Postponed from last night: the latest reports from the Southwest Precinct:

PROBABLY A BETTER IDEA TO JUST GO QUIETLY: A man suspected of hit-and-run in the 8500 block of 16th SW struggled with officers before they finally got him under control and took him to jail. It happened around midnight Tuesday night; callers said somebody in a Toyota Corolla had driven over a traffic circle – the car was found nearby, abandoned, all four tires flat, full of open cans of “Icehouse” beer. Investigating officers learned another officer had stopped the driver a short time earlier, and that one squad car’s video camera had actually recorded the man leaving the wrecked car. They went to the driver’s nearby home; he resisted arrest, and officers learned he had a warrant out for something else too, as they took him off to jail.

MAKING A GETAWAY WITH CONSPICUOUS LOOT: A factory in the 1100 block of SW Spokane kicked out a man found in an employee locker room who shouldn’t have been there. He was last seen wearing a dark blue puffy down jacket. This is significant because a half-hour after that encounter, an employee reported somebody had stolen his dark blue puffy down jacket, containing his cell phone.

BURGLAR BUSTS THROUGH DOOR: Around 9 am on Tuesday, somebody broke through a front door in the 5400 block of 21st and stole items including a TV, iPod, camera, and watches.

CHECKBOOK FOUND IN UNLIKELY PLACE: At last report, poiice were trying to contact the owner of a black checkbook picked up by a driver on the eastbound shoulder of the West Seattle Bridge on Tuesday morning.

MYSTERIOUS SHOTS COINCIDE WITH CAR BREAK-IN: While investigating a report of shots fired in the 5900 block of 18th SW around 2:30 am on Monday, police were flagged down by a woman who said someone broke a window, got into her car, and stole the stereo/DVD/TV, at about the time she saw what looked like muzzle flashes from gunshots. The loot and suspect(s) weren’t found, but five spent 9mm casings were.

TAKING NO CHANCES: Around 10 am Monday in the 4500 block of 47th SW, a man thought he heard an intruder, so he got a gun and started going around his house to look for the possible burglar. In the meantime, police arrived too, and told him it would be a good idea if he put the gun down. No intruder was found and nothing was taken, but it’s believed somebody had indeed gotten in through a window.

ANOTHER MORNING BREAK-IN: This time, in the 5200 block of 41st SW, between 8:30 and 10 am on Monday, somebody entered through a bathroom window and stole a camera, camcorder, earrings, mp3 player, watches, and cash.

As we always remind you – don’t hesitate to call police when you see or hear something suspicious, and of course when you believe a crime has been (or is being) committed. In addition to 911, there’s a non-emergency line at 206/625-5011. A big collection of Seattle Police crime-prevention resources is linked from the Southwest Precinct’s Crime Prevention page. Previous WSB police-report coverage is archived on our Crime Watch page.