West Seattle Crime Watch: Street-robbery search; window-smashing car prowlers; pink not pretty at park

Four cases in West Seattle Crime Watch this afternoon:

STREET ROBBERY REPORT: This is happening right now – a report of a citizen held up on the street near Delridge and Cloverdale, with the robber reportedly getting away southbound in an alley. The Guardian One helicopter might be called in for the search. No other details yet; we’re working on it. (3:22 pm update) The helicopter is indeed in the area. (3:38 pm update) The helicopter is gone; scanner mentioned someone detained – we haven’t been able to find an active scene on the ground, though, but will update if we do find out more.

BACK TO ORIGINAL REPORT: And from the WSB inbox:

UPPER FAUNTLEROY CAR BREAK-IN: Car prowler(s) smashed a window to get into Erin‘s VW Bug in Upper Fauntleroy overnight but made off with nothing but Hot Tamales candy (right). She says, “I’d be less angry if I left something obvious for them to take but there was nothing to take but candy in the cup holder. Jerks!”

About a mile to the north:

MORGAN JUNCTION CAR BREAK-IN: And it wasn’t the first time, reports Eva:

Another act of vandalism to report from the night of Saturday, January 16th into the morning of Sunday, January 17th. The driver side window of my vehicle (parked in the open garage of my apartment building at 6900 California Avenue SW) was smashed in. There were no valuables in the car and it appears nothing was taken. This is the second time my car has been broken into in the span of two months. In the previous attack the thief/thieves destroyed two locks on the car and stole an assortment of mundane items from inside.

And from there, a little more than a mile east:

HIGH POINT VANDALISM: Michelle sends the photo (we’ve cropped it so as not to show the entire outsized tag on the pavement in front of the bench), noting, “This is not common in this pretty park…happened (Saturday) night.”

You can report graffiti vandalism via the city’s Find It, Fix It app, too.

REMINDER – CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL TUESDAY NIGHT: If you have neighborhood concerns, questions about an ongoing situation or unsolved case, this is where you’ll find precinct leadership (and usually Community Police Team officers too) when the all-volunteer West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meets, 7 pm Tuesday at the SW Precinct (2300 SW Webster). Special guest, an insurance-industry expert who’ll talk about the newest trends in how car prowlers/thieves are doing their illegal work, and which cars are currently most vulnerable. All welcome.

12 Replies to "West Seattle Crime Watch: Street-robbery search; window-smashing car prowlers; pink not pretty at park"

  • dk January 18, 2016 (3:18 pm)

    There is a heli out there…assuming is GO.  I am on 16th.  Careful out there!Thanks WSB for being on it, I went directly to the sight as soon as I hear the heli.  Appreciate you~

    • WSB January 18, 2016 (3:21 pm)

      Yes, first item. We’re off to look right now. I was about to publish the other items when we got word of this. – TR

  • David January 18, 2016 (3:22 pm)

    Guardian is corrently circling between Westwood village and Delridge.

  • Esuzh January 18, 2016 (3:25 pm)

    Two males being arrested right in front of our house on 16th. Almost against one of our cars. 

    • WSB January 18, 2016 (3:38 pm)

      Hi, Es – where on 16th? We have just combed the area and can’t find anything, although there was some word on the scanner that someone was detained. Every police car we’ve seen down here is now headed in different directions, and not in a rush, so the scene seems to have broken up. – Tracy

  • Roxy January 18, 2016 (3:32 pm)

    Me too! Straight to the blog when the helicopter stuck around. Thank you as always, you are the absolute BEST!

  • Ricardo January 18, 2016 (3:35 pm)

    Guardian one has left the area. 

  • LOLA January 18, 2016 (4:10 pm)

    I do not think it matters if you have nothing in your car anymore, they just smash window’s anyway as they have not regard for anybody’s personal stuff anymore. 

  • Esuzh January 18, 2016 (5:02 pm)

    Sorry for the delayed reply. It was on 16th right by Dawson intersection. They were there about 30 min around 3 pm. 

    • WSB January 18, 2016 (5:06 pm)

      I don’t know whether that was related – someone (you?) did message us on FB about something there so we went by right after trying to find police near the Cloverdale/Delridge situation, and they seemed to have cleared there too … will look for reports when SPD media relations is back in the office tomorrow -TR

  • Debbie January 19, 2016 (8:44 pm)

    Is there any update to the robbery on delridge and cloverdale yet?  Assume not…

    • WSB January 19, 2016 (8:47 pm)

      No, there is not. I wasn’t able to ask SPD about it today; I’m at the Crime Prevention Council meeting tonight, nobody asked about it … I’m going to try to get some info, at least whether there was an arrest or not, soon as this ends.

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