Small Time Robbery
A North Precinct officer responded to the University Hospital at 6:18 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23rd after hospital staff called 911 to report a patient had reportedly been robbed in her home the previous night. The responding officer first spoke with the patient’s relative who said she’d gone out to dinner with the victim on the evening of the May 22, and when she dropped the victim off at her apartment on Dexter Avenue North, she made sure her apartment door was locked. When she returned in the morning, she knocked several times and did not get an answer. She looked in the window and was able to see the victim lying on the floor unresponsive, so she contacted the landlord who was able to unlock the door. The relative then brought the victim to the hospital.
Once at the hospital the victim revealed she had been assaulted in her home by a strange man who struck her in the face and knocked her down and took 45 dollars from her purse.
When the police officer spoke with the victim, he could tell she was suffering from some serious memory impairment and dementia. She remembered going out to dinner with her relative, and said she locked her apartment door when she got home. She was alone in her apartment when the stranger suddenly appeared. She said she didn’t let this man in, and didn’t see him enter the apartment any other way. She told the officer that the suspect didn’t strike her. When asked for a description of the man she couldn’t provide one, only saying he was a stranger, but she couldn’t remember what he looked like. There were no signs of her being stuck in the face.
Stolen Tip Jar
Seattle Police responded to the area of Warren Avenue North after receiving reports about a coffee stand employee who was just robbed for his tip jar. It all happened at about 6:15 p.m. on Monday, May 28th. The victim reports that he was working at his stand when a group of five males that he didn’t recognize approached his stand, and one of the men grabbed his tip jar. The jar contained about 30 dollars.
The victim began chasing the suspects, and caught up to them in the area of Warren and John. At this point one of the men pulled out a six-inch knife; the victim did not believe this to be a kitchen knife. The victim backed away after seeing the knife. He did not sustain any injuries during the confrontation.
The responding Seattle Police officer broadcast the suspect’s descriptions over the police radio. The suspects were not located, and neither was the tip jar.
Knife Wielding Shoplifter
Several Seattle Police units responded to multiple 911 calls reporting that a man had just pulled a knife on security at a store on First Avenue West at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29th. The first call reported that there was a knife fight in the area of First Avenue North and Republican Street, and as officers responded to the area a second call came in to report that store security was following the man in the area of Second Avenue West and West Harrison Street.
As officers descended on the neighborhood, a passerby stated she saw the possible suspect enter a building in the 400 block of Third Avenue West. Officers contained the building and began searching it for the suspect. As they entered, an employee said they saw the suspect go downstairs and enter the restroom. Police located the suspect in the restroom and arrested him. The knife was recovered from his right front pocket, and taken as evidence. As he was escorted out of the building he was positively identified by the victims, store security, that he was the shoplifter that pulled the knife.
The security agents told police they’d been watching the suspect in their store, and observed him take a glass coffee drink and an ice cream scooper from the display and conceal them in his backpack. He then exited the store without paying. When security approached the suspect he was hostile, and refused to cooperate, denying he stole anything. He was placed into a hold, and while being escorted back into the store he escaped. One of the victims got the man’s backpack from him during the scuffle, but as they attempted to get him under control he pulled a knife out of his right pocket. The victims backed off, but began following him at a safe distance.
The stolen merchandise was recovered from the suspect’s backpack by police officers and returned to the store. Both of the victims provided statements for police. The case was passed on to the robbery unit, and the suspect was booked into King County Jail for investigation of armed robbery, a felony offense.
Cane Beating
After a drunk guy came into a sandwich shop at the corner of Fairview Avenue North and Denny Way at about 2 p.m. on Monday, May 21st and began yelling expletives at everybody inside, the store owner told the man to leave. After being told to leave several times, the man walked outside the shop and began pounding on the glass front door with an aluminum walking cane he was carrying. The store owner went outside and again told the man to leave. This time the drunken man began beating the store owner with his aluminum cane.
The store owner told the drunk man he was going to call 911, at which point the man said he didn’t care, and to go ahead. However, he began walking away from the store at this point, walking southbound of Boren Avenue North. Police were able to catch up with the man, however, in the intersection of Boren Avenue North and Virginia Street. Officers arrested the man for assault, and brought him to the west precinct to dry out. He was later booked into King County Jail.
Folklife Shooting
Seattle Police report that a shooting occurred at the annual Folklife Festival held at the Seattle Center. On Saturday, May 26th at about 7 p.m. two strangers were talking to each other on the Broad Street lawn when, out of nowhere, man number one smashed man number two over the head with the skateboard he was carrying. Man number two then pulled out a small revolver and began firing at man number one, who ran away southbound. Man number two missed man number one, instead shooting a bystander in the right leg as he stood on the sidewalk waiting to cross Broad Street.
Several Seattle Police officers responded to the scene, including three sergeants, a lieutenant, a captain, and two assistant chiefs. Man number one was not located by Seattle Police, but the victim and man number two (the one that fired the gun) were transported to the hospital for treatment to their injuries. The gun-firing festival goer was later arrested for felony assault with an aggravated weapon. The revolver was recovered from him during the arrest screening.
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