Gossip guy
It's the 21st-century version of passing notes: An 11-year-old boy (let's call him "Mr. X") is suspected of gaining access to a local girl's e-email account and sending messages (under her name) to their mutual friends, asking, "What do you think of Mr. X?" And to be sure that he could gauge his place on the social ladder, he had their replies forwarded to his own e-mail address.
Although the girl has repeatedly changed e-mail accounts, this is the third time the suspect has hacked in.
Love me two times
When one woman informed another that they were being two-timed by the same guy, she received a pointed reply: "Leave us alone" and "I'd be afraid if I were you."
She also received a message that said, "We will meet. Be ready, home-wrecker."
According to the victim, the suspect knows where she works, but does not know where she lives.
No-go
One Sunday evening, a mother requested that officers stand by as she picked up her son from visitation with his father. (There is a history of the son not wanting to go with his mother, and the mother says her ex encourages such behavior.)
Officers explained that they couldn't force the child to go with either parent, but that they could simply "ensure the peace" during the transition.
Indeed, the boy refused to leave and, in front of officers, peppered his refusals with curses directed at the mother. Even when the mothewr explained that the father would go to jail if contempt of court complaints were filed, the boy refused to go with her.
Because the boy was in no physical danger at his father's home, officers told the mother that she would need to resolve the issue by other means at another time.
The child remained with his father.
feeling's not mutual
A woman has been advised to get an anti-harassment order against an out-of-state acquaintance who, since 2002, has tracked her through five moves and addresses and whose escalating behavior has become a concern - especially because she has told him several times that his attentions are unwanted.
She recently received a wedding gift from the man but doesn't know how he knew of her engagement.
(An anti-harassment order would give police reason to make an arrest if he came to Washington state.)
Damages
A business in the 1100 block of Elliott Ave. W. lost 10 windows to someone who shattered them with a BB gun early Thursday.
And following a burglar-alarm trip, the owner of a storage area in the 4200 block of 24th Ave. W. discovered that someone had snipped part of a fence surrounding the property.
Caught on tape
On a Wednesday afternoon, a white male in his 20s, wearing a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans, was caught on tape stealing $400 worth of Blu-ray videos from a store in the 2200 block 32nd Ave. W.
Rubbed wrong way
A local massage therapist was dismayed to discover that someone remotely accessed her office computer and gained access to bank information, client files, Excel spreadsheets and other personal information.
And a Ballard massage therapist reports that she was a victim, as well: An unknown person gained access to her credit-card information and made unauthorized charges.
Wrong number
After receiving two odd, delinquent account notices from a collections agency, a woman discovered that twice since 2006, someone had used her name and Social Security number to open two telephone accounts in Utah.
Leaf me alone
On 28th Ave. W., a woman called 911 to report a prowler outside her window.
When officers arrived they spoke with a man who said he had been cleaning leaves from the overhang above the building's entrance. The overhang is outside the woman's window.
Officers talked to the woman, who still wanted to file a report.
Welcome home
On Queen Anne on a Sunday morning, a woman arrived home to discovered her boyfriend of two years was being intimate with another woman.
When it was apparent that she would take her anger out on the other woman instead of on him, the boyfriend held his girlfriend down while the other woman skedaddled.
Later, the girlfriend walked into the bedroom armed with a kitchen knife. Her boyfriend grabbed it, threw it under the bed and then hit her repeatedly.
He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of domestic violence assault.
The girlfriend might face assault charges, but she was first taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment of her injuries.
No fingerprints
On a Sunday afternoon, a disoriented man carrying a blanket and a pink purse told officers he came to town with his cousin but that they had become separated in a crowd at the Seattle Center.
He said that he'd been wandering around the city for four days and was out of his medication for his 10 amputated fingers. (The officer's report confirmed that his digits were, indeed, gone.)
An ID check showed that the man was a missing person from Pierce County who had left Western State Hospital. (He'd been there voluntarily.)
Seattle Police made arrangements for the man to be returned, but because hospital officials were unable to immediately retrieve him, the man was taken to Harborview Medical Center for interim care.
Burglaries, prowls
By block: Thomas St. and Warren Ave., 800 W. Galer St., 500 W. Mercer St., 4500 block of 32nd Ave. W., 1100 Elliott Ave. W., 200 W. Roy St., 3500 block of Sixth Ave. W., 2500 block of Dexter Ave. N., 3000 block of 30th Ave. W., 4200 block of 24th Ave. W., 300 block of W. Hayes St., 3800 block of W. Government Way.[[In-content Ad]]
