Received today from David in the Alki Point area:
I had a yellow and orange Necky Kayak and paddle stolen between 3 PM and 9 PM on Saturday 8-7.
I wanted to warn others to be on the lookout for people looking around their property.
The kayak had a cinderblock attached to it to discourage theft and they took that too. SO – probably not just one person is my guess. And probably a vehicle involved.
A police report has been filed,
We don’t publish exact addresses of individual homes. It’s a relatively small street in the Alki Point area, Benton Place..
I saw this happen.I was walking my dog on the safe street and saw a green car traveling southbound at constellation park with a kayak on the roof. The passenger was holding the kayak or a cinder block attached to the kayak with a blue cord. Cinder block was also on the roof. Nothing was tied down. I thought it seemed odd, then I realized it was probably a theft. It was as the sun was setting at around 8:40.
Cinderblock might have been a good idea but I’m a weakling and can crack open a cinderblock in two seconds with a big hammer. Unless it has been filled with concrete.
It would be helpful in these reports to indicate where the kayak or other property was located and how or if it was secured.Was it in a yard? Deck? Garage? Curious about the cinder block method.
We publish the information we receive. Trust me, both from personal experience and from reading/publishing hundreds of crime reports, thieves can and do take anything left outside, secured or unsecured, in a yard visible from the street or not visible, bolted to a car, on a rack, whatever. The cinder block was what the OP hoped would dissuade a thief; it did not.
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