Now the rest of the latest report highlights from the Southwest Precinct (which also included the vignette we posted earlier): We start with a suspected teenage drug dealer, spotted on local school grounds by a watchful school employee. He called police to say he saw what looked like 3 boys engaged in drug transactions right by West Seattle Elementary in High Point – atop the stairs connecting the campus with the nearby community center. With the detailed descriptions he provided, police stopped two suspects at 30th and Othello. While patting them down, an officer detected an odd crackling sound near one boy’s ankle; “that’s just cough drops,” the boy insisted — till the officer pulled out a cellophane cough-drop bag containing marijuana “packaged for sale.” The boy, 15, also had $120 in cash kept separately from a few dollars walking-around money (the police report notes it is typical dealer behavior both to separate cash that way and to keep the merchandise in an unusual spot like, your shoes/socks). He was arrested. Next: The case of the thirsty burglar(s), among other incidents:

THE THIRSTY BURGLAR(S): Police have a panoply of prints to review from a burglary scene in the 3200 block of 37th SW, because the burglar(s) took two cans of Coke out of the fridge while doing their dirty deed and left the cans at the scene – one in a closet, one on a living-room cabinet. The break-in happened sometime between 8 am and 7:25 pm last Friday; the culprit(s) got in by prying open a bedroom window, and got away with a TV and computer.

BURGLARY SUSPECTS BUSTED: Another break-in happened 1:26 am Saturday in the 7700 block of 17th SW. A woman called police after hearing a loud noise; she then saw a man at the top of her stairs, and yelled at him, prompting him to run downstairs. The description she gave to police, as well as K-9 help, led officers to a 15-year-old suspect who admitted to the burglary and said he was put up to it by a 31-year-old man who insisted the house was empty. Both were arrested.

BURGLAR WHO DIDN’T GET IN: It appears a would-be burglar was thwarted twice last Saturday night in the 9200 block of 20th SW — the front door was kicked three times but the deadbolt held fast; there also was an attempt to get in through a window, but a guard bar stopped that.

ANOTHER ROCK ATTACK: This one happened 8:20 pm last Saturday night in the 3800 block of 55th SW. First came a loud crash; the resident went into his living room and saw a 4-foot-by-8-foot window, shattered – with a white car, Hyundai or Toyota 4-door, with three people inside, driving away.

AND YET ANOTHER ROCK ATTACK: At 11:30 pm Saturday night, a woman came home in the 6300 block of 34th SW and saw a small hole in her window, as well as three young men standing outside. One subsequently picked up a rock and threw it at the window, further cracking it. All three took off and the woman called 911; two suspects were stopped at 34th and Morgan — the one “in the SpongeBob jacket,” 17 years old, was identified by the victim and arrested.

DOUBLE BUST: Officers answered a call about a suspicious person seen in the 5600 block of Delridge around noon Monday; the caller explained he had seen the man looking into his car and holding a tool, then confronted the man, who ran off. When police found a suspect nearby, the 34-year-old turned out to have a pre-existing arrest warrant, and was booked into King County Jail (we just checked, still there).

DOUBLE BUST NUMBER TWO: During a “narcotics operation” late Monday night, officers pulled over a 34-year-old woman at California/Charlestown. Not only did they find meth in her possession, they also found a previous warrant for her arrest, and took her to jail. (She’s still there as of this writing – her fifth jail booking in 5 months.)

DOUBLE CRASH: A 21-year-old man was arrested for DUI after an incident in the 1100 block of SW Holden around 3:30 Saturday morning; police answered a call about a crash, first saw a van on the street with serious rear-end damage, then saw a second crash scene involving a fence. They quickly found the driver, who claimed a car swerved toward him, causing him to hit his brakes and then the parked van, after which, he said, he lost a wheel and that’s what sent him into the fence. Eventually he admitted he had had a few drinks; his breath test came in at just under twice the legal-drunkenness baseline.

SINGLE CRASH: A 28-year-old man was hurt badly enough to go to the hospital after crashing his car into a utility pole in the 9400 block of Olson SW around quarter till 5 on Sunday morning. The car took out some mailboxes as well as severely damaging the pole and its light fixture. Police think the man was speeding and were awaiting blood-test results to find out if he was under the influence.

ALSO, AN ALERT: This isn’t from the police files; it’s from Dan, who says his Genesee Hill neighborhood has notified police about a door-to-door solicitor who doesn’t have ID or a city license and didn’t even seem to know those are required (always ask!); he is described as about 5′ 10″ to 6′, black, wearing a white hat, white jacket, white tie, thin facial hair, thin, about 160#. May be legit, but Dan and his neighbors wanted to get the word out and remind everyone to always ask for city license, appropriate ID, etc.

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.