By Tim Clifford

Stopped short at gunpoint
Shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Dec.11 police received a call concerning a drive-by gun brandishing incident at the intersection of 14 Ave. S./ Dallas Ave. S. The victims, a man and a woman, were walking along Dallas St. when a red Honda Accord pulled up to them. As it stopped a passenger leaned out of the window aiming a handgun at the couple.

The victims could see that there were three men inside the Accord, all wearing masks. The suspects held the couple at gunpoint without saying a word. After a short time the suspects drove off northbound on Dallas Ave. S. The victims were unable to get a read of the license plate as the car sped away and could not provide any significant details about the suspects. According to the victims there is no one who would wish them harm and the incident appears to have been completely random.

Luggage theft
A woman on the 10000 block of 31 Ave. S.W. returned home after work on Dec.11 to find her living room completely raided and ransacked. While looking through the disaster that was now her living and preparing to call the police the victim heard a noise from upstairs.

Frightened, the victim ran out to her car and locked herself inside before she called the authorities. While speaking with 911 dispatchers the victim watched as the suspect come out of her home and walked past her car dragging one of her roller-wheeled suitcases behind him. The suspect made his way northbound as the victim gave a description of him to the dispatchers.

Officers responding to the incident arrested the suspect two blocks away. Though the suspect claimed that the roller bag was from a friend’s house where he had been playing video games officers brought the victim to the scene of the arrest, where she quickly made a positive identification. The suspect, who is a minor, was arrested and taken to the Southwest Precinct for processing.

Stealing liquor
At around 3:42 on Dec. 17 at grocery store on the 4700 block of 42 Ave. S.W. police responded to an assault and theft involving minors stealing liquor. The store manager explained to the officers that he spotted two 19-year-old Asians, a male and female, loading Crown Royal into the male’s backpack.

When the suspects began exiting the store the manager confronted them and began demanding they return the spirits. The male suspect became agitated launched into a loud and profane verbal assault on the manager, eventually throwing a full bottle of orange juice at him. Although the fast-pitch missed the mark, the manager allowed the suspects to leave for fear they would attempt to hurt him to get away.

The male suspect is described as standing 5’8 and was wearing a blue Seahawks beanie with a red jacket. The female suspect is described as standing 5’4 and had on a black backpack. As of this writing the suspects remain at large.

Crimes reported between Dec. 12 to Dec. 19

Burglaries by block: 4000 block of 39 Ave. S.W., 4500 block of 48 Ave. S.W., 4300 block of S.W. Graham St., 5900 block of Delridge WY S.W., 1000 block of S. Cloverdale St., 2600 block of S.W. Barton St., 9300 block of 31 Pl. S.W., 10400 block of 34 Ave. S.W.

Car prowls by block: California Ave. S.W./ S.W. Juneau St., 6000 block of 37 Ave. S.W., Fauntleroy WY S.W./ S.W. Cloverdale St., 8400 block of 6 Ave. S.W., 1000 block of Sullivan St., 1200 block of S. Cloverdale St., 9200 block of 4 Ave. S.W., 9400 block of 13 Ave. S.W., 9400 block of 16 Ave. S.W., 9400 block of 21 Ave. S.W., 1800 block of S.W. Roxbury St. (2 reported), 9600 block of 20 Ave. S.W., 100 block of 31 Ave. S.W.

Car thefts by block: 5100 block of S.W. Stevens St., 6400 block of California Ave. S.W., 6500 block of California Ave. S.W., 7500 block of 32 Ave. S.W., 7700 block of 14 Ave. S.W., 8800 block of 38 Ave. S.W., 8800 block of Delridge WY S.W., 8600 block of 13 Ave. S.W., 500 block of S. Donovan St., 8600 block of 10 Ave. S., 9200 block of 2 Ave. S.W., 1300 block of S.W. Cambridge St., 9400 block of 18 Ave. S.W.