WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Garden art stolen; coffee-shop window smashed

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Two West Seattle Crime Watch notes this morning:

GARDEN ART STOLEN: From Naomi:

Just wanted to alert residents who have garden art they care about to think about securing it more tightly. We just had a rusty bicycle wind sculpture taken from our front walkway during the day. This is in the Highland Park neighborhood.

(added) If you have any info, the SPD report number is 2021-914094.

WINDOW SMASHED: Carl sent the photo of a smashed window at the Junction Starbucks:

He says the shop was closed for cleanup when he went by; we’ll be checking on its status a bit later. (10:25 am – just went by; they’re still cleaning up but expecting to reopen as soon as the window’s boarded up.)

Order And Progress August 12, 2021 (12:25 pm)

Both misdemeanors, both completely allowable and unprosecutable under one of the upcoming mayoral candidates. Choose wisely my west seattle friends.

WSB August 12, 2021 (1:24 pm)

No, the window incident would be a felony, those things aren’t cheap (and we’ve covered previous window breakers charged with felonies). Again, while people seem fixated on the City Attorney’s Office (which has responsibilities beyond misdemeanor prosecution – it also represents the city in a wide variety of law-related activity), felonies are the purview of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
- Mike August 12, 2021 (1:51 pm)
  
  It’ll be a while https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/prioritize-court-funding-to-clear-massive-case-backlog/
Scubafrog August 13, 2021 (7:32 am)

‘Order and progress’ you have to live with the fact you’re a liar. Not us.

MM August 12, 2021 (1:04 pm)

The Starbucks broken windows were a bigger incident with a car being targeted and an assault victim. Hopefully there was an arrest – any idea WSB?

WSB August 12, 2021 (1:19 pm)

Haven’t heard anything about an assault. There’s an incident # that just appeared in Tweets by Beat for “property damage,” will see if I can get the report.
- NC August 12, 2021 (3:06 pm)
  
  I was there shortly after and someone was dragged out of their car by the same person who damaged the window. So sad what what is happening to our city…
  - DW August 14, 2021 (8:31 am)
    
    That individual threw a large rock and a chair at me and my dog. We weren’t hit, but this guy was violent
- Junction Resident August 14, 2021 (2:13 pm)
  
  He kicked a dog bowl and sprayed me with water. The baristas were really kind and brought me inside then into their back office while we waited for the cops. It was honestly pretty scary sitting back there listening to him hit the windows and eventually break one. But we didn’t hear him enter so I knew he wasn’t looking to assault anyone just cause property damage. It was all a blur for me now that I look back on it two days later. Cops said I could press charges because of the water attack, it’s considered assault. So there were more than one assault victims.