Burglar has a need to shred the gnar (As in, he stole a longboard, dude)

May 31, 12:52 a.m., 15th Block of NW Market St -- A victim reported to police that the lock on his storage was missing and that when he looked inside, his Arbor longboard was missing. (According to a quick Google search, Arbor longboards are generally over $100.)

While looking around his storage locker, the victim noted a pair of bolt cutters was left behind a concrete pillar next to his unit. He did not have any further suspect or witness information.

The responding police officer recovered the bolt cutters, placed them in property as evidence and provided the on-duty security guard with a business card.

No one was reported to have been "shredding the gnar" nearby.

Just give me my stuff back and "everything will be cool"

May 31, 4 p.m., 92nd Block of Greenwood Ave N -- A woman was apparently the victim of theft by her own friends. Officers received a call of a suspicious vehicle in the alleyway behind a witness's house. Two males were running back and forth to and from an apartment building and putting stuff in their vehicle.

When officers arrived, the vehicle was already gone, and while officers talked to the witness, the victim had come home and started yelling. She found her apartment had been entered several times and several items were taken.

She saw pictures from the witness's camera and said they were her friends. The victim got on the phone with a suspect and told him if he brought her stuff back she would not press charges and "everything would be cool."

The officer stated that it would be up to the prosecutor's office if charges were to be filed. He also said repeated that the victim said she would not pursue charges.

In the end, the suspect agreed to bring the items back. The suspect dropped the items off in a parking lot across the street and left. The officer was unable to contact the suspect and left the victim a case number.

Among stolen items: Laptops, cash and a joint

June 1, 10:12 p.m., 90th Block of Dibble Ave NW -- Homeowners were the victim of a messy burglary as they returned home to find their house had been ransacked. Several drawers and pieces of furniture were turned over and misplaced and several items were stolen, including two laptop computers, $300 cash and more. "Also, a joint," the police officer writes.

The pair had already notified the bank of their stolen items. The police officer gave them a follow-up form, a business card and a case number. There were no obvious items the suspect had touched except for wooden drawers and cabinet handles where fingerprinting was not possible.

Robber creates complicated maze at Ballard Fred Meyer to steal liquor

June 1, 5:46 p.m., 9th Block of NW 45th St -- A suspect created a complicated maze through the Ballard Fred Meyer to steal some liquor.

First he snatched a backpack and then walked over to the liquor section to select and steal four or five bottles of alcohol. Then he went to the children's section to deposit the bottles in his backpack and went out the clothing exit without making an attempt to pay for the items. (We're sure he said, "Whoops.")

Store security officers confronted the suspect outside of the store. The victim pulled out a silver box cutter and waved it around, yelling at the victim to stay back. The security officers backed off and the suspect around the building and the security officers lost him.

Police officers did an area check but came up with nothing. They left the store a case number and the store will get an exact list of items.

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