More Car-Related Crime Reported in South Green Lake
 | By MyGreenLake September 4, 2009 at 9:59 pm | Tags: crime, wallingford
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We’ve been alerted to a few more incidents of car break-ins in the neighborhood South of Green Lake. Add these to the two we’ve reported on so far, and this last week is looking pretty grim:
- Morning of Friday, August 28 – A car window is smashed near the Green Lake Small Craft Center. A purse is stolen.
- Between Sunday August 30 and Tuesday, September 1 – A car is broken into on Wallingford Ave N, just north of N 50th St. A Garmin GPS unit and sunglasses are stolen.
- Night of Tuesday, September 1 – A car window is smashed on the 400 block of NE 60th St. A backpack is stolen.
- Night of Wednesday, September 2 – A 5’8″-ish man in a lime green shirt attempts to steal a car parked on Ashworth Ave N between N 41st St and N 42nd St. The man walks away when the car’s alarm goes off. (via the GreenLakeMoms yahoo group)
- Night of Wednesday, September 2 – A car window is broken near Woodlawn Ave N and N 53rd St. An attempt is made to steal the car, but the car’s battery is dead. (via the GreenLakeMoms yahoo group)
and, likely unrelated, but still scary:
- Night of Wednesday, September 2 – A piece of scotch tape is placed across the latch of a front gate in North Green Lake, as though someone is checking to see if the residents are out-of-town. (via the GreenLakeMoms yahoo group)
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What do you think? 
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My car had it's window smashed out & my purse stolen on Friday Sept 10th between 4:10pm and 4:40pm. It was parked on the side of the road a little north of the east parkling lot!
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My car was prowled on Monday Sept 14th in broad daylight in the busy Greenlake PCC parking lot around 5pm, peak shopping hour, and yet nobody saw this happen. My theory is that the perpetrator is watching who parks and whether you place anything in the trunk or under a seat before leaving and they are very quickly able to break in. They might be working with another person who is the lookout. However, they left their screwdriver in my car so it might take a while before they get a new one which could slow them down for a few days. My windows were not broken so it's unclear how they got in because I was fairly sure I locked up as I always do. Live and learn, don't leave anything in your car that you care about, treat your purse as if it were a baby or a cute little kitten or puppy.
My car was prowled on Monday Sept 14th in broad daylight in the busy Greenlake PCC parking lot around 5pm, peak shopping hour, and yet nobody saw this happen. My theory is that the perpetrator is watching who parks and whether you place anything in the trunk or under a seat before leaving and they are very quickly able to break in. They might be working with another person who is the lookout. However, they left their screwdriver in my car so it might take a while before they get a new one which could slow them down for a few days. My windows were not broken so it's unclear how they got in because I was fairly sure I locked up as I always do. Live and learn, don't leave anything in your car that you care about, treat your purse as if it were a baby or a cute little kitten or puppy.