A citizen asked for police to be present when he picks up items from his ex girlfriend's house, as she had threatened to have him killed. When officers asked about the specifics of the threat, the victim explained that his former paramour said she would have her friends stuff him with gerbils and cover him with leeches. Although he admits she was giggling when she said this, he gladly accepted information on how to obtain a protection order.

Students at Madison Middle School are less prepared for disaster, thanks to a greedy burglar. Someone broke into a commercial shipping container that holds the school's emergency supplies and stole 800 emergency blankets, 900 glow sticks, a camping stove, and a tent.

At a Delridge Way gas station, two workers were threatened with a double-barreled shotgun and ordered to the floor late Monday. The robber escaped with the store's cash and fled southbound. The suspect is a black male, between 18-30 years old. He wore tan boots, blue jeans, a green zip-front hooded sweatshirt, and a mask. He remains at large.

Concerned for her family's well being, a local woman contacted officers for help, saying that her husband repeatedly argues with her violently when she doesn't have money for drugs, and that he uses the substances in front of the children, giving them a chronic coughing problem. Officers found the suspect (who had fled the home after an argument) and told him not to go home for the night. They also warned him that he might be barred from home because of the drug use. The couple has been together for 12 years and they have four children together.

When officers arrived at the scene of an alleged verbal disturbance at 34th and Willow, they found a 17-year-old North Seattle youth and his 20-year-old girlfriend lying in the grass. Although they were intoxicated, the two asserted, in various descriptive terms, that they were simply involved in consensual amorous activity. Both were calm and compliant. A records check showed the young man to be a missing person with an outstanding contempt of court warrant. He was booked into the Youth Service Center. The young woman's record was clear, and she was driven to her grandparents' house.

Gas prices are apparently leading to thefts. Someone cut the fuel line of a truck parked at a South Park business and stole an undetermined amount of gasoline. The suspect is a white male in his 40s with dark hair and a mustache. He drove a white, 1980s station wagon.

An Alki woman hired a worker from the Millionaire's Club. When he came to the door, her adult daughter was concerned about his appearance and demeanor (he had no teeth and seemed to be talking to himself). She did not open the door. A few moments later came the sound of glass breaking, and suddenly the man was standing inside the house. When asked how he got in, he said that his "friends who see through his eyes" told him a window was open. When told that he was no longer needed for the work and had to leave, the man left through the front door.

Early Tuesday, residents in the 8400 block of California Ave. SW heard unusual noises. The next morning they discovered over $1,000 damage to landscaping, with large rocks dislocated and trees uprooted and destroyed. Plastic car parts were scattered around. Also found: an earring, a gold shoe, and a license plate frame with the words "Whidbey Island" Small pieces of tissue and blood were found in the street. There are no suspects.

A dark turquoise vehicle, similar to a Ford Escort, is the car of choice for a man who made lewd gestures at a young woman in the Genessee area. The suspect is a white male, 30-35, with dirty blond hair in a ponytail. He has a beard and mustache. The victim is certain that the same man was in the area in June, engaged in similar behavior. The suspect's car has a "Funky Monkey" decal in the rear window.

Wednesday afternoon, near West Seattle High School, a girl became suspicious of a man who drove by repeatedly, staring at her. She described the suspect vehicle as being teal green and the man as having shoulder-length, greasy, curly brown hair.

An unknown person put his or her foot through the bottom of a glass door at Avalon Glassworks early Saturday, destroying nearly $4,000 worth of merchandise. Door repair was estimated at $1,000.

A man claims that for 30 years he had stored a growing amount of cash in a light fixture in his mother's bedroom. It is now missing, and he is convinced that a caregiver hired this summer is to blame. The missing amount: $44,000.00 in bills.

Burglaries (by block): 6200 Carleton Ave. S., 8600 Fauntleroy Place SW, 7100 8th S., 6300 Beach Drive, California and SW Alaska, 8700 7th S., 6400 Corson S.,

Fourteen car prowls and 14 domestic violence incidents were reported in greater West Seattle last week.