West Seattle Crime Watch: 3 reader reports, including not exactly the kind of loot a burglar can run with

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Three reader reports in West Seattle Crime Watch this morning:

GARAGE BREAK-IN: From Kathy:

My garage was broken into over the weekend and a Lincoln Electric welder and cart were stolen.

Seems like a brazen thing to steal as it’s very heavy and the garage is on an alley that is pretty visible (between California and 42nd near Brandon). I reported it to police and just want this incident out there in case anyone has information.

MOTORCYCLE DAMAGED IN HIT-RUN: From Aaron:

My brand-new Ducati Monster 696 (with only 120 miles on it!) was hit (Monday morning) on California Ave SW, and the driver fled the scene. Three witnesses watched the driver hit my bike, but none were able to get the license plate.

The driver was a white woman in her mid-to-late 30s with shoulder-length or shorter blonde hair. Her vehicle is a silver Honda Pilot. She backed into my parked motorcycle, knocking it over its kickstand and onto its left side. The impact snapped off a mirror, bent the handlebars, and caused engine damage. And then she just drove away. This happened at approximately 9:15 a.m. on January 26, near 5440 California Ave SW, on the east side of the street just north of the Rapid Ride stop.

If you have any info for police, the incident number is 15-28651.

CARS VANDALIZED: John reports this happened Monday morning:

I woke up to an unpleasant sight … somebody had grabbed some large rocks from my neighbor’s front yard and completely shattered my driver-side windows of my ’04 Subaru wagon. They got both of the neighbors’ cars as well – both older Subarus. 6700 block of 39th Ave SW.

REMINDER FOR TONIGHT: As previewed earlier, Southwest Precinct commander Capt. Steve Wilske is expected to be at tonight’s West Seattle Block Watch Captains’ Network meeting – all welcome for crime/safety updates and networking to make neighborhoods safer, 6:30 pm at the precinct (Webster/Delridge).

debra January 27, 2015 (11:53 am)

It seems like everyday there is something going on, robberies, vandism, asult
Has this level of issues been on the rise or is just a perception

WSB January 27, 2015 (12:07 pm)

Unfortunately, there’s crime every day. We report major incidents we hear about and cover firsthand as well as incidents such as these brought to our attention by readers (while toplines are available from police – “burglary, xx block of xxth SW” – details are not available for several days, if ever, so reader reports are helpful in letting others who are interested know what’s going on). Violent crime is pretty low around here, and that’s why, aside from aberrations such as the recent string of robberies, it’s mostly this type of thing. If you’re interested in looking at stats, SPD recently released the full 2014 breakout: http://www.seattle.gov/police/crime/stats.htm

G January 27, 2015 (1:08 pm)

Burglary is a violent crime according to the Supreme Court, not a property crime. If you’ve ever had someone in your house, you’d probably agree. Add this to the violent crime stats and it is very alarming, to say the least.

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