Eric just e-mailed to share this report — and an alert:
Yesterday, Monday 7/14, our house was broken into, sometime during the day. They kicked in a back door and took only small valuable things. When we spoke with a police officer last night, he said there has been a string of similar incidents in our area, within a six-block radius. We live on 35th and Brandon [map]. Maybe by putting the word out we can save our neighbors from experiencing this.
Many houses here built in the 40s-50s have thin plywood doors you could probably put a fist through, never mind having to kick them open. The best security upgrade you can make to your house is new fiberglass or steel doors with reinforced striker plates in the jambs (so the jamb won’t break out if the door is kicked).
Dear Editor, please put the word out on your regular news if you can and thank Bill for his comments. Perhaps he could write a more in-depth article for the Herald to give my husband.
We live on Gatewood HIll – 38th off of Morgan. Around 3;45 I awoke to the sound of people talking in what seemed to be my yard. I woke from a deep sleep and thought maybe it was a dream. Looking out the window I saw a white male about 6 ft tall, dressed in a black tank top and black pants, muscular, pacing up and down the street. We all know the neighbors and this agitated person didn’t belong. Then I heard shots.
Turned out the shots were him smashing the glass to pieces on a neighbors car with nothing in it. Other neighbors who had just returned from the airport yelled and gave pursuit of him and his getaway vehicle. The car fled with his friend fled one way, the dressed in black thug the other.
We believe he was trying to steal the car as it was the cheapest on the block, clearly had no alarms and there was nothing in it visible to be stolen. Police tried to find him but the thug is gone. Watch out. This happened betweehn 3:45 and 4:10 am on Monday.
If anyone has anything more in-depth to say, we’d be happy to publish it here – we do in-depth coverage as well as short reports, and we have the largest news ‘audience’ in West Seattle (21,000+ homes/businesses reading WSB at least once a week, more than a third of them checking in at least once a day). Anyway, I am guessing you’re suggesting that this be republished separately? Will be happy to do so – thanks for sharing your story and glad you’re OK! – Tracy
What type of getaway car did the guy use? I saw a white astrovan casing my house this evening. The guy was white with brown hair and was wearing a black sleavless shirt.
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