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6/29/09: Police arrest two suspects in Beach Drive boat theft

6/29/09: Morgan Junction car break-in

6/28/09: Stolen car; car break-in

6/28/09: Shots fired at Delridge/Thistle

6/27/09: House, car spray-paint vandalism; SUV break-in

6/25/09: Another car-on-blocks case

6/25/09: Chopper helps police arrest hit-run suspect in Highland Park

6/24/09: Daytime car theft

6/24/09: Another Fairmount Park school break-in

6/23/09: 2 break-ins – one car, one home

6/19/09: Westwood break-in

6/17/09: Car tipped

6/16/09: Police updates at West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting

6/15/09: Brazen hubcap thief

6/15/09: 12-year-old boy attacked, hospitalized

6/15/09: All 4 wheels stolen off a car

6/13/09: Hit-run driver on the loose

6/10/09: Burglary with distinctive loot

6/8/09: Car-theft tries

6/7/09: Car break-in attempt; another car vandalized

6/7/09: Potential stolen items dumped in Pigeon Point

6/7/09: Hit-and-run driver sought

6/6/09: Update on Alki gun incident (original Friday night coverage here)

6/5/09: Backpack stolen with teacher’s items; Lowman Beach theft suspect caught on cam

6/5/09: Officer hurt in struggle with suspect at Gasco

6/3/09: Another student’s schoolbooks stolen

6/3/09: 2 suspicious sightings

6/3/09: Westwood Village shooting followup, including the motive

6/2/09: Shooting at Westwood Village McDonald’s

6/1/09: Crime stats for the first four months of the year

5/29/09: Car prowl costs “Desperate College Student” her books, and more

5/29/09: Windows smashed near 46th/Findlay

5/28/09: Vandalism rampage in South Park caught on video (Q13 FOX story)

5/27/09: Graffiti case won’t be prosecuted as hate crime

5/25/09: Two reports – hit-run rampage; Harbor Ave arrest(s)

5/25/09: Police help investigate Arbor Heights fire

5/25/09: Van vandalized

5/24/09: Shots fired in the Admiral District, police find shell casings

5/23/09: Admiral foot pursuit explained

5/23/09: Alki helicopter search explained

5/22/09: 7-year-old’s bicycle stolen

5/21/09: Police describe “pattern burglars” to watch for, especially in Highland Park

5/21/09: SWAT team search on Delridge, robbery suspect arrested

5/20/09: Car theft hits new WS resident

5/20/09: Car vandalized in The Junction

5/19/09: Police report arrest in connection with May 1 Alki shooting

5/19/09: Hate-graffiti vandalism suspect arrested

5/19/09: West Seattle teenager attacked while arriving home from school

5/19/09: Original vandalism target hit again?

5/18/09: Hate-graffiti vandal seen in action in The Junction

5/17/09: (As also seen in SPDBlotter section) Car-theft suspects arrested in Alki area

5/17/09: Car prowl report, with photo

5/17/09: Triangle car-window smashing

5/16/09: North Delridge “property crime occurring right now”

5/13/09: Another report of homophobic graffiti in Morgan Junction

5/12/09: Man reports armed robbery – then declines police help

5/11/09: Mother’s Day break-in

5/11/09: Hamilton Viewpoint “armed woman” explained

5/9/09: Another Fairmount Park Elementary break-in report

5/8/09: House, car prowlers

5/8/09: Stolen boat, trailer

5/8/09: Two early-morning incidents

5/7/09: Hit-and-run mystery

5/7/09: What the helicopter was searching for

5/6/09: Afternoon burglary in 2200 block of 46th SW – witness across the street spotted 2 “young men” breaking in, chased one a few blocks, they got away

5/6/09: Teenage burglary suspects arrested

5/6/09: Car stolen, recovered

5/5/09: Burglarized three times

5/5/09: Alki shooting police-report details

5/4/09: Update on graffiti vandalism – WSB report with police-report narrative added

5/4/09: Anti-gay graffiti vandalism (seattlepi.com)

5/4/09: Alki shooting followup

5/4/09: Unsolicited yard work damages garden

5/3/09: From the WSB Forums: Skyelar Hailey out of jail

5/1/09: Alki shooting

4/30/09: Key Bank in The Junction robbed; FBI releases surveillance photos

4/30/09: Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Newsletter with burglary/scam prevention tips

4/30/09: Burglary at 35th/Webster

4/29/09: Man arrested on West Seattle bus in connection with investigation of sex crimes against homeless woman (Seattle Times)

