On Thursday evening, two young teens were spotted lighting a fire on an old tabletop near the track at Madison Middle School. By the time officers arrived, the Fire Department was on scene. The fire had burned itself out. Witnesses described the teens as both about five feet tall. One, white, had a slim build and wore an orange T-shirt and carried a dark backpack and a skateboard. The second, Hispanic, had a medium build and wore a black T-shirt, and gray-green plaid cutoffs. He, too, carried a skateboard.
Down off of Avalon, a resident with a history of harassing his neighbors (and who is named in three anti-harassment orders) got a one-way ride to King County Jail after he verbally abused one of the victims, screaming such charming epithets as “F you (n-word). I can do whatever I want” and “Kiss my white Scandinavian (posterior)!” When officers arrived, they found the suspect lying shirtless and intoxicated on his lawn. He mumbled, “I'm in my own yard. I didn't do anything.”
Officers were dispatched to a residence after a citizen heard a man yell, “Fine...I will just let you die!” The yeller turned out to be the caregiver/husband of a sickly woman. He explained that she had lost her will to live but that it was heard to hear her say that...and that he had yelled out of frustration. The woman assured the officer that she had not been mistreated or harmed. When the officer asked, “If you were able to kill yourself, would you?” the woman nodded and said, “Yes.” The officer had her transported to the hospital.
A check of a license plate at Hamilton Viewpoint led to the arrest of the driver, a 46-year-old south Seattle man who was wanted a a no-bail felony escape warrant. He lied to the officer about his identity and also possessed drug paraphernalia and the remnants of some crack cocaine. He was booked into King County Jail for the warrant, for driving with a suspended license and for investigation of drug charges.
On 15th Southwest, a mother called 911 after her adult son (off his meds), declared that she was not one of “God's chosen ones” and that “all of those in Satan's Army will be killed.” He then tried to choke her. She said she is normally able to talk him down from his psychotic episodes but that she's recently been unable to balance his medications. The suspect was booked into King County Jail for investigation of assault and for interfering with the reporting of domestic violence. (He had ripped the phone from the wall while she called 911.)
