Saying he was going to make her life a _living hell_ until he moved out, an estranged husband brought a pit bull to the family home, poured a beer on his wife, and broke down a door. In front of the children, he held her down by the neck, spat in her face, and called her a variety of names. A family friend arrived and separated the two just as officers appeared on the scene. The 28-year-old suspect was booked into King County Jail for investigation of assault and property destruction.

Friday afternoon, three males in their late teens approached an acquaintance who was walking with his child near Delridge and Brandon. They punched and kicked the man, who suffered a fractured jawbone, fracture sinus and eye socket. A split upper lip required 13 stitches. He was transported to Harborview by medics. The child was not injured. The suspects also stole the man_s wallet, which contained $142.

A local 16 year old is wanted for investigation of domestic violence assault. He shoved his father to the ground and wrestled with him after dad found a number of likely stolen items in the boy_s backpack and confronted him with the evidence.

A man called 911 after his girlfriend of four years punched and tried to strangle him, nearly causing him to black out. Officers and medics arrived to photograph and treat the man_s injuries. The suspect remains at large and might face felony charges.

Sunday evening, a man was booked into King County Jail after violating an anti-harassment order against his neighbor. He had called 911 seven times, alleging noise violations and gunshots by the victims_none of which were reported by other neighbors in the densely populated area. He told officers he felt that the neighbor_s children were violating the law by playing in the street. Before leaving, officers told the man that the noise was not excessive and that the children were playing safely. Soon, 911 operators received a call from the victim, saying that the man was outside video-taping them, in direct violation of the court order. Based on the accounts of numerous witnesses, the man was arrested. The victim also gave officers one of the nail-studded clay balls that the man has allegedly leaves around where they might injure children, pets, or pedestrians.

Unknown persons stole a kayak from a carport in the 6700 block of 18th SW.

As he completed a transaction at a Westwood Village bank cash machine, a man felt something pressed against his back, and heard a man say, _drop it, don_t move, and don_t look back._ The victim did so, and the suspect left with the man_s $400.

Officers were called to the Westwood area to investigate a man sitting naked outside. (He has a history of assaulting officers.) Items were strewn all over the yard, and the man barely responded to questions. The man_s pastor called 911 to report that the man had been off his medications for a week and that the man_s wife had left the home in fear and had been staying elsewhere. Officers convinced the suspect to check into Harborview for an evaluation.

Unknown persons broke into a classroom, flooded it with a garden hose and turned on five high-heat pottery kilns in an art room at West Seattle High School late Saturday. A security guard discovered the damage around 2:30 Sunday morning, following an end-of-year dance at the school.

Burglaries by block: 8400 42nd SW, 2400 SW Webster, 3000 64th SW, 4400 Fauntleroy, 3900 SW 109th, 7300 30th SW, 5200 SW Jacobson Rd., 7500 12th SW, 900 SW Holden, 5900 Fauntleroy Way SW, 9400 Olson Place SW, 5900 California SW,

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