4/27/09: Followup on Fauntleroy SWAT arrest: 3 guns found

4/25/09: Update (with video): SWAT situation over, man surrenders

4/25/09: SWAT team in Fauntleroy business district, suspect standoff

4/24/09: Skyelar Hailey sentencing on trespass charge

4/24/09: From WCN – South Delridge/White Center Community Safety Coalition report, with crime updates and Prosecutor Dan Satterberg’s speech

4/24/09: Signs of trouble

4/23/09: Police search in Gatewood after suspected gunshots were heard

4/23/09: Police search after burglary east of Morgan Junction

4/22/09: Skyelar Hailey arrested in Admiral District

4/22/09: Another update on Skyelar Hailey search

4/22/09: Neighboring burglaries in Highland Park

4/22/09: Post-chopper search, Skyelar Hailey still being sought

4/22/09: Metal-theft suspect alert

4/21/09: Helicopter helping in West Seattle suspect search

4/21/09: Why you should check your credit card/bank statement VERY closely

4/21/09: 3 arrests in Snohomish County may solve Senior Center of West Seattle burglary – and more than 100 other break-ins around the region

4/20/09: Help solve $200,000 burglary/vandalism at Chief Sealth High School

4/20/09: Police report roundup: Child left in car, 7-11 robbery, more

4/18/09: Another burglary on 42nd SW

4/15/09: Five more reports to share

4/15/09: Guilty plea in Admiral neighborhood burglary case

4/14/09: Thieves hit Nature Consortium storage container

4/14/09: Six suspects taken into custody after break-in at (closed) Fairmount Park Elementary

4/13/09: Costly burglary at Senior Center of West Seattle

4/11/09: Hit-and-run in Morgan Junction – any witnesses?

4/10/09: Delridge harassment; Seaview vandalism

4/9/09: Another dead-end car prowl

4/7/09: Car-prowl encore in Arbor Heights

4/5/09: Clerk hit during robbery at Bartell Drugs in Jefferson Square

4/3/09: March crime trends for West Seattle

3/30/09: Car ransacked, knife taken

3/29/09: West Seattle schnoodle reported stolen on Capitol Hill

3/27/09: Four wheels gone, 1 late-night sighting

3/27/09: Follow-up on the John’s Corner Deli robbery

3/26/09: John’s Corner Deli robbed, worker hurt

3/25/09: Three stories

3/25/09: Overnight hit-run, carjack attempt in Gatewood

3/23/09: Times report: BMW-driving attackers scuffle with man in Solstice Park

3/22/09: Repeat car-prowl victim hit again

3/21/09: Minivan prowled, ransacked; Buddha stolen

3/19/09: 2 more cases of crooks targeting cars

3/17/09: Latest crime numbers for the area, plus new reports from the precinct

3/17/09: Chief Sealth renovation project hit by vandals

3/14/09: Burglary reports from Arbor Heights, Seaview

3/12/09: Storage unit break-ins, car prowls north of Lincoln Park

3/11/09: Recognize this loot? Call police

3/11/09: Two cars targeted

3/10/09: Junction crime update, including latest on Steve Bushaw murder

3/9/09: Sign and mailbox stolen near Lincoln Park

3/7/09: Reader report, prowlers sought in Gatewood

3/6/09: Calif. Ave. Rite-Aid robbed, SWAT team summoned because robber thought to be in nearby apt., turned out not to be

3/6/09: One wheel (tire and all) stolen off a West Seattle car

3/5/09: Three arrests after “home invasion” robbery

3/3/09: Pigeon Point 11-car rampage

3/3/09: The wild catching-a-car-thief video the prosecutor showed the Rotarians

3/3/09: County Prosecuting Attorney tells West Seattle Rotarians car theft is down

3/2/09: Car prowlers strike the same family twice

2/27/09: Stolen “care package … from Grandma”

2/25/09: Grandson charged in Fauntleroy/Dawson murder

2/23/09: Latest report roundup from the precinct

2/23/09: Mail theft in Morgan Junction

2/23/09: Car theft near Ercolini Park

2/21/09: Luna (Anchor) Park-area vandalism

2/21/09: WSB Forums member looking for info on sideswiped car

2/20/09: Car prowl in The Junction, looking for the car’s owner

2/19/09: Lottery-ticket robber from Fauntleroy/Alaska 76 case may be linked to 2 White Center holdups too

2/19/09: Fauntleroy/Dawson murder suspect charged in separate assault case

2/17/09: New details on Fauntleroy/Dawson murder

2/16/09: Followup, full report on car-theft case with helicopter search last Tuesday night

2/14/09: First on WSB: Suspect jailed in connection with Fauntleroy/Dawson murder

