West Seattle Crime Watch: Another Fairmount Park break-in

Thanks to Ray C for sending that photo and word of a major police response at Fairmount Park Elementary (map), which has been closed for two years, though it was supposed to be reopening for summer school this year. The police were gone when we went by to check it out in person, but Southwest Precinct Lt. Ron Smith has just confirmed to WSB that it was a break-in, adding, “Responding officers located a broken window and observed freshly painted graffiti in the school.” He says “three juveniles” were “taken into custody and due to their age, released to their parents at the precinct.” This is at least the third break-in there in two months; we also covered burglaries reported at Fairmount Park in April (with six arrests) and in May (intruder/s in that incident were reportedly gone before police arrived).

3 Replies to "West Seattle Crime Watch: Another Fairmount Park break-in"

  • Jersey Jill June 25, 2009 (1:56 pm)

    I hope that the parents of these kids are held accountable for the property damage.The youths arrested should have to clean up their own graffitti as well as do a full grounds maintainence clean up in orange jump suits that say future felon.

  • Freakosaur June 28, 2009 (5:16 pm)

    Jesus, and I know the people who did it.
    They definitely should clean all of that up :\

  • Megan June 30, 2009 (9:11 pm)

    We saw the police pull these kids over and take them into custody. Cute. I wonder what sort of “parenting” occurs in this neighborhood that kids feel the need to do this sort of thing in the middle of the afternoon?

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