Nancy Johnson, who lives near Aurora Ave N & N 68th St, wrote to tell us about an attempted burglary that took place at her home on Thursday morning (October 13, 2011): I was home and heard strange noises coming from the basement, went down there and didn’t see anything amiss, then saw a man walking through my backyard and out the gate heading south in the alley. I thought that he must have been a meter reader…. but he was dressed in a long black coat, black gloves and a black wool beanie type hat. Medium build about 6′ tall,…
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Car prowl victim offers cash reward for items stolen while she was running around Green Lake
While running around Green Lake yesterday (Monday, October 10, 2011) between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Mallory MacDonald‘s laptop, external hard drives and purses were stolen out of her 1968 Volvo, which was parked at NE 71st St and 5th Ave NE. “It was all hidden under my things, so it wasn’t visible, so I am assuming someone saw me hiding it, and saw the golden theft opportunity,” Mallory wrote to us earlier today. “Almost everything is replaceable, except for the data on my externals and laptop,” she said. “I am a photographer, and there were some images that I had not…
CeaseFire ceremony at Green Lake Park on 10th anniversary of death of Tom Wales
photo credit: stevevoght Washington CeaseFire is holding a Day of Remembrance and Daffodil Planting Work Party on Sunday (October 9, 2011), 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., at Green Lake Park. Seattle City Attorney Peter Holmes will speak at the ceremony, which will take place near the Green Lake wading pool (Wallingford Ave N & E Green Lake Dr N). Volunteers will then plant daffodils at the park. The flowers are being planted in memory of Washington State victims of firearm violence. The event will take place on the ten-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of Thomas C. Wales, assistant U.S. attorney and CeaseFire board president….
Reports of a cell phone robbery, home burglaries and tire slashings in Green Lake last night
We received tips today about three different incidents that took place last night (Friday, Sept. 23, 2011) in the Green Lake neighborhood. Lisa wrote to say that she was eating dinner at the Greenlake Bar & Grill (7200 E Green Lake Drive N) when she witnessed a man steal a cell phone. Lisa saw the man, who was wearing a hoodie that was covering his hair and some of his face, pacing in front of the restaurant’s sidewalk seating before he snatched a woman’s phone off of her table and ran down the street, leaving the woman screaming. Glen, who was also at…
Burglaries and suspicious activity reported by two Green Lake residents
Two different Green Lake residents want to alert the neighborhood about some recent events which were unsettling to them and their neighbors. Jeff, who lives just south of Green Lake Park, wrote about an incident that happened in the area surrounding at Ashworth Ave N & N 57th St. Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, September 6, 2011) at around 4 p.m., a neighbor of Jeff’s found two women trying to pry open her back door. “Before [the resident] realized what they were up to they told her they were looking for a friend’s basement apartment in the neighborhood,” Jeff recounts. “After they left, she…
