West Seattle Crime Watch: More sports-field wire theft; stolen car found; keepsakes taken

Topping this West Seattle Crime Watch roundup: We’ve just confirmed another case of athletic-field wire theft. A tipster just e-mailed to say that a wiring theft took out the outfield lights at the Southwest Athletic Complex baseball field, which affected the start of last night’s Seattle Lutheran High School game. SWAC is owned by Seattle Public Schools; spokesperson Teresa Wippel confirms the theft, telling WSB, “we did receive a report of additional wire theft from 10 light poles … (4 softball infield and 6 baseball outfield poles). I’m told ‘a come-along’ was used to extract the wires from the poles and some of the wiring was also pulled out of the ground.” No arrests yet in last month’s Delridge Playfield case, by the way.

Also in Crime Watch: A stolen car was found relatively quickly this morning – just after 6 am, Ridge sent a note that his green Honda Civic had been stolen near 35th and 100th in Arbor Heights. Before we even got a chance to publish an alert, a note came in from a resident near 32nd and 108th reporting that someone abandoned a car in her neighborhood – a green Honda Civic. Car and owner have since been reunited.

And a reunion of sorts is what Julie is hoping for, regarding keepsakes stolen in a Puget Ridge burglary on Wednesday:

The only things stolen were a blue cardboard box of irreplaceable old pictures and a decorative tin box full of a lifetime of memorabilia, like concert ticket stubs, postcards and political buttons, etc. I’m hoping they’ll dump it somewhere and maybe it will be found. I live in the 65XX block of 18th Ave SW. They smashed my sliding glass door in the back to gain entry.

Notify police if you find any of those items – or anything else that might have been stolen from someone (the non-emergency number is 206-625-5011).

Mike May 2, 2013 (11:42 am)

Time to follow what Grant County is doing. Post all the crooks on do not buy from lists and shut down the recyclers that accept metals from repeat offenders that are on the list. http://www.co.grant.wa.us/sheriff/HTM/metal-theft.htm

wire theft report May 2, 2013 (12:25 pm)

I witnessed the wire being pulled out of the bushes below the baseball fields across the street from the post office, on Monday around 11:00am. I immediately called 911 and gave a description of the vehicle – beige/yellow smaller chevy pick up truck with a canopy. 2 white males loaded the huge bundle into the back of the truck and drove off.

Admiral Walker May 2, 2013 (4:06 pm)

While walking across the Fairmount Ravine bridge Tuesday evening, I notice a bunch of colored wire casings on the SE side of the bridge. The coloring on the casing is similar to the Delridge picture, so I am curious if the SPD have had any leads on the theft and if they have chatted with any of the encampments under the bridge.