Failed Robbery
After a failed attempt to rob a man in the area of Queen Anne Avenue North and West Cremona, two would-be robbers decided to take out their aggression by beating their victim. Seattle Police received a 911 call at about 2:25 a.m. on Sunday, June 17th reporting a man had been assaulted. When responding officers arrived they found that the Seattle Fire Department had already responded and were treating the man’s injuries, which included a significant cut above his left eye.
The police officers took a description of the assailants from the victim, and then began searching the neighborhood for the suspects. The victim told police he’d been approached by the two males, who asked him for money. When he told them he didn’t have any money they demanded him to hand over his wallet. When he said no one of the males began hitting him in the face several times. The two then ran off in the southwest direction.
The victim said the suspects had been unsuccessful in getting anything from him. At this time the victim’s friend had responded to the scene and said he would take the victim to Harborview. They left for the hospital right away, because the cut the victim had sustained on his head was so deep that it had caused his eye to swell shut.
Police officers were unable to locate the suspects.
Troublesome Teens
Seattle Police officers spoke with a Queen Anne man in his home, located on Taylor Avenue North, at about 7 p.m. on Friday, June 15th. He reported that at some time between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. he’d been walking home from a bar on East Pike Street. He said he was approached by two teenagers, a male and a female. The male punched him and he fell down, then the female threatened further punishment if he did not give them his debit card and pin number.
The victim said he gave the information to the suspects who then walked away in an unknown direction. The victim said he was not sure where exactly this robbery took place. After the suspects left he got up, picked the remaining contents off the ground, and continued on his way home.
According to the police report the victim used the magic of technology to trace his cell phone, which had also been taken in the robbery, to a school on Shoreline. Seattle Police did not follow up.
Purse Snatch
Several people in the area of Thomas Street and Taylor Avenue North began calling 911 after hearing a woman screaming and seeing her fighting off a man in the middle of the street at about 9:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 21st. According to the victim she’d been walking down the sidewalk on Thomas Street when a stranger approached her from behind and grabbed her purse. The purse snatcher, a male, started to pull her purse off her shoulder when she grabbed on to it with both hands and tried to pull it back from him. She later told police she had thought she could fight the man off.
At this point the man began punching her in the head repeatedly, trying to get the purse from her. He eventually pulled the purse hard enough to pull the victim to her knees in the street. While she was on the ground the robber continued assaulting her, kicking her in the side of the head several times. When the victim finally let go of her purse the suspect ran off eastbound on Thomas Street. At this point a crowd had formed around the victim; nobody stepped in to help her fend off her attacker.
When police officers arrived the victim complained that her head hurt, so they called the fire department. Fire fighters recommended she go to the hospital, but the victim declined. Police then began speaking with witnesses.
One man said he was staying in a hotel at Taylor and Thomas; he’d been on the fourth floor when he heard the victim screaming. He looked out his window and saw the victim and suspect fighting in the middle of the street. He said the suspect was wearing a red shirt and shorts. He said once he saw the suspect running off eastbound he came down to the street to aid the victim.
A second witness said he was parked just west of the robbery on Thomas Street when he heard the screaming and then saw the suspect running from the scene. This witness followed the suspect in his truck and saw him get into a waiting car on Sixth Avenue North, around the corner from Thomas Street. It was a dark colored Honda. According to the witness there were several males in the car, including the suspect, the witness said he could see his red shirt. The witness followed the suspect vehicle as it got onto Highway 99 going southbound. He took down the getaway car’s plate number and returned to the scene of the robbery.
When police officers ran the plates they discovered the victim had some history with the owner of the car. When police asked the victim if she knew her attacker she said no. She said she lived in Kitsap County, and had been in North Seattle that day. She had taken the bus to Queen Anne and had only been in the neighborhood for about 10 minutes before she was attacked.
Safe Burglary
Seattle Police officers responded to a hotel located on Dexter Avenue North at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 28th after some guests at the hotel returned to find some expensive items missing from the safe in their room. The guests, who were in town from Honduras, told the responding officers through an interpreter that they had placed the missing items in their safe at about 2:45 p.m. before leaving the hotel. They had asked a housekeeper about a problem they’d had with the safe before they left. When they got back to their room a few hours later the items in the safe were gone.
Police officers examined the safe and couldn’t find any evidence of forced entry to it.
The officer spoke with the hotel’s general manager who said guests choose their safe combinations themselves, but a few maintenance employees do have the capability to access the safes in guests’ rooms.
The victims told police they were leaving to go back to Honduras the next day, but they were very upset about the incident.
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