This list of crimes was compiled from censored police reports and written by Lydia Sprague.
Revenge beating
A man called 911 after being hit over the head with a chair at a homeless shelter on Roy Street at 11:30 p.m. on July 31. The victim said he was assaulted by a former resident. He said he believes the assault was retaliation for an incident that occurred about four days prior, when the victim saw the suspect suspiciously looking through personal property of some of the other residents. The victim told shelter staff, and the suspect was asked to leave the shelter.
The suspect returned to the shelter the night of this police report and confronted the victim, who was sitting outside. The suspect yelled at the victim for snitching and then picked up a nearby chair and began beating the victim over the head with it.
The victim told police he was hit over the head several times, but he thought he was OK. He said he’d like a police case number so he could take the matter to court.
Music critics
On July 30, police responded to a 911 call reporting a victim was robbed in the north parking lot of Discovery Park at 11:30 p.m.
The victim was waiting for police at a different location. He said there was a group of about 15 males who committed the robbery, and they were last seen in the parking lot. He gave police descriptions of the suspects’ cars, but there were no people or cars there when police responded.
There were two other victims. They said they’d been in the parking lot, standing around the car listening to music. The group of suspects was about 30 yards away listening to music from their cars, as well. The suspects approached the victims and told them to turn their music off because they didn’t like it. The victims apologized, saying they would turn it down or off. One of the victims said, “Sorry, we offended you kids.”
Five of the males then surrounded this victim and began hitting him in the face. One of the other victims jumped in and distracted the suspects, giving the first victim a chance to escape and jump into the back of the car. The victims said they just wanted to get away.
The second victim made it over to the passenger side of the car. He was hit several times in the face.
During the assault, one of the suspects reached into the car and grabbed a cell phone from the center console. The victim pleaded with them not to take the phone, so it was thrown back in the car.
The victim then got into the car, but hadn’t gotten the door all the way closed when another suspect reached in and grabbed the cell phone out of his hand. He started to get out of the car to talk them into giving the phone back again, but he was hit several more times in the face.
Before they could leave, several of the suspects kicked both sides of the car. One even jumped on top of the car as they were trying to drive away. There were dents on both sides of the car.
All of the victims suffered severe bruising and cuts to the face and body.
Missing keys
A woman called 911 when she woke up the morning of Aug. 4and discovered her keys were missing. The keys were in her purse, which had been on a table by the door.
When police responded to her West Crockett Street house at 10:30 a.m., the woman said she noticed that the flowerbed in front of her door was torn up as she left that morning.
She said some odd and ends that are stored under the stairs outside her front door had been gone through, but nothing else was missing.
Police said there were no signs of any forced entry; the victim said she locked her door but not the deadbolt. Police explained to her how just locking the doorknob makes it is easier for a burglar to unlock the door.
Open invitation
A Queen Anne couple on Bigelow Avenue North called 911 on the morning of Aug. 4, after they discovered their basement was broken into overnight. They believe the garage door was left open the previous night, when she returned home from walking the dog.
The suspect entered the garage and opened the door to their basement gym room. The burglar unplugged a 42-inch, flat-screen TV and exited the residence.
The female resident saw that the garage door was open when she left the house that morning so she left a note for her boyfriend. She didn’t know about the theft. The boyfriend noticed the TV was missing then checked his house for suspects and other missing property. He said he does not believe anything else was taken.
Tripped alarm
Police responded to an alarm at a business on Nickerson Street at 4:15 a.m. Aug. 3. When they arrived, they found the front door had been pried open with a crowbar and the dead bolt lock was on the floor inside. The door was standing ajar, but nobody was found inside. There was damage to a side door, also caused by a crow bar, but it hadn’t been opened.
Police tried unsuccessfully to contact the business owner, so they secured the building and left a note.
Later, a nearby business called police and said they had surveillance video. The video showed two men arriving on scene in a white van; one carried a duffel bag containing a large crowbar. They both walked into the alley behind the business, returning a few minutes later and driving off in the van. The time frame of the video coincided with the alarm trip.
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