Seattle Police Department Crime Prevention Coordinator Terrie Johnston shared several updates and tips with North Seattle block captains yesterday (Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012). Terrie reported burglary rates have decreased or stabilized in much of the city’s North Precinct, although there are still increased numbers of residential burglaries in some northeast neighborhoods. Residential burglaries, she said, have been primarily occurring during the hours of 6 a.m. to about 6 p.m. Terrie provided these details: Knocking on doors to see if anyone is at home is still a common method used by thieves. In some cases, there is a female driver who serves as…
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Maroon Subaru Legacy stolen from 4th Ave NE
Evelyn sent us the following picture of her maroon 1997 Subaru Legacy. The car was stolen from 4th Ave NE between Woodlawn Ave NE and NE 65th St sometime between Friday, Jan. 20 at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 at 3 p.m. “I am wondering if anyone saw anything suspicious,” Evelyn says. “Nothing of value was inside the vehicle, thankfully, but I greatly miss my car. It really upsets me someone would do this.” Evelyn also sent the following thoughts: I’m sure many neighborhood streets have this problem, so I’d advise others to make sure their car is in a spot that isn’t too…
Reader opinions: Geographic restrictions on Level 2 & 3 sex offenders – UPDATED
Editor’s note: The following opinion piece about sex offenders comes to us from Green Lake resident Erin Longmoon. We had hoped to run this article with a companion piece that offered a different take on the subject of geographic restrictions on sex offenders. However, although we reached out to several individuals and posted a public request on facebook, we have not been able to find an author for such a piece. Please drop us a line at tips [at] mygreenlake.com if you would like to write a ~1,000-word counter-argument to this article, and, as always, please feel free to sound off with…
Apparent attempted break-in at north Green Lake home
A resident of Sunnyside Ave N north of N 80th St asked us to warn residents of the area about an apparent attempted break-in at his house. “On Thursday, November 3 I spotted a person peering into our basement windows,” the resident wrote in our anonymous tips form. “We had to go to eastern Washington later that evening and when we returned [on Saturday night, November 5, 2011] our basement door knob was nearly falling off. No entry was made but the attempt was clear.” For information about crime prevention or to schedule a free home security assessment, contact Seattle…
Crime notes from around the neighborhood: “Mental complaint” at Chocolati, car prowls on N 76th, burglaries on N 54th
According to My Green Lake reader Ariane, four police cars were stopped with lights flashing near the Green Lake Chocolati (7810 E Green Lake Dr N) last night (Monday, October 17, 2011) around 7:30 p.m. Ariane reports that a staff member at Chocolati said that a man was apprehended by police after he ran into the cafe, grabbed some cream and sugar, and then ran out. I called Chocolati owner Christian Wong to confirm the incident, but his voicemail indicates that he is unavailable for several days. Police reports do indicate that SPD officers were dispatched last night to E Green Lake Dr N at Stroud…
