage had been broken into in the middle of the night on Friday, May 11th. According to the victim he’d seen that his garage door at his house, located in the 600 block of West Garfield Street, had been closed but not locked at about 5:45 p.m. The next day he found the door partially opened and upon further investigation discovered somebody had taken his wife’s bicycle.
Police spoke with a neighbor who reported he’d seen the garage door partially open at about 8:30 p.m. the night before, but hadn’t seen anybody around. Nothing else was taken. No damage to the garage or any property was observed. The victim provided a good description of the bicycle but could not find the serial number.
The victim was advised to call or email the serial number to police if they found it. They were also advised to lock their doors, and to email dates and times of community meetings so Queen Anne-based police officers could attend and address their concerns and issues.
Face Stomping
Seattle Police officers responded to a club located on Fifth Avenue North at 1:43 a.m. on Sunday, May 13th after receiving calls about a female being assaulted in the bathroom. When they arrived and located the victim and witnesses they heard the story. According to the victim and witnesses the victim had been in the bathroom when the suspect, a long lost friend, came in and began arguing with the victim. Pretty soon the suspect was stomping on the victim’s face with her high-heeled shoe. The witnesses said the suspect was carried out of the club by security, and the witness walked out with the victim, who was covered in blood.
The victim told police she had been friends with the suspect for years, and they recently had a falling out. She was able to give responding police officers the full name and date of birth of the suspect. She would not answer any further questions.
The officers called an ambulance for the victim, as she was bleeding profusely from the face. She was transported to Harborview for further treatment.
Smash and Grab
When the captain of a sea vessel noticed a window at a yacht brokerage firm had been smashed out, he called 911 to report it. Seattle Police responded to the marine center, located in the 2200 block of West Commodore Way, at 3:40 p.m. on Sunday, May 13. A roll up glass (garage-style) window had been smashed with a blunt or heavy object, and the burglar had reached inside and grabbed an Apple laptop that had been sitting on a nearby desk. The person who uses the office that was burglarized was out of town, and unable to be reached by police. Police were also unable to reach the captain.
The marine center is located on the water front and is secured by a locking steel fence. Police note that there are several residents that live on yachts that are docked less than 50 feet away from the center. There are also residents living in apartments above the burglarized office building. Police canvassed the neighborhood, talking with neighbors, but nobody had seen or heard anything unusual the prior evening, early morning or this afternoon.
Vacant House Raided
Seattle Police responded to a fire damaged vacant house under construction located in the 500 block of West Republican Street after the construction crew called 911 at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 14th to report a burglary. Sometime after 5 p.m. on Friday, May 11th somebody forced entry into the vacant house and removed tools belonging to the contractor.
When the crew arrived this morning they found the boards removed from a window and a generator and air compressor had been cut free of their chains and stolen. Some graffiti damage had also been done to the on-site Porta Potty and the house’s electric meter. Responding officers don’t believe the graffiti is related to the burglary.
Hide-a-Key Found
The co-owner of a business located in the 2200 block of 32nd Avenue West called police to report her business had been broken into sometime between 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, May 13th and 9:23 a.m. on Monday, the 14th. The victim said her business partner closed the facility on Sunday evening, and everything was normal. When she came in this morning she found the main door unlocked. She then noticed that the spare key box located on the front, outside wall of the building had been pried open. This is a realtor type box, and was kept outside as an emergency spare copy of the key.
The burglar then used the key to gain entry to the business. Once inside, the suspect stole a computer and some cash. The cash was located in a metal filing cabinet on the southeast corner of the main office area. No business records or any of the clients’ personal information was compromised.
Bus Stop Robbery
At 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 20, police from the North Precinct responded to investigate a reported robbery that had occurred earlier in the day in the Queen Anne area. When they got to the victim’s place of work on Aurora Avenue North, she told them she’d been sitting at a bus stop on Aurora where it intersects with Mercer Street at about 2 p.m. when a strange man came up and sat next to her.
He pulled out a small pocket knife and told her to hand over her purse, which she did. The robber opened up her wallet and took the cash out, and then handed it and the purse back to her. He then got up and walked away in an unknown direction.
The victim continued on to work, and when she got there she told her manager what happened. He told her to call 911 and report the robbery. The victim said that she probably would not be able to positively identify the suspect if she saw him again. She also told police that she is not exactly sure about the robbery location.
Because of the delay in reporting the robbery, and because it was reported in a different neighborhood than the one it took place in, police were unable to search for or locate the suspect or collect any evidence.
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