with leading crime ring

A Burien dentist, his wife and her father were charged on Sept. 15 with 31 counts of trafficking stolen property, leading organized crime, possession of stolen property and money laundering.

Arrested following a two-year investigation by local police agencies were Richard Calvo, 37, his wife Leslie Calvo, 38, and her father, 69-year-old Mercer Island resident Martin Levy.

All three are accused of hiring local drug addicts and homeless people to steal high-priced items that they would either keep, or sell in a Seattle pawnshop owned by Levy.

Items stolen include Armani suits, glassworks, cell phones, Coach purses, and golf clubs.

According to investigators, a list of items and where to steal them was provided to the thieves, who then were paid 10 percent of the value of the items they stole.

Police began investigating the threesome after receiving a tip from an informant. Their theft ring may have gone on for 15 years, investigators said.

Leslie Calvo and Levy could face life in prison if convicted and Richard Calvo could face 20 years behind bars.

Calvo's dentist office is located at 207 S.W. 156th St.

Southcenter gang murder

A Seattle man was charged with second-degree murder last week for the shooting death of 18-year-old Tukwila resident Wayne Molio'o.

Israel Velasquez-Marquez, 26, allegedly shot Molio'o at a Tukwila bus stop in the Southcenter area.

Police say a chance encounter between rival gangs occurred around 6:20 p.m. on Sept. 9 at Andover Park West. Malio'o, believed to be a member of one of the gangs, was shot in the chest multiple times and died later at Harborview Medical Center.

Velasquez-Marquez is being held at King County Regional Justice Center on $500,000 bail.

Carjacking in Des Moines

Two men stole a woman's car in Des Moines after forcing her out of it on Sept. 1 around 5 p.m.

The woman, whose driver's license was suspended, decided to drive to a friend's house. While she was stopped at a traffic light on S. 220th St. near Pacific Highway S., two men got out of a white SUV parked on the shoulder.

One of the men told her to get out of the car. She started to cry and was thrown from the car. One man then got in her car, while the other man got into the white SUV. They both drove away on S. 220th St.

Neither suspect has been identified.

Woman attacked by home

A 26-year-old woman was attacked outside her Des Moines apartment on Sept. 6.

When the woman returned home in the 25300 block of 16th Pl. S. around 12:05 a.m., two men were standing outside, one whom she recognized as having been at the apartment next to hers before.

They asked to talk with her, and then began calling her a racist, saying she praised the Confederate flag. She argued with them, saying it wasn't true.

One of the men spit in her face, told her she was going with them, and grabbed her neck and put her in a headlock.

The woman fought him and he grabbed her belt and tried picking her up off the ground, but she kicking and scratching.

The man then told his friend to get in the car and they both drove away without her.

A Des Moines Police Officer unsuccessfully tried contacting her next-door neighbor. No witnesses have come forward.

Robbery at gunpoint

A man was robbed at gunpoint while waiting for a bus on Sept. 4 in the 2000 block of S. 240th St. near Highline Community College.

After leaving his friend's house, the 23 year old went to a bus stop around 11:30 p.m.

Four men around 17 or 18 came up to him. One of the men, masked in a black bandana and black hat, demanded that the victim hand over his backpack or he would be shot.

After he handed over the backpack, the suspects ran off.

A car then pulled up and the driver said she saw three guys run down the street a couple of minutes before; who got into and 80s style Volkswagen Jetta with faded black paint.

An area patrol by Des Moines police didn't find any suspects.

Compiled by Sara Loken