Trouble on the run
Mon, 07/14/2008
A woman ordered her estranged daughter's boyfriend from her home. But the 20-year-old didn't leave willingly-instead, he began touching the breasts of a younger daughter and proclaiming to the mom, "I'm going to kill you. Nobody orders me out." He then wandered through the Admiral community exposing himself and throwing rocks at passersby. Three citizens were alarmed and kept track of the man was he walked toward Fairmount Canyon, where officers confronted him. Hostile and thrashing around in the patrol car, the man was checked by medics and then taken to the SW Precinct. He was wanted on several felony warrants for contempt of court, malicious mischief, theft, and taking a car without permission. He was eventually booked into King County Jail for the warrants as well as for investigation of assault and harassment against his girlfriend's mother and sister.
Early Wednesday near the Junction, officers heard squealing tires and passersby pointed to a white car speeding up California Ave. Officers pursued the vehicle, which was swerving on the road. The driver finally pulled over near Hiawatha Field, and the foul-mouthed and obviously intoxicated 19-year-old threatened officers (and the officers' families). The same car and driver had been seen on Alki earlier in the evening, spinning wheels and weaving in and out of traffic. The driver was booked into King County Jail for investigation of DUI and reckless driving.
While being treated at Northwest Hospital, a woman admitted she had been raped by her roommate at their West Seattle apartment. She says he came home drunk, punched her with a closed fist, and held a knife against her throat during the sexual assault. He also grabbed her by the hair and used the knife to cut off her ponytail. As a final insult, he drove her to 85th and Aurora, dumped her out of the car and told her to "go make me some money." Officers were unable to find the suspect.
At Alki, a man reported being harassed by a group of three young men who used racial slurs toward him as they road from town on the water taxi. He provided a full description and told officers he could tell that the three were likely to cause additional trouble. In short order, officers found the three, who were stopped and identified. All denied being involved in a disturbance. But a computer check showed that one of the men, who is 32 years old, was wanted on a $20,000 felony warrant from Umatilla, Oregon. After being arrested he admitted that the three had, indeed, argued with a man who had bumped into their bicycle.
In North Admiral, a 91-year-old woman called 911 after her 48-year-old son threatened to commit suicide. When officers arrived he was argumentative and irrational-upset that .someone was going to "take the raccoons away." Mom says that son has never had mental issues, but anonymous neighbors report that son has been in the habit of inviting the critters into the home for visits. Officers had the man transported to Harborview for a mental evaluation.
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