A patient at Western State Hospital has lost phone privileges after repeatedly calling the family of a West Seattle woman, trying to get back in touch with her. (About ten years ago he had been arrested and imprisoned for crimes against the woman.)
A female student was standing outside James Madison Middle School when she was slapped hard in the face by a West Seattle High School student. A teacher grabbed the suspect and went to the office. He admitted that he didn't have an excuse for hitting the girl—he was just in a “bad mood.” The boy was trespassed from the grounds of Madison, released to his father, and will be investigated for assault charges.
Tuesday afternoon, while waiting for a bus at 49th and Charlestown, a 15-year-old girl was approached by a man in his twenties driving an older Jeep Cherokee. He repeatedly offered her a ride, said he wouldn't “do anything,” and would take her anywhere she wanted to go. He finally drove away when she said she was meeting someone on the bus. The suspect had a slim build, a shaved head, and white-rimmed sunglasses. He was a smoker.
A similar invitation was extended to a woman who was walking by the West Seattle Bridge early Saturday. The woman refused his entreaties, but the man got out of his car and chased her, yelling obscene comments about her female anatomy. She was able to run into the nearby storage facility and escape him. The suspect is a white male, aged 30-49, with a slim build. He drove a small black car with tinted windows.
Someone tucked a shopping cart full of electronics items into a carport in the 5000 block of 42nd SW. To reclaim it, check with the police evidence room, where the items are being held. (Later that week, after police claimed the items, a large rock was thrown through the window of the home near where the items had been, uh, “stored.”)
Burglaries/break-ins/car prowls by block: 8000 Fauntleroy Way SW (Lincoln Park parking lot), 5000 41st SW, 3200 Point Pl. SW, 2300 California Ave. SW, 2700 39th SW, 3200 39th SW, 4000 59th SW, 3700 SW Oregon
