Just posted at SPDBlotter: Southwest Precinct investigators who’ve been working on dental-office break-ins in West Seattle and citywide are asking your help in finding the man shown at left. Here’s the text of the alert: “Seattle Police detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Shane L. [...]
The recent execution-style murder of Officer Timothy Brenton has justifiably shaken the residents of Seattle. The suspect, Christopher Monfort, is most certainly the culprit. His car was seen at the crime scene, and when discovered at his apartment a few days later, police claim to have found [...]
The verdict’s in for DeShawn “Cash Money” Clark, the teenage pimp linked to a gang called the Westside Street Mobb: Guilty. He’s the first person convicted under King County’s human-trafficking law. Though the gang was said to have originated in West Seattle, Clark’s crimes did not happen here - court [...]
"Ronald Reagan crime watch" by El Gregein, from our Flickr pool.
Well, we can’t be number one at everything. Washington, DC-based CQ Press has just released its list of the most crime-ridden cities, and Seattle didn’t even crack [...]
For the year's final Dish-Off in City Arts before the year-end playoff issue, a steak house and an oyster house interpret Uncle Kracker's "Steaks 'n' Shrimp"--the most risque song in Dish-Off history. It was interesting to see how two chefs from traditional restaurants interpreted [...]
The weapon of choice of Stanwood rampagers. Whew! What a week for weird crimes. So far we've had self-styled ninjas wounding themselves, crossbow-wielding attackers, an underage drunk driver turning herself in and a miraculously harmless 8-story fall. (Okay, that' [...]
Betsy reports a burglary on 26th SW in North Delridge - and says she came face-to-face with one of the burglars when she arrived at her neighboring home around 1 pm — “a slender, dark-skinned African American man between the ages of 17-24 walking out of my neighbor’s house carrying [...]
First, a quick CW report from Nicole:
I read the West Seattle Crime (Watch) frequently since our home was burglarized back in August. Wanted to report that our SUV was vandalized night of November 16 — someone keyed along the entire length of the car. It was parked on the street [...]
STOLEN VAN: Stephanie hopes you can help track down the van her husband needs for his blacksmith/metal-arts work: “Our 1986 Toyota van (silver with black steel racks with red tops on four corners) was stolen last night, 11/16. It’s a work van, really important. We live on 12th Avenue near [...]
The truth of malware today is that it is a cat-and-mouse game between the criminals/hackers and the security people. The hackers are ready to take advantage of every opportunity. Recently, former beauty contestant Carrie Prejean was in the news. It was just hours later that there were malware and spyware [...]
More photos » by Elaine Thompson - AP
Aftermath.
Prime numbers do not make for good headline writing, I guess. [...]
(That’s Primo on the keys at The Kenney tonight)
Now till 9 pm, dozens of venues all over the peninsula - from Alki to North Delridge, The Junction to Morgan Junction to Fauntleroy - are welcoming you to stop in for this month’s West Seattle Art Walk. [...]
2 West Seattle Crime Watch reports to share - starting with a home burglarized while its residents were asleep. We got this one thirdhand, so we checked with the Southwest Precinct, where Lt. Steve Paulsen confirmed the details: The house in the 5200 block of 35th SW [...]
Where: The Beach
When: This past weekend
Conditions: Chilly, breezy, overcast, rainy
Flies used: Clousers
Species pursued: Sea-run cutthroat
Song of the day: "What's My Age Again?," Blink 182
The itch was getting unbearable--the prior weekend forced me to remain indoors, partially for health, but primarily due to blustery weather.
Ironically, chum weren't' [...]
This happened near WSB contributing journalist Christopher Boffoli’s neighborhood on the east side of The Junction late Tuesday night, so he checked out the sizable police response after a resident in the 4500 block of 41st SW (map) reported an intruder at a neighbor’s home - a [...]
I'm back from my vacation, with an interim stop in San Francisco for an Asian American Journalists Association board meeting. While I was in SF, I snapped this Twitpic of a Windows 7 ad at Union Square.
The news I missed on Microsoft while I was eating tapas, gawking at' [...]
So you, or your wife or daughter might be forced to by an insurance policy under the threat of federal penalty, and one of the prime actors in shaping part of that that bill, the Bart Stupak sepsis amendment, was the Catholic Church.
Which, you know, is great if you’re [...]
From Jessica in Gatewood. While it pales compared to the huge crimes rocking the city at large - an officer murdered, a serial arsonist on the loose - still, a reminder it seems we can’t hear often enough:
I just wanted to report that we had a car broken [...]
Last night, we reported on another holdup at Tervo’s Mini-Mart in The Triangle. Today, thanks to a Twitter tip, we learned there was a second convenience-store robbery in West Seattle last night - Delridge Deli Mart (map) also was held up. Official police information may be [...]
Just confirmed with Lt. Ron Smith at the Southwest Precinct, per a tip we got earlier: Tervo’s Mini-Mart on Fauntleroy Way in The Triangle was robbed again tonight, for the second time in two weeks. Lt. Smith says the description was the same as the robbers who [...]
Story by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell
BAGHDAD, Iraq – As Iraqi Security Forces continue their missions inside the city, here, insurgents and criminal groups find themselves forced out to the rural areas.
Recently, insurgents used a local farm on the western outskirts of Baghdad to attack a U.S. convoy.
U.S. [...]
A few posters asked where they could find this link and I didn't discover it until a UW official pointed me in the right direction.
Here's a look at Clarence Trent's rim-rattling alley-oop dunk from C.J. Wilcox. Washington's future looks to be in pretty good hands with these two freshmen.
' [...]Zillow user Muddslide says in Zillow Advice:
It’s nice to hear there really are people who have been careful and not been sucked into the subprime seducements of [...]
