An unknown person sneaked into a local church, broke into a locked office, and stole a safe containing the church's master keys and a number of checks. Apparently famished by his or her derring-do, the thief then cooked a meal of pasta with red sauce and tamales in the church kitchen.

In North Admiral, a young man was taken to Harborview for treatment of a shoulder injury. According to his grandparents, the 19 year old was high on drugs and jumped out of a second-story window. Uninjured, he returned to the house to retrieve a six-pack of beer. When his grandfather took it away, he jumped a second time, causing the injury. Officers noted that his hands and shoes were visibly stained with silver spray paint. Later that day, three neighbors found that someone had tagged their homes (and a car) with racist graffiti - including swastikas - all in silver paint.

Just before 10 p.m. Monday, a male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt tied tight around his head robbed an Admiral gas station, striking the 18-year-old attendant in the face with the muzzle of a handgun. The suspect escaped with $39.

A lost $20 bill and "a lot of assumptions" (according to one officer) led to assaults and injuries in a Morgan Junction parking lot on Monday evening. A girl stopped her car in a driveway to look for the missing money. A man trying to leave via the driveway was mad at the delay and kept jerking his car forward to scare the girl into moving. The girl's friends thought she had been hit, and one punctured the man's tire with a butterfly knife to keep him from leaving the scene. The man felt threatened and brandished a tire iron. So the two swung "wildly" at each other. The man was hit in the chest with the knife; the 17-year-old friend was struck above the eye with the tire iron. With the help of an officer, all parties realized they had overreacted and didn't want to press charges. Because the butterfly knife was an illegal weapon, the young man was arrested but released to his mother. None of the participants were seriously injured.

Beware of a scam involving a "mystery shoppers program" that involves transactions with Western Union and Money Gram stores. A local resident received an unsolicited letter and a fraudulent check for nearly $4,000 to participate in the scheme. This is apparently a scam that has been popular on the East Coast for some time.

A citizen called 911 Monday evening to report hearing a violent disturbance, with a woman and man screaming and items being thrown. Officers found an intoxicated man with blood on his hands, demanding his car keys (which had been purposely taken by family members). The blood turned out to be from minor cuts from a broken picture frame. No one was seriously hurt. It seems that the 27-year-old suspect was upset that his father had allegedly lost $30,000 gambling, ruining a real-estate deal that was in progress. The son was booked into King County Jail for investigation of property damage.

Burglaries by block: 4100 Beach Drive SW, 4300 SW Seattle St., 6700 Carleton Ave. S, 8400 17th SW, 900 SW Holden,

Ten domestic violence incidents were reported in greater West Seattle last week.