A Fremont woman reports that one of her renters has been drinking her bottles of collector wine and alcohol, to the tune of $10,600. Though he admitted this theft, the tenant denied that he had stolen $1,000 worth of belts that are missing. He suggested that perhaps the “whores” he'd had over recently might be responsible for the missing items. The landlord says the man packed his belongings and left the other day. She has no forwarding address.
In the 6500 block of Parker Court Northwest, someone—probably a couple of someones—managed to steal a 150-lb ship's telegraph from a front porch. (A ship's telegraph is one of the dual-handled devices that emits a loud ring when a change to a ship's speed is requested.) A neighbor heard a loud, small pickup truck leave the area around 4:15 a.m. Thursday, heading east on Northwest 65th.
A five-month relationship may have ended with a crash: Upset that her boyfriend had enjoyed himself at a family function, a woman first screamed at him to leave their home, then changed her mind and tried to keep him from packing and walking out the door. She threw a vase to the ground and, when she saw him dialing 911, punched him twice in the stomach. The woman left the scene before officers arrived.
Scrap metal thieves are suspected in a theft from a secure area of a Ballard Ave. business. Muddy footprints have been left behind and, in one case, the victims believe the thieves were interrupted in mid-heist, as they left a pile of metal near a fence. The value of the stolen material is unknown.
A business on Holman Road was burglarized by someone who apparently had a key and who knew the code to the safe. The company is missing $1,000 and the store's video recorder. The suspect also went through filing cabinets and spread papers throughout the office. One possible clue: Several employees had been terminated recently.
How did the Ballard resident discover he was a victim of identity theft? When he tried to open a Comcast account but couldn't...because Comcast already had a customer with his social security number. Authorities have been notified.
After being fired for bad performance, a local worker seems to have made off with one of the company's specialty tools from a storage shed. His former employer notes that the man is now advertising his services on Craigslist, even though he is not licensed to do the work.
