While we hope for Just got good news in the missing/stolen dog case, and we have MORE good news tonight in West Seattle Crime Watch followups: Two thefts reported here last month are resolved – and one turned out not to have been a theft at all! One involved a sled, one involved a car, and we have details on both, ahead:
First, the sled:
Lynda shares that photo of the unique sled that is now back in her family’s possession, three weeks after she reported it stolen from outside A Terrible Beauty in The Junction. (Here’s our original story.) A couple days ago, we heard from Kitty, who said she believed she had Lynda’s sled, and asked us to forward her contact info to Lynda, who e-mailed us today:
According to Kitty, they were at ATB the same evening as us. When she and her family were leaving, their friends offered-up their sled, as Kitty’s 3 year-old was very tired and wouldn’t be able to make the trek home on foot. Kitty just grabbed the only sled that was out front, which just happened to be ours. Two weeks went by and when Kitty finally got together with their friend to return the sled, a good laugh was had by everyone! This was not their sled, rather their sled was old, orange and plastic! Kitty immediately went to the source that she relies upon, West Seattle Blog – she typed ‘sled’ into the search engine and the article that you posted popped right up. … Our faith in the local community has been restored, we couldn’t be happier!
I’ve attached a picture of the sled, as it really is a beautiful, priceless treasure.
Thank you, thank you , thank you!
Lynda & Family
Second, the car. 11 nights ago, Ryan reported his ’97 Impreza stolen from 41st/College in the Admiral District. Today, Caroline sent a note saying his car was parked outside her home in the 6300 block of 50th SW. Not to say this is the route thieves traveled, but this map will show you the two points are just 3 miles apart – police often point out that stolen cars can wind up not going very far:
View Larger Map
We conveyed the message to Ryan, plus Caroline was contacting police. Ryan says the tank was empty and his stereo equipment was gone, but the car looked OK otherwise.
| 4 COMMENTS