Witnessing a violent confrontation between his parents, a 13-year-old called 911. By the time officers arrived, Dad had already left the scene and Mom, seemingly intoxicated and on narcotics, was screaming and uncooperative. A large rock of crack cocaine sat on the kitchen counter. One officer interviewed Mom outside, away from the children. She bit the officer_s hand and was taken into custody. The other officer spoke with the children, and learned that the boy and his 9-year-old sisters live with the parents in a single room at the back of rooming house. The children sleep on the floor _ and they had not eaten in two days. (They said they usually eat once a day, at school.) While one officer took the children to get food, another called Child Protective Services and then booked Mom into King County Jail for investigation of assault on an officer. Officers note that during the entire incident, Mom never bothered to ask how her children were doing.

An intoxicated 43-year-old woman who failed to pay a cab fare lashed out at the cabbie and at the officer who arrived to investigate the incident. She hit the officer twice in the stomach and bit him on the wrist before being placed in handcuffs. Her daughter, who witnessed the incident, said that her mom had relapsed and was once again abusing alcohol. Mom was booked into King County Jail for investigation of assault.

Pulling over a car with a defective taillight on Alki, an officer ended up dealing with eight young (four of them minors) Tacoma residents, six open containers of alcohol and eight unopened bottles. The driver had a suspended license and was cited for the violation. The others face open container and minor-in-possession charges.

Around 1:30 Monday morning, at 14th and Concord, a woman approached a man and offered to perform a sex act. When the victim declined, another man and woman approached and demanded money and threatened his life. The suspects, all Caucasians in their 20s, remain at large. The male suspect had long, dark hair. One female was blonde and the other had black hair.

Unknown persons did $1,000 damage by breaking windows at Denny Middle School last week. School security says that the area has recently been used by juveniles for underage drinking parties.

Near their residence (in the vicinity of 12th and S. Cloverdale), three pit bull dogs attacked several people (including an off-duty police officer) over the last several weeks. One victim required stitches to her foot and knee. When officers responded to the scene late Wednesday, the dogs were not in the yard. During an earlier investigation, the dogs had lunged at children and had to be subdued with pepper spray.

Burglaries by block: 4100 and 4400 44th SW, 9400 16th SW, 8600 12th SW, 7700 California Ave. SW, 4700 41st SW, 3000 50th SW,

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