Four West Seattle Crime Watch notes as the weekend comes to a close. First, the one to which Kevin tipped us, with e-mail headed “A Terrible Ripoff” – it’s about what you don’t see on this door, any longer:
The opening-soon Junction restaurant/pub A Terrible Beauty (California/Edmunds) is missing an ornate metal door-knocker. After Kevin’s note came in, WSB contributor Katie Meyer went over to find out more. Seems it turned up missing yesterday, and they speculate it might be a case of metal theft.
Sorry to say there’s no photo we can point you to so that you would know it if you saw it, but Katie says ATB’s co-owner Jenna Shannon Garvey O’Brien describes it as “(matching) the hardware on the door, which is pretty dark patinated brass, looks nearly black – it was round, about 3 inches, with a loop or ring that swung as the knocker. It was original to the antique door they got from a reclamation/salvage place, and they had taken the hardware off, painstakingly sanded/refinished and re-stained the door, then screwed the hardware back on.” Jenna told Katie they regret not nailing or gluing it to the door, since, Katie reports, “they’ve learned to nail everything down from their other establishment, where someone walked off with an ornate Celtic cross from inside the restaurant, and someone else walked out with a brass urn and an antique washboard!” Three more Crime Watch reports ahead – a parking-lot hit-run and a GPS theft – plus an arrest report from the Southwest Precinct:
From Becca, a Morgan Junction hit-and-run:
Last night around 6 pm I headed up to the California and Fauntleroy Junction to grab a bite to eat and watch the Western Conference Game. I parked behind Starbucks and grabbed a bite to eat. When I arrived I was the lone car on the west side of the parking lot (behind Starbucks), well, no one was parked within several spaces of me.
When I came out around 7:20 pm I had a fresh dent which cut down to bare steel on the driver’s front wheel well area.. If anyone saw who hit me I would appreciate a shoutout. My car is a burgundy 1996 4 dr Camry with racks on top and Share The Road Plates on it. I wish folks would realize how much beer money behavior like this costs their fellow humans.
From Robin, east of Morgan Junction:
GPS stolen from our truck in front of our house (37th & Morgan) between the 14th at 5PM and the 15th at 5:30 PM. Police report filed. Sucks – but at least the truck was still there!
And finally, a note received from Southwest Precinct operations Lt. Pierre Davis on Friday that we hadn’t had the chance to share yet – no further details so far (we’re pursuing), but just a bit of good news to cap this Crime Watch roundup:
Our SW Precinct Detectives located and arrested two burglary suspects (Thursday) afternoon. The two were identified via video footage burglarizing a known Highland Park establishment. Great piece of work by our two detectives.
One thing we want to stress: WHATEVER crime happens to you, big or small, PLEASE report it. Lately we’re starting to hear from more people who HAVEN’T – and even if it’s small, at the very least, you can report it online. You can find the link any time on the Crime Watch page.
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