When a local bank employee found an envelope of white powder on the floor last week, responders initially treated the incident as a hazardous materials scene. Seattle Fire Department officers then decided the material looked like narcotics. It was submitted to the evidence department and is likely methamphetamine.

Two people were in a car traveling in the 1300 block of Harbor Ave. SW on Tuesday when the driver's side window suddenly shattered. The victims didn't see anything or anyone suspicious on the street, and officers could find no evidence of the cause.

Residents of an apartment on 35th SW heard a woman making noise and then banging on their door. When the male resident checked on the situation, the woman outside tried to force her way in, claiming it was her brother's apartment. Informing her that her brother lives next door, the resident finally convinced the woman to go away. But not for long. A few minutes later she was back, tearing the screen off a bedroom window and trying to jump through. The residents shoved her out, but not before she ruined the blinds and the screen.

Down near Lowman Beach, around 4 in the morning on Saturday, a man disturbed his neighborhood by pushing a yard waste bin down the middle of Lincoln Park Way SW. The man told officer he had dumped the yard waste down a nearby ravine because the bin was full and hadn't been picked up. The man, however, was picked up (and booked into King County Jail), as he was wanted on a $15,000 warrant for possession of a stolen vehicle.

In the past week, stolen cars have been recovered in the 6700 block of Murray SW, 700 block of S. Dakota, 6300 block of California SW,

Burglaries/break-ins/car prowls by block: 2600 Walnut SW, 3000 60th SW, 10200 41st SW, 4900 Erskine Way SW,