Five Teens Arrested After Pistol-whipping, Robbing Man on First Hill
Police arrested several teenage muggers who pistol-whipped, punched and robbed a 25-year-old man in the North First Hill neighborhood Tuesday night. The victim and two women were smoking cigarettes in...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Two Rolling Gunfights
Police are investigating two rolling gun battles that happened late Tuesday in the 23rd and Union, and Beacon Hill neighborhoods. Witnesses told officers they saw a dark green Chevy Tahoe chasing a...
View ArticleCab Ride Ends with Passenger Arrested, Driver in Hospital
The cab driver’s fare likely seemed promising — until the passenger climbed into the front seat. The driver collected his 30-year-old ride in Mill Creek on Thursday night and drove him several places...
View ArticleNeighborhood Response Team Tackles Low-level Crime Downtown
A new seven-member police squad is patrolling the downtown core to tackle persistent, low-level crime that can make streets and parks feel unsafe. The Neighborhood Response Team, created in December,...
View ArticleSuspect Arrested For Threats and Slurs at Capitol Hill Store
Police tracked down and arrested a 52-year-man on Monday who threatened employees inside a Capitol Hill store and hurled epithets and slurs at staff and customers. Witnesses told police said the...
View ArticlePolice Cork Wine-Soused Prowling Suspects
Police arrested two men early Monday who broke into a pickup truck in Downtown Seattle after consuming a half-gallon of red wine. Officers got a call about the car prowl at 5th Avenue and Columbia...
View ArticleOfficers Pull Over Suspected DUI Driver, Find Teen Behind the Wheel of Stolen...
When East Precinct patrol officers spotted a Chevy Suburban weaving its way down Madison Street on Capitol Hill early Monday, officers expected to find an intoxicated driver behind the wheel. Instead,...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Possible Luring Incident in South Park
Policing are investigating a possible luring incident in the South Park neighborhood where a man followed around a 14-year-old girl, who was waiting for a school bus Wednesday morning. The girl told...
View ArticleTop Amazon Exec to be SPD’s New Chief Information Officer
The Seattle Police Department has recruited a top Amazon executive to boost the department’s technological prowess and find new ways to fight crime through data analysis. Greg Russell, an Amazon vice...
View ArticleInquest Jury Issues Findings In July Officer-Involved Shooting on Beacon Hill
On April 9th, 2015 an inquest jury found that a Seattle police officer believed he was in imminent danger when he killed a man armed with a realistic-looking pellet gun last July. The inquest, ordered...
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