Police Blotter: Robbery turns into fight; multiple burglaries in Ballard; road rage leads to extensive vehicle damage
Fri, 12/02/2011
By Cassandra Baker, Intern
9:56 p.m. on November 28th. 24th block of NW 64th St
A man called police after hearing a man yell that someone had gone into his house and tried to rob him. The responding officers talked to the victim, who indicated a nearby female as the robber. The victim said that the suspect, an acquaintance, knocked on the door and the victim let her in. A male suspect who was with the female suspect then punched the victim while the female suspect took the victim’s TV. The suspects then left the house.
The female suspect said that she had met the victim and driven around with him. She said that the victim took her to his house, where he held her down by her shoulders. She ran out of the house and met the male suspect and told him what had happened. The male suspect then said that he would go to the victim’s house and beat him up.
The victim changed his story many times and ultimately admitted that he had driven around with the female suspect. He insisted that she had taken his TV. The female suspect also changed her story, saying that she went back to the victim’s house after she was assaulted and saw the victim and the male suspect fighting. She denied taking the victim’s TV.
Police found blood and several items, including a crack pipe, where the victim and the male suspect had fought. They then located the male suspect lying in some nearby bushes. His face was bloody and his eyes were swollen. He said that he had fought with the victim and that the female suspect had taken the victim’s TV. The male suspect was treated at the scene and taken to the hospital.
Police also located the victim’s TV in some nearby bushes and arrested the female suspect. She was booked in King County Jail on robbery charges.
8:46 a.m. on November 28th. 46th block of Shilshole Ave NW
A woman called police on the morning of November 28th to report that her office building had been burglarized. The burglar used a pry bar to open a tool chest and steal several valuable tools. No fingerprints were found on the pry bar. The business owner later told police that he had seen some of his stolen equipment for sale online and was attempting to set up a meeting with the seller.
11:53 a.m. on November 27th. 90th block of 4th Ave NW
A man called police late on the morning of November 27th to report that his home had been burglarized earlier in the morning. The victim said that a burglar entered his house and stole his 32-inch TV while the victim was sleeping. The victim’s dog barked at the suspect, scaring him away before he could take anything else. The suspect appears to have entered the house through an unlocked door. No fingerprints were found at the scene.
11:46 p.m. on November 26th. 73rd block of 27th Ave NW
A couple returned home from the Apple Cup on the night of November 26th to find that their house had been burglarized. A rear window was open, and two Apple MacBooks were missing. A neighbor told police that a minivan had been parked in the alley behind the house between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. The van itself was not unusual, but the neighbor had never seen it before.
10:05 p.m. on November 26th. 80th block of 28th Ave NW
A man called police to report that his home had been burglarized between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. on November 26th. The suspect forced open a basement door and stole a desktop computer, an iPad, and about $40 worth of change from two change jars. Other valuable items in plain view were not taken. Police found fingerprints on the empty change jars and footprints in the gravel outside the basement door.
7:44 p.m. on November 25th. 83rd block of 12th Ave NW
A family returned home on the evening of November 25th to find that their house had been burglarized. Every room had been ransacked, and numerous items were missing from each room. Possible fingerprints were located in the living room. The burglar likely gained entry through a side door with a lock that was easily forced open.
5:23 p.m. on November 25th. 85th block of Greenwood Ave N
A woman called police on the evening of November 25th to report that she had been a victim of road rage. The victim said that her car was partially blocking an entryway while she went into a coffee shop. When she came out, the parking attendant was writing her a citation. The suspect drove up and began honking at her. He continued to honk for several minutes while the citation was written. The victim then got into her car and began backing out of the driveway, and she motioned for the suspect to move his car. The parking attendant went and spoke with the suspect to calm him down, then tried to guide the cars out of the driveway. The attendant said that the suspect started to back up, then revved the engine and rammed his car into the front of the victim’s vehicle. The victim was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured, but her vehicle suffered extensive damage. Witnesses agreed that the suspect deliberately crashed into the victim’s car.