West Seattle Crime Watch: Alki vehicle thefts, car prowl reported

Katy reports her street, 58th SW near Alki’s Whale Tail Park, has been hit hard by vehicle-related crime. Her 4-door Ford F250 was stolen early Thursday – beige, black hard cover for its bed, chrome wheels and rails, red Fx4 sticker on back 3/4 panel, WA plate B59699Y – call 911 if you have seen it. She adds, “In addition, our next-door neighbor got his work truck broken into last week, cleaned him out…and someone at the end of the block had their Lexus stolen.” We don’t have additional details on the latter theft so far but will add them if we find them; Katy’s truck is posted on SPD’s @getyourcarback feed.

6 Replies to "West Seattle Crime Watch: Alki vehicle thefts, car prowl reported"

  • Out for a walk September 5, 2014 (9:01 pm)

    Where are the police when we need them?

  • Alki Resident September 5, 2014 (9:57 pm)

    Been living in Alki a long time and never had a problem with our cars being messed with.

  • Reality check dude September 5, 2014 (10:09 pm)

    I think you mean private security guards. The police have to cover a lot of ground and are spread very thin.

  • John September 6, 2014 (7:59 am)

    Had our Toyota stolen and home burglarized recently near Lincoln Park. Took cops about 4 hours to respond, they really could not have cared less.
    No evidence taken that might have helped ID the culprit (person left behind their belongings). Neighbor who witnessed events never interviewed.
    They didn’t even seem to try.

  • juju September 6, 2014 (8:06 am)

    With all the new apartments come many new people. More people = MORE CRIME!!!
    So get use to it. West Seattle has changed forever.

    • WSB September 6, 2014 (8:17 am)

      Have no way of knowing who’s to blame here but none of the repeat offenders we’ve covered in past years have been new arrivals – some have been from families whose roots here go back decades (which is not a reflection on those families, just to say, criminals come from “good” backgrounds too). If you’re trying to say that more people mean more opportunities for criminals to strike, maybe so. But the people who are moving here generally are not criminals. With the rents many new places are charging (we’ve even seen “microhousing” list at nearly $1,000/month), they include, for example, a lot of people moving here to work for the tech companies. – TR

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