This list of crimes was compiled from censored police reports and written by Lydia Sprague.
Discreet break-in
A woman living in the 2600 block of Queen Anne Avenue North called 911 the morning of Sept. 27, when she woke up and noticed a broken window frame in the kitchen. She said she’d just moved in to the house.
The woman said she was out most of the day, and when she got home at 11:30 p.m., she did not notice that the home had been broken into, as she is still pretty unfamiliar with it. Much of the mess left behind by the burglar was in a bedroom, but that door was closed and she did not open it.
In the morning, she noticed that the wood framing on one of the kitchen windows was broken, and she then noticed that the rear kitchen door was unlocked.
It is believed that the kitchen window was the point of entry and the kitchen door was the point of exit.
The woman told police she does not believe that any of her things were taken.
The woman also told police that one of her next-door neighbor’s home was also broken into the previous day.
Dog days
Upon receiving 911 calls reporting a jogger was choking another person with a dog leash on the sidewalk in the 1600 block of 10th Avenue West, police responded around 9 p.m. Oct. 6. Responding officers spoke with the victim, the aggressor and a witness, all of whom were still on the sidewalk.
The jogger told police he’d been running in the block of 10th Avenue West when he heard a dog running up behind him. The dog ran by, stopping in front of him and growling. The jogger yelled at the dog, which then ran away behind a shrub.
The jogger then began yelling, “Who owns this dog? Come and get him.”
He then saw a person walk down the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street who was calling out a dog’s name. He asked this man if the dog was his, and he said no.
The jogger then noticed the man had a dog leash draped over his shoulder, so he again asked if he owned the dog, and the man said no again. Still upset, the jogger crossed the street to talk to him. He asked a third time if the dog was his, and the man said it was his brother’s.
The jogger told police he began yelling profanity at the other man because he was very angry about the dog not being on a leash. He said he grabbed the leash that was draped around the other man’s shoulder and wrapped it around his neck, pulling him to the ground. While he was on top of the dog walker, somebody came up from behind and knocked him off.
The witness had been in his living room and saw the incident take place. He said he saw the jogger wrap the dog leash around the other man’s neck, so he ran out to forcefully body-check the jogger off of the other man.
The victim said his brother’s dog got out when his brother took out the garbage. When he heard barking, he went to see if it was his brother’s dog and came upon the jogger, who started yelling at him when he found out it was his dog. The jogger then grabbed the leash, wrapped it around his neck to the point where it was getting difficult for him to breathe. Then jogger was knocked off of him by the witness.
The victim said his neck was sore. There was red bruising around his neck.
The jogger was arrested for assault and booked into King County Jail.
Scared burglar
On Oct. 8 at 1:26 p.m., police were dispatched to a home on 10th Avenue West for an audible burglary alarm tripped.
Officers met the victim, who was at home with her son; she said that no one else should be in the home.
Officers checked the basement first and found the laundry room window was slid open about 8 inches, and the screen was pushed into the room. The victim said that this was not normal and that the window should have been shut.
The victim determined that nothing was missing.
The canine unit responded, as well as additional officers for suspect containment. They didn’t find any suspects in the house or in the neighborhood.
Outside the house, police found a vise grip tool on the ground outside the open window. A metal screw was screwed into the aluminum frame of the open window.
The suspect apparently used the vise grip to screw in the screw and then pry open the window. Opening the window activated the audible burglary alarm, which may have scared the suspect away.
Vigilant delivery man
A delivery driver called 911 after dropping off a package at a home in the 2200 block of Taylor Avenue North at noon on Oct. 1. He had noticed the place looked as if it’d just been broken into.
There was nobody home when police arrived.
It appeared the suspect threw a brick through the front-door glass. The suspect rummaged through the victim’s belongings, leaving items on the floor and doors open.
It is unknown if anything was taken.
Responding police officers found a phone number for the victim and left her a voice mail.
The fire department responded and cleaned up the broken glass and secured the residence.