Around 5:30 a.m. Monday, after picking up a dumpster and loading its contents into his garbage truck, a driver was waiting at a long stop light. All of a sudden, a man - bleeding from the mouth - appeared on top of the cab and began climbing down the front windshield. He denied needing help and simply walked off southbound. Following a hunch by the truck driver, an officer returned to the most recently emptied dumpster and found that the mystery man had climbed back into it and gone to sleep. Medics transported the man to Harborview for treatment of injuries to his leg and mouth.

A man invited an acquaintance over to watch a movie. While the host was in the bathroom, the guest picked up a laptop computer and a printer and left the premises. Total loss: $1,500.

Monday morning, just before 11, witnesses saw a man walking through the Alaska Junction, pulling on the door handles of businesses. One store owner became suspicious when he entered her shop and backed out quickly when he saw a security camera. Officers arrived, and when the suspect spotted them he began to run southbound on California Avenue, ignoring their orders to stop. He later claimed that he ran because of outstanding warrants. But in his car, officers discovered a briefcase stolen from the employee area of a nearby restaurant. The suspect was booked into King County Jail for investigation of robbery.

Just after midnight Wednesday, an officer patrolling near Alki saw a driver ignore a stop sign and race onto Alki Avenue at speeds nearing 60 mph. The car slammed into a parked pickup truck but didn't stop, even after the officer activated his emergency lights. The sound of the siren finally convinced the driver to pull over. He had watery, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, as well as the strong smell of alcohol on his breath. Inside the car was a loaded Glock semiautomatic pistol. The driver was cited for DUI and for carrying a loaded pistol in a vehicle while intoxicated and without a concealed weapons permit.

A woman was in her basement in the 3700 block of Belvedere when a man in his 20s started looking into her windows. When he saw her, he said,"Oh, I'm sorry," and walked east down Charleston with another man in his 20s. An unfamiliar car, a '94 Honda Accord, was also spotted in the neighborhood around the same time.

Two unlicensed, stray pit bull dogs attacked a miniature terrier being walked by its owner near 35th and Raymond on Wednesday night. The terrier suffered severe injuries to its head, neck and face, and was hospitalized. The pit bulls were captured and transported to the Animal Shelter.

A citizen called to report finding five spent .380-caliber shell casings in the 7600 block of 24th SW. Nothing suspicious had been heard in the area.

When a local woman tried to pay bills using her online checking account, she discovered that someone had gained access to it and stolen over $7,000.

After suffering a diabetic episode while driving in a parking lot, a man drove his car over a parking median and up against another vehicle. Damage due to the accident was minimal, but firefighters had to break through the rear left window of the victim's car in order to treat him.

An unknown person kicked in the rear door of a local funeral parlor last week. Nothing inside, including human remains, appeared to have been disturbed.

Unknown persons threw three or four dozen eggs at a home in the 8400 block of Fauntleroy Way SW late Thursday. A couple of blocks away, around the same time, juveniles threw eggs at a passing car, causing damage to the painted finish.

Burglaries by block: 600 S. Industrial Way, 2800 SW Yancy, 9200 25th SW, 3000 Fauntleroy Way SW, 3100 SW Kenyon, 4700 California Ave. SW, 8300 46th SW

Eighteen car prowls and 10 domestic violence incidents were reported in greater West Seattle last week.