2/14/09: Two reader reports of police activity tonight in the Fauntleroy/Alaska area – one that sounded like shots fired around 7:10 pm, one involving police holding somebody at gunpoint – but so far, no reports available on whether these were related or what they were about; we’ll keep checking

2/14/09: Suspicious death now classified as homicide

2/13/09: Another car rack theft reported

2/11/09: Full police report on Fauntleroy/Alaska 76 robbery

2/11/09: Helicopter search, three arrested in auto-theft case

2/10/09: Police-report roundup, from heroic neighbor to car-prowl spree (and more)

2/9/09: Bullet holes found in car, house northwest of The Junction

2/8/09: Robber grabs lottery tickets at gas station and runs

2/6/09: Car prowls posted in WSB Forums

2/6/09: Morgan Junction break-in attempt

2/6/09: Junction shooting followup: Benefit posters up; killers still on loose

2/4/09: Fence-hopping burglar(s)

2/3/09: Shooting semi-update; attack near park

2/2/09: Man shot in The Junction

2/2/09: Car racks stolen

1/30/09: Vandalism spree on wheels

1/28/09: Window followup; another car stolen

1/24/09: Bloody break-in, possibly solved

1/23/09: Wheels, window, Trenton trouble

1/23/09: Mail theft reported in WSB Forums

1/23/09: North Admiral burglary-attempt scare

1/22/09: Two cars-on-blocks, and a burglary

1/21/09: FBI issues regional alert for suspected bank robber (click to see flyer with photo)

1/21/09: Scam alert, woman taken for $700

1/20/09: More crime updates from the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting (including “home drive-by,” marijuana raid, another armed robbery)

1/20/09: New details on 12th/Myrtle “home invasion”

1/18/09: More on the “house shot at” report

1/18/09: Admiral “sparkler bomb,” and more

1/17/09: Two cars broken into, GPS systems stolen

1/17/09: Anonymous e-mail reports, “Last weekend on Sat Jan 10th multiple cars and the bank of mailboxes were broken into at Jefferson Square Apartments”

1/16/09: Lincoln Park search explained

1/15/09: Possible casing in Delridge

1/14/09: Two possible cases of “casing”

1/13/09: Video of officers forcibly entering Arbor Heights house for marijuana raid

1/11/09: Break-in alert; slasher hits car

1/11/09: $20 million fuel theft on Harbor Island

1/10/09: Maps of what happened where in the past month

1/9/09: The case of the Stolen Santa, and other reports

1/8/09: Two local businesses burglarized

1/7/09: Bike-theft victim helps police catch stolen-bike-selling suspect

1/5/09: Car break-in, radio stolen

1/4/09: Even more information about robbery suspects

1/4/09: Followup on early-morning robbery report: Three suspects arrested after holdup attempt at Admiral 7-11, police investigating whether they’re linked to recent robbery spree

1/3/09: Another catalytic-converter theft

1/3/09: Two cars targeted

1/1/09: 3 notes – Alki statue-pedestal vandalism; 1 WS murder in 2008; car-top theft

1/1/09: 41-year-old bike stolen (last item)

12/31/08: Video and photos released from recent robbery series

12/30/08: Update on armed-robbery series

12/30/08: Two theft reports

12/29/08: Report of a purse stolen from a patron at Matador in The Junction last night (no further details so far)

12/28/08: Road-rage report at Westwood Village

12/23/08: Warning to not park under The Bridge at night

12/22/08: Art stolen from Twilight in The Junction

12/21/08: From Oliver: “Our car was broken into this morning in the alley between 46th sw and 47th on the corner of Dakota. They stole a large crate containing a brand new folded queen size memory foam mattress. They dragged the box from the alley, up Dakota all the way to 51st where the tracks ended and could no longer be found. If anyone saw anything or is offered a mattress for sale, they can contact me.” (WSB note: we’ll relay)

12/19/08: Even more car prowls

12/19/08: From Lyn via e-mail, a belated report she wanted to share: “Someone walked into my office (California and Brandon) and stole my laptop on November 12th, late afternoon. It’s an office building with very little traffic, except for people who work there and clients. I do not think it was any of my clients or fellow building colleagues. I share an office with a colleague, who was meeting with someone–my office was not occupied (nor locked), but the door was closed. A real shame–the value of the computer on the street so small compared to its value to me.”

