WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: More business-window vandalism

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Another West Seattle Junction business has to replace a window because of a deliberate act of vandalism. The plywood is covering a window on the south side of Shadowland at California/Oregon. We photographed it this morning after a tip from Kerri, who says her son was there last night around 10:45 pm when a woman threw a brick through the window. Kerri quoted her son as telling her, “Bunch of us followed her for a second. Didn’t even run. Just shouted ‘call your insurance!’” We stopped in this morning to follow up; they’ve cleaned up and are open, no injuries reported.

Mkl September 12, 2021 (12:09 pm)

“Call your insurance”?? That doesn’t exactly sound like a mental health episode- more like a malicious mischief thing. Kerri, did your son get any other hints about what was going on?

Does anyone know if Shadowland had cameras? Do we need to start a community fund for small business window pane security systems?

Son September 13, 2021 (1:32 pm)

Robins post below sums it up best. Not much info on the lady. She just kept shouting that while waving her arms. I actually think I know where the brick came from. The walkway between junction 47 and Talericos has a brick missing from the raised planters that is the exact shape, size and color that the brick was. Bizarre.

Chemist September 12, 2021 (12:55 pm)

I wonder if it’s the same person from your Sept 3 story

WINDOW DAMAGE AND HARASSMENT: This happened in The Junction today, a reader reports:

At 9:50 am this morning, a very angry woman was seen throwing rocks at the windows of the Junction 47 apartments, some of which also hit Bishops Barbershop. The incident only lasted a few minutes, and she was seen heading across the street. The police were called by myself and a few others.At 10:10 am the woman entered Bishops Barbershop and had a small confrontation with the receptionist, and refused to leave. The police were called again, but she left before they arrived, heading down 42nd Ave towards Alaska st.I’ve attached a picture of the woman responsible.

major_sigh September 12, 2021 (1:24 pm)

i would be livid. Unfortunate this happened. Any description available?

Mellow Kitty September 12, 2021 (1:55 pm)

I think something similar was going on in White Center a few weeks or months ago. Same person maybe?

TJ September 12, 2021 (2:17 pm)

She just walked away with people following her and she got away? They should have followed her until the police came.

WSB September 12, 2021 (4:39 pm)

I honestly don’t know what happened next and can’t request the report until tomorrow.
Robin September 12, 2021 (6:34 pm)

So, I am the patron who called 911 at 12:36am. There were many patrons who followed her and one captured video footage. The police showed up at the establishment and we talked to them and provided the video footage. What was anyone going to do beyond that? I told the operator that person responsible for the vandalism was being followed and the general direction I knew they were going (I was still at Shadowland). The police came to Shadowland and not towards the random direction I gave. It was a weird night.

Thomas Andrew Wood September 12, 2021 (3:13 pm)

I wrote Lisa Herbold recently about recently about crime in West Seattle .I actually got a response instead of one of those form letters the City Council sends out.It was written by a member of her staff. She assured me crime wasn’t really going up lol .She stated only gun violence and domestic assault were up .How reassuring! I wonder when the last time Lisa, ,Mosqueda or Gonzalez who all live in West Seattle actually met any business owners or citizens and asked them what they think!

bill September 12, 2021 (10:33 pm)

If the police are not called, or a report is not filed online, an incident doesn’t make it into the city’s statistics. If it’s not reported, it didn’t happen from the city’s perspective. If you want to guarantee nothing will ever improve then don’t report crimes. Every other neighborhood and council district wants more city services. We are competing against the rest of the city, and they against us. The city council and mayor have to rely on hard numbers to apportion money. Lisa Herbold saying to the council, “My constituent Thomas said…,” is not a persuasive argument.

Admyral Bird September 12, 2021 (3:22 pm)

This really captures the essence of Seattle’s “stick it to the man” class – they think Insurance is just some magical thing that allows them to break stuff and it doesn’t cost us a thing, just call your insurance company. Unfortunately that extends to the SPD when enforcing property theft and car damage…

alki_2008 September 14, 2021 (9:32 am)

How do you want SPD to “enforce” those crimes? It’s not up to SPD to determine punishment for criminals. You need to direct your frustration to other parts of the legal and political system.

Rick September 12, 2021 (6:23 pm)

Yeah

Kadoo September 12, 2021 (9:05 pm)

Family member reported broken window also at Flying Apron in the Junction.

WSB September 12, 2021 (9:07 pm)

That happened about a week ago. We were expecting to get a report on that but never did and the opportunity to report it passed.