West Seattle Crime Watch: Stolen car found; home broken into

This morning’s West Seattle Crime Watch update starts with good news before we get to a new crime report. Last time around, we included Shay‘s report about her stolen car. She e-mailed last night to say a WSB’er found it!

Because of you, we got our stolen car back SO MUCH FASTER than I ever imagined. One of your faithful readers read about our incident today, called us, and we found our vehicle! There was damage and my skateboard was stolen, but we can’t be more appreciative of the service you provide for our community. When you have your property violated by strangers, it’s very reassuring to know that there are a whole lot more strangers that actually care.

There was rope left in our trunk and the back bumper looked as though it pulled something along (maybe someone ON my skateboard?). If anyone SAW an old Accord pulling anything (Thursday) night, please let us know.

Now, the burglary report – it happened yesterday afternoon in Arbor Heights, 9800 block of 42nd SW (map):

They kicked in the back door between 12:45 pm and 3:00 pm. They stole our Mac desktop, iPad, and iPod touch, plus my jewelry. The police came and we filed a report. If anyone knows anything please let us or the police know.

Thanks again to everyone whose watchfulness helps catch suspects or at least find stolen property. P.S. Got a Block Watch? Be sure it’s linked up with the West Seattle Blockwatch Captains Network – currently conducting a survey, too.

1 Reply to "West Seattle Crime Watch: Stolen car found; home broken into"

  • cjboffoli February 5, 2011 (12:19 pm)

    For people with iPads and iPhones (3GS or later) I highly recommend the free “Find my iPad” and “Find my iPhone” apps. These apps allow you to use the built-in GPS to locate your stolen or lost device (and the thief) from any computer or another mobile device. I’ve read some interesting success stories of the recovery of devices and apprehension of the thieves by police. You can also send on-screen messages to the thief and/or do a remote wipe and lock of your device. Extremely handy.
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    I also thought I’d share an entertaining video from the last DEFCON computer security conference in which a computer hacker related the story of how he used social media (among other strategies) to track the person who stole his Mac laptop. Long but entertaining video. Just a note of caution about the language: NOT safe for kids/work.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4oB28ksiIo

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