12/18/08: Highland Park/White Center robberies update

12/17/08: More Hansen View car prowls

12/16/08: Highland Park robbery search

12/16/08: Short note from Meryl: “Car broken into Holden and 41st, last night 3 am”

12/14/08: Hansen View Blockwatch reports two car burglaries Friday night

12/10/08: Two people “violently mugged”

12/10/08: WSB Forum member writes of watch theft at gym

12/10/08: Shopper warns of theft

12/9/08: Christmas light vandalism

12/9/08: More info on “homes hit by bullets” case

12/7/08: 1959 Airstream trailer stolen

12/6/08: Forum member reports hit-run, looks for witnesses

12/5/08: Alert neighbors strike again

12/3/08: Admiral alley break-in, graffiti woes

12/3/08: Loud boom explained: Arrest warrant served at 16th/Kenyon

12/2/08: Suspected car prowler scared off

11/29/08: Seaview vandalism spree

11/28/08: Suspicious person sought in Delridge

11/26/08: Admiral burglary suspect out of jail

11/25/08: Reader report, catalytic-converter theft at Olson SW park-and-ride

11/22/08: WSB Forums member reports possible foiled burglary

11/19/08: From the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting: Drug-abuse trends

11/18/08: From the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting: Latest WS crime trends

11/18/08: Stolen motorcycle found!

11/17/08: Reader report, backpack (and schoolwork) gone

11/16/08: Reader report, Morgan Junction car prowls

11/16/08: Junction business signs stolen (WSB Forums report)

11/15/08: Reader report: Dog-kicking burglar

11/13/08: Update on Fauntleroy burglary suspect Richard Lovejoy

11/13/08: House shot at (also see SPD Blotter post below)

11/10/08: WSB coverage of 1st court hearing for “helicopter search” Fauntleroy burglary suspect

11/10/08: Southwest Precinct announces arrest in “BB gun burglaries”

11/10/08: Two reported burglary suspects arrested after police surround Belvidere/Admiral house

11/9/08: More details on arrest following helicopter search (including the victim’s firsthand story); plus, reader report of an Admiral break-in

11/9/08: Helicopter search in Fauntleroy, burglary suspect arrested

11/6/08: Halloween party turns “disarming”

11/5/08: Arrest after bizarre break-in

11/5/08: Suspected serial thief arrested

11/3/08: Stewart Manor stabbing suspect arrested

10/30/08: Credit-card scammer follow-up; another break-in, and word of “leads”

10/29/08: Highland Park van theft

10/29/08: Marine View Drive alert

10/29/08: Credit-card-fraud suspect arrested

10/29/08: Photo released of Stewart Manor stabbing suspect

10/28/08: “Burglary spree,” plus car and business break-ins

10/27/08: Fighting crime through early intervention

10/25/08: Another night, another helicopter: Burglary-suspect search through Lincoln Park

10/24/08: Helicopter mystery solved, man arrested in White Center for July murder in Kent

10/23/08: 3 reports, including stolen skates

10/22/08: Car break-in (apparent theft attempt)

10/22/08: Missing (rare) motorcycle

10/21/08: Two angry break-in victims

10/21/08: Reader report in the WSB Forum, Westwood Village vehicle break-in

10/20/08: Busy early morning for police in West Seattle

10/19/08: Burglary via the cat door

10/17/08: Woman stabbed in High Point apartment building

10/17/08: Business signs stolen

10/14/08: Reader reports, car break-ins on Beach Drive, in Admiral

10/14/08: Scam targeting owners of missing pets

10/12/08: Car break-ins

10/12/08: Three reader reports – wheels stolen, catalytic converter stolen, yard sign stolen

10/10/08: Westwood dog missing, believed stolen

10/8/08: Reader report, abandoned car near scene of car theft

10/7/08: The Bohemian reports a ripoff: Stolen art tiles

10/6/08: Reader report, car break-in in Morgan Junction area

10/5/08: Reader report, car break-in with teenager’s retainers stolen

10/4/08: Reader report, car break-in

10/3/08: Citywide call for help identifying child’s attacker

10/2/08: Reader report, more than an outage

9/29/08: Reader report, car break-in at 35th/Fauntleroy

9/28/08: Alki Statue of Liberty Plaza vandalism

9/28/08: Bench stolen from outside Chill

9/24/08: Reader report, “brazen mail thief”

9/23/08: Stolen sign

9/22/08: Delridge shooting

9/21/08: Two “car prowls” reported by readers

9/21/08: Copper-wire theft reported at SSCC

9/17/08: Delridge P-Patch pilfering

9/16/08: Followup on Alki shots-fired case

9/15/08: Reader report, gang graffiti

9/14/08: Shots fired into the air on Alki

9/14/08: Reader report, car theft

9/14/08: Reader report, catalytic-converter theft

9/12/08: Drug raid in Gatewood neighborhood

9/9/08: West Seattle Crime Prevention Council announces Gang Unit special guest for next meeting

9/7/08: Reader report – metal theft from the yard

9/6/08: Beach Drive burglary, arrest

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