Christina’s stroller was stolen Sunday afternoon in Gatewood and a security camera caught this photo of the thieves:
(Here’s the theft on video.) In case you find an abandoned stroller – here’s what it looks like:
Police reoport # is 21-213914.
What complete trash these people are. Time for the police to end the criminal enterprises that are flourishing right now in this city. We have rights too, ya know.
Agree and it’s called a VOTE… we didn’t get here overnight so it will take a few Voting cycles to clear up.
Pretty sure I’ve seen those guys and they “live” at a house on Myrtle at the end of that alley. The house hosts an encampment of individuals in the backyard.
It’s odd seeing crack houses in such an expensive area. I remember for a while there was one with a beautiful view on the California Ave hill near the waterfront. Like it’s hard for regular folks to afford to live here but there’s good real estate where people can just hang out and smoke meth. I just don’t get how those situations happen.
I’ve called the police to complain about that “tweaker house” (a police officer’s words, not mine) on Myrtle by the alley off California, and the police said they’re not going to do anything about it. It just seems like people stealing stuff and selling drugs, so the officer told me “This is Seattle” and he wouldn’t do anything about it.
I don’t blame the Seattle police for having such an attitude. Seattle residents scream to have fewer police…..all because of a few bad apples. We’re not paying them enough for the work they’re doing….the work that no one else wants to do. We need more police in the streets and they need a salary increase.
Plus….we need to incarcerate the criminals that the police catch.
Pretty poor example there, John. This isn’t a matter of not having the resources to up patrol numbers to catch criminals in the act. You have a drug den set up at a residence and now we have video evidence that someone who hangs or resides there possibly was involved in a crime. I’m sorry, but “this is Seattle” is not going to do it for me. Police need reform. Lots of things need reform. Blaming the people of the city who stand behind that with your “careful what you wish for” response is extremely narrow minded.
Spot on Also John. I fully agree and it’s too bad it’s gotten this way.
That kind of unhelpful comment by a member of SPD just illustrates how out of touch they are. It also belies the fact that most of them don’t live here and actively despise the city they are tasked with what they call “policing”.
this is co completely true, and has been for a lot longer than the whole police murder problem. Seattle PD are completely disdainful of Seattlites and have been since the 90’s.
So it is near Gatewood Elementary?? Near California and on Myrtle would be near Gatewood. Let’s get rid of that “tweaker house”.
How about a local TV news expose? This is scandalous, that the police know about it and won’t do anything. Do we have to wait for an armed robbery?
How about trying the SDOT? They were successful with those complaints about the pedestrian bridge over the WSB!
If the police won’t enforce the law, maybe neighbors need to carry out their own eviction process. Either police need to do their jobs or citizens will – and must – take the law into their own hands. I know that sounds extreme, and I don’t care. Our neighborhoods belong to US, not the criminals. This can’t go on.
What you’re describing is vigilante justice and is a felony. Pretty sure stealing a stroller is a misdemeanor.
What is the felony I described? Do tell. It should also be noted that several candidates on the ballot this fall would make this theft unprosecutable – meaning that these scumbags can walk onto your property, steal anything they want under $750, and walk away with absolutely no fear of repercussions. However, if you – the property owner – attempt to physically stop them from taking your property, YOU can be charged. If that’s not effed up, I don’t know what is.
Do you blame everyone for being mad? I doubt the stroller is the only thing this trash steals. It feels like vigilante justice is the only option anyone has anymore legal or not. City just encourages and enables the vagrants. After 30+ years in Seattle I want out. Its just not safe and nice like it used to be.
Please take care. Look at the people who tried to repo their stuff from an encampment and were attacked. But I wonder – if the police won’t help and vigilantiism doesn’t work (besides being illegal), where does that leave law-abiding, hard-working people?!?!? We are screwed by the system that does not support the taxes we pay to be safe in our homes. “WTF, over…?” I am getting sick of giving more rights to criminals than regular folks. Why can’t the cops do something about that house that was mentioned? It just seems like vigilanties might be the answer. Yikes!
I feel the same, Auntie. If non-enforcement is the status quo, why have laws at all?
I agree. It seems to be the only way to get drug houses out of the neighborhood.
They use strollers like this to carry the other stuff they steal from us. Better than a backpack, it carries more, rolls and is quickly ditched when they need to run for it.
I saw a nice looking stroller at Ercolini Park when driving by early this morning. No one was at the park when I drove by which is why it stood out to me. You may want to swing by and check it out. Good luck!
The thing is you can’t have it both ways…people want less police until their stuff gets stolen/property damaged . Then they get angry that police won’t do anything about it. Police have been arresting thieves just so judges can let them out the next day to steal again. This is what the majority of the people in Seattle apparently want. That sucks about the stolen stroller and it sucks that unfortunately nothing will be done about it. We’ve learned to lock up all our stuff, put out tons of motion activated cameras, have our dog sleep near an open window to alert us if anyone is prowling and help our neighbors.
Police never did anything about theft, for years! Can’t blame the ‘defund’ conversation
Hard agree. I’ve known homeowners in the city who, over 10 years ago, couldn’t get police to respond to a break-in with the criminal possibly still in the house. A “this is the way it is” response from any officer is 100% unacceptable and would be for anyone in a job they decide they just don’t want to do. All the more reason to remove their ample funds and bring them to social service agencies who will actually do go for our communities.
What are we supposed to do? I hate to sit back and watch these jacka***s walk away with the things that we have worked hard to get, while they just go merrily on their way. Perhaps we need to become the squeaky wheel – contact jennifer.danner@seattle.gov (sw crime prevention coordinator) and ask her what can be done? There is no reason to condone this behavior by saying stupid stuff like “this is Seattle!”
If there is a class hierarchy among criminals, stroller thieves must rank near the bottom
Abolish the SPD and Birth a new Police force with the GOOD apples from this department + some great new hires. Reform never took, and never will. Start over. SPD gave up long ago.
What Jennifer Danner would advise first off, in a situation like this, is to leave nothing outside of any value to you. It’s part of her job duty to give advise and tips on personal safety and ways to avoid theft to the people in this community. Call her.
In hindsight, we’re obviously pretty aware we shouldn’t have left it outside. Thanks.
Let’s get in our tough guy SUVs and trucks and rid West Seattle of low-income suspicious people. They look like they don’t belong here, so they are probably guilty of something.
Yikes! I hope that’s tongue in cheek. That sounds very much like Steven Lynch’s “20 strong men” campaign rant – no thanks!
There are big problems with the police, and I don’t know how we’re going to fix it. I’m not a supporter of defunding, but some radical changes need to be made. Police have always reflected the general passive-aggressive attitude so prevalent in Seattle, but it’s gotten steadily worse. When the feds mandated SPD oversight in 2012 due to excessive force, the police response was to go to the other extreme as a form of protest. I heard it from cops with my own ears. Actions by our lame and lamer mayor and council have only exacerbated that behavior, so that our Seattle cops do as little as possible while sulking like children. The whole thing is one big, dysfunctional mess with absolutely no adults in the room. IMO we need to clean house and start over with some very different approaches. Instead, the coming election appears to be moving Seattle in the direction of sinking further into the merde.
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