Investigating a report of a naked child wandering unsupervised on 32nd Place SW, an officer found the child's home. He also found grandma asleep in a rear room, an aggressive, undernourished dog with puppies and feces littering the house, and another small child in a heavily soiled diaper, lying on a mattress with no sheets. Child Protective Services will be checking into the situation.
At a party, a teen found his friend in the basement being hit and kicked by 15 other males. When he tried to intervene, he was punched in the face several times. An adult took him to Harborview for treatment of a broken jaw. His battered friend showed up at the hospital too but wasn't sure how he got there.....
Officers responded to a domestic dispute on 31st SW and, in the process of investigation, discovered a marijuana-growing operation in the basement. They confiscated 110 plants of various sizes as well as paraphernalia. They also seized $704 from the suspect's pockets, and $10,500 from an upstairs bedroom. The 24-year-old suspect, who was already on house arrest courtesy of the Department of Corrections, was booked into King County Jail for investigation of drug charges (intent to deliver and manufacture).
A man parked his car for a couple of hours beneath the Spokane St. Bridge near Avalon Way on Wednesday. When he returned around 4 in the afternoon, someone had broken in, ransacked the vehicle, and stolen his three-year-old Brittany spaniel. The dog does have an ID chip.
Because citizens provided excellent descriptions and a license-plate number of a suspicious vehicle, officers were able to book a suspected car prowler into King County Jail early Sunday. Though the suspect was gone when officers arrived on the crime scene, they drove to the home associated with the suspicious car's registration and found a man matching the suspect description. They also found several tools that were positively identified as having been stolen. The suspect is a 39-year-old West Seattle resident.
On a recent Friday night, an anti-crime team armed with a search warrant made a surprise visit to a home in the 5900 block of Fauntleroy Way. A 15-year-old girl was booked into the Youth Service Center, and two 21-year-old men were booked into King County Jail for investigation of drug violations. Four others, including a 16-year-old boy, were released at the scene. In searching the residence and a car, officers found a large amount of marijuana, cocaine, MDMA, and a loaded .45-caliber Colt pistol.
Burglaries by block: 6000 21st, 3700 SW 104th, 600 SW Kenyon, 7700 34th, 7500 35th, 6300 35th, 7000 Highland Park Way, 2600 Alki SW,
Thirty-seven car prowls and 12 domestic violence incidents were reported in greater West Seattle last week.
