More Crime Watch news: Arrest confirmed; Red Cup break-in

Just one of those days – lots of crime news to be shared – first, from Detective Nick Bauer at the Southwest Precinct, confirmation that the suspect arrested this afternoon (mentioned here) was indeed the third suspect from this morning’s Admiral break-ins. He says police found this suspect with the help of some detective work from a citizen. He also notes that seven burglary suspects have been caught in the past week, which he says is fairly unprecedented; also, one person who reported their break-in here on WSB has been reunited with some of their stolen stuff, thanks to some of those arrests. Now, a reader report we didn’t get till just now, so can’t check it with police till tomorrow — this one involves Angelia’s Red Cup Espresso in The Junction, only 4 months removed from the death of owner Angelia Paulsen (amazing community outpouring in the comments here) in a crash on I-5. Dawn e-mailed WSB to say:

Wanted to report that my favorite coffee place got broke into last night …. I went to Red Cup Espresso this morning and noticed that there was glass every where and the drive thru window was broke. So I asked and sure enough was told that someone broke the window and took the register …. this is soooo low. not only is Sean dealing with the death of his wife and owner of Red Cup and trying so hard to make ends meet and keep the joint open but someone robs from him …. I hope this person has bad karma for the rest of his or her life.

5 Replies to "More Crime Watch news: Arrest confirmed; Red Cup break-in"

  • Creighton May 8, 2008 (9:49 pm)

    So sorry to hear about Red Cup. The wife and I will stop by this weekend and grab our coffee there. It’s the least we could do.

    Kudos to the cops, and the locals that helped out. West Seattle isn’t, and won’t be, like everywhere else and let this happen without a fight.

  • Vickie B May 8, 2008 (10:16 pm)

    That’s such a shame about Red Cup…let’s hope the person/s responsible are caught quickly.

    In the meantime, coffee at Red Cup will definitely be on my calendar this weekend! :-) Is there anything we can do to help them out beyond that?

  • ML May 9, 2008 (12:37 am)

    I too will go to Red Cup this weekend. God, what crappy thing for someone to do. My level is disappointment has no words….

  • charles May 9, 2008 (10:19 am)

    either they let more out of the jails, or drugs are getting more expensive. to bad the cops can,t stop people and cars that look suspicious. but then i a c l u would get very mad, and sue every one they could. not sure the city has the guts to run afoul of that lot

  • Alia May 9, 2008 (11:42 pm)

    AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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