The totem pole near the West Seattle Golf Course, installed in 1976 by the West Seattle Rotary Club, was stolen sometime Thursday night, December 3rd. Tracks leading up to and away from the structure show the path the vehicle used to facilitate the crime.
The Seattle Parks Department and Seattle Police Department have determined that someone stole an 18-foot-tall totem pole from the viewpoint near the West Seattle Golf Course. It was installed there in 1976.
UPDATE: The totem pole has been found in a suburb of Salem Oregon. An unidentified 69-year-old West Seattle man was arrested December 9th in connection with the theft. He led investigators to the stolen pole. Detectives from the Seattle Police Department are assembling a case for the prosecutor's office. It has not yet been determined if charges against the employees of the crane company that helped take it from the park will be filed.
