West Seattle - Police Blotter

Landlord turned burglar

Burglary with a happy ending On July 26 a woman living on 3200 block of 47th Ave S.W. took an afternoon trip to the grocery store and returned to find a random bicycle lying in her front yard. Investigating further, she realized her back door…MORE

Disadvantage of communal living A man living in an apartment complex on the 9000 block of 45th Ave S.W. called police in mid-July to report someone stole his and several other tenants' seats from their bicycles housed in the communal storage unit…MORE

Bad timing burglars

Yard sale gone awry

Neighbor to the rescue On June 22, around 11 a.m., the owner of a home on the 1500 block of S.W. Webster St. stopped by to check in on the house he purchased six months ago and refurbished for resale. Walking in, the man realized the dishwasher…MORE

Standoff ends with tasing Police say two King County mental health professionals visited a woman’s 6300 block, 34th Ave S.W. apartment on June 30 with the intention of committing her for making numerous threats to others. When they arrived the…MORE

Mechanically-inclined burglary attempt It was about six weeks back when a man living on the 7500 block of 11th Ave S.W. made an under-the-table mechanic agreement with the friend of a friend to fix his car. Six weeks passed, and the guy never…MORE

Outsmarted by the register An unknown suspect broke into a store on the 8900 block of 14th Ave S.W. around 4:30 a.m. on June 11. Surveillance footage reviewed by the business owner the next morning revealed the suspect breaking out a panel of…MORE

Anti-love in an elevator A female resident of a retirement/elderly living facility on 35th Ave S.W. got a little rough with the staff on May 31, leading to a 911 call and police filling out paperwork for aggravated assault with a weapon. The…MORE