October 2023

Information from Seattle Police Blotter

#2023-295471/Southwest Precinct/Third Watch:

At 2:48am on Oct. 12 complainants called 911 to report that there were males wearing masks using hammers and crowbars to break into an ATM.

The incident occurred in a parking lot located at the 4200 BLK of SW Morgan St. near West Seattle Thriftway.

Officers arrived and saw two males using a jaws of life device inside an ATM machine. The suspects saw officers and entered a Blue Hyundai with no plates.

The suspects fled the scene at a high rate of speed. The jaws of life is the property of an outside agency.

The jaws of life was recovered. The ATM had severe damage.

The bank was notified. GIU was notified about the incident

Information from District 1 City Councilmember Lisa Herbold

Sound Transit is holding a planning forum on West Seattle Link light rail on October 25th at the Alki Masonic Center.  Sound Transit’s announcement notes the Final Environmental Impact Statement is expected to be published in late Spring or Summer of 2024. After the Final EIS is published, the Board will select the project to be built, and the Federal Transit Administration will issue a Record of Decision; the Record of Decision is the final step of the environmental review process.

Here’s the notice:

“Please join us on Wednesday, Oct. 25 to see updated designs for future light rail stations in West Seattle and SODO and share your ideas and feedback.

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on the July 28, 2022 crash of the ferry Cathlamet the Fauntleroy Ferry Dock. 

On July 28, 2022, about 0814 local time (8:14 AM) , the passenger and car ferry Cathlamet had crossed Puget Sound and was approaching the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal in Fauntleroy, Washington, with 94 persons on board when the vessel struck a ferry terminal dolphin.1 One minor injury was reported. The damage to the vessel was estimated at $10 million, and the dolphin damage estimate was $300,000.

SEE THE FULL REPORT HERE

From the report:

Information from Seattle Police Blotter

#2023-292322/Southwest Precinct/Third Watch:

At approximately 1:10 AM on Monday, Oct. 9 , multiple calls were generated in the 9800 block of 48 Av SW, where two drivers were essentially joyriding at high speeds, loudly, in a residential neighborhood.

The two drivers, said to be in their teens, lost control of their vehicles, side-swiping several parked cars, before eventually losing control of one of their vehicles, abandoning it on residential property, and fleeing on foot.

The abandoned vehicle was thought to be an unreported stolen out of Tacoma, but Tacoma PD was unable to confirm this.

An area check for the suspects was negative.

Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) asked the public to come and visit on Oct. 10 to review the design and provide final community input on possible additional features for the West Seattle Junction future park site at 4723-4731 40th Ave. SW. 

SEE THE CURRENT DESIGN HERE

The nearly quarter acre site has been landbanked since 2012  and tne new park is intended to provide open space for the West Seattle Junction neighborhood. It's adjacent to Sound and Fog Coffee and just behind Whole Foods and the Alki Masonic Temple.

The next free admission Art of Music performances presented by the West Seattle Junction Association are coming up on Second Thursday Art Walk Evening October 12 at three locations—in the Alaska Junction at Verity Credit Union, in the Morgan Junction at Beveridge Place Pub, and in the Admiral District at Soprano’s Antico Pizza & Pasta Restaurant.  

Musicians will perform from 6 pm to 7:45 pm (with one 15-minute break at the midpoint).