Two of these 5 incidents happened early this morning. First, in the Westcrest Park area, multiple police units answered a call of a disturbance, followed minutes later by a report that five gunshots were heard. No report of anyone having actually been shot, but police pulled over a car at 8th/Trenton (map) and reported finding a shotgun in possession of one of the passengers. Second incident just happened – police raced to an assault report in the 2800 block of Alki (map), with a suspect reportedly running away, but found an “uncooperative victim,” and the call was canceled (but in case you saw/heard all those officers, that’s what it was about). Now, to three reports received earlier, from purported solicitors using a ruse to get into a man’s apartment and steal from him, to a bike theft and stereo theft – read on:
From Kim in North Admiral:
I live in an apartment building … in North Admiral. (Thursday) an elderly tenant in my building was robbed mid-day by some so-called solicitors. There were 4 African American males that approached this gentleman in the parking lot, offering to detail his car, claiming to be a mobile detail service.
About halfway through cleaning his car, the 4 guys asked for payment before they would finish cleaning his car. The 4 guys followed the older gentleman into his apartment, where one of them distracted him at a table while the other 3 robbed the other rooms of his apartment. They took bank information, stock papers?and bonds, check books, and anything they could get their hands on. Please pass this information on to anyone who lives in the North Admiral area of West Seattle. Again it was 4 African American males, 20-30 years old, driving a tan SUV. The police have been notified but I just wanted to pass this on so that no one else gets caught in this scam and hopefully someone will catch these guys.
From Jason in Pigeon Point:
My Purple REFLEX Mountain Bike was stolen off of my porch at 4003 22nd Ave SW (map) last Thursday, July 23 in the evening between 8pm and 11:30pm while the lights in my house were on and my car was in the driveway. Whoever took it had to have thought possibly there was someone home. It seemed like a very bold theft. Of course the loss of this precious commuter and past time is devastating, but it also had a crucial trail-a-bike trailer hitch on the bike seat post for my son’s trailer. It was a purple REFLEX mountain bike, with a split seat, chrome shim with black square hitch on the seat post, and had a big tire on the front and a smaller one on the back. There was a coil chain lock on the handlebars.
We also had a car in the driveway at the same address on Thursday, July 16th in which a person broke in the car without damaging it and stole an empty wallet.
And from William in The Junction:
This is my first time reporting something, unfortunately someone decided to liberate the car stereo from my vehicle on the 4400 block of 40th Avenue SW last night, Thursday July 30th, 2009. I will miss that piece of equipment, I had so much fun rocking out with it. Just a reminder to all me neighbors, lock it up and see you next Tuesday.
That of course means Night Out, and registration for your close-the-street block party is now open till first thing Monday morning – register online here (scroll down).
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