One reader report in West Seattle Crime Watch today, from Diane in Fauntleroy:
A man came to our door at 1:43 am (Wednesday) and tried to open our door.
When it didn’t open, he left. We were not home at the time but it was captured on cameras. He was wearing very reflective clothing. I am still in the process of filing a police report. This was in the 9200 block of Fauntleroy Way SW.
What is the crime again? If the person is under the mistaken assumption they have to be there, none has been committed.
‘Attempted’ murder, kidnapping, burglary. ‘Conspiracy to commit’ some crime. Trespassing. Etc, etc. A crime doesn’t need to be successful to be illegal. And you like you said… “If”. You could be correct, but you could be wrong and this person has a long string of ‘successful’ crimes in WS. That’s the point of this, make people aware of potential threats, to help prevent something bad happening if your “If” is wrong.
It appears that he’s wearing a bike helmet and the highly-reflective jacket spells night-time cyclist, as well. Thieves generally don’t wear high-visibility reflective safety clothing. I wonder if he was trying to summon help or pretending like he lived there to get away from someone?
He was DEFINATELY thinking he was outsmarting anyone watching by looking like he belonged. Still a crook.
I had someone high on drugs get confused and try to repeatedly open my door instead of the neighbors place once, similar time of day, scared the crap out of me. But truly was just that he was disoriented from doing drugs at a party next door, he wasn’t consciously trying to break in or steal anything.
The other day, I actually got into the wrong car, that was parked next to the car I was driving and was similar in color. Was distracted, it was unlocked, and I got in and took me a moment to figure out why the key didn’t fit in the ignition! No joke, dumb things like this can happen.
Just saying, there could be other possibilities than him trying to break in and steal things. Not saying that’s the case with him here, but maybe worth considering possibilities before jumping to the worst conclusions about people. I know that can be hard, given how awful people can be.
I don’t see a bike helmet and almost no one would wear such a baggy parachute-like jacket on a bike.
My husband wears a baggy reflective jacket just like that on his daily bike commute, although his is neon-yellow.
Well, I did say “almost no one,” so I’m not wrong! :) Get your husband a sleek bike jacket for Christmas so he can go faster!
I would be on the phone to 911 if someone I don’t know tried to open my house door.
This guy looks EXTREMELY similar to someone who came to our door just west of the High Point water towers a few weeks ago. He looked around through our front door window for about 10 seconds, then started to looking along the front of our house (presumably for some vulnerability or something to steal) until he noticed/looked straight into our security camera and promptly left. If the same person, I wouldn’t be surprised if they serially try peoples doors looking for a quick/easy burglary.
This guy looks EXTREMELY similar to someone who came to our door just west of the High Point water towers a few weeks ago. He looked around through our front door window for about 10 seconds, then started to looking along the front of our house (presumably for some vulnerability or something to steal) until he noticed/looked straight into our security camera and promptly left. If the same person, I wouldn’t be surprised if they serially try peoples doors looking for a quick/easy burglary.
A person wearing the same reflective coat and matching description tried to enter my house on 45th Ave SW in the Fauntleroy neighborhood at 3:46AM Dec 15 (caught on camera). He tried opening the locked door, then opened a marijuana vape product, lit it up and left the packaging on my porch.
Thanks, did you file a police report? I just got my case number. It’s 21-331963.
cmon folks, every legit situation you pose is countered with, “then why didnt he knock or yell after finding the door locked?” bad guy all the way…100% of the time, if you are, or even just think you are, supposed to be going through a door and find it locked, what do you do immjediately after realizing door is lock ed? …everyone say it together, …KNOCKKNOCK…even if you forgot your keys and you know there isnt anyone home and you forget which house you live in…still knocking.
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