CRIME WATCH: Two pickup trucks stolen, one at gunpoint (update, one found)

Two Crime Watch reports this morning:

CARJACKING: This one is classified as a robbery/carjacking because the victim said the thief pointed a gun at him when he tried to stop him. It happened in the 4000 block of 45th SW around quarter past 7 last night. The victim told police that he was working nearby when a co-worker asked whether he had started his vehicle – he hadn’t, and he had the keys, but someone was in the vehicle and had started it. The victim approached and the thief started driving the vehicle away. The victim told police he ran after it, managed to pull open the driver-side door, and then the thief pointed what was described as a silver handgun at him. The thief then got away, last seen eastbound on SW Andover. The police summary doesn’t describe the stolen vehicle, but archived police-radio audio describes it as a red 1998 Ford Ranger with a white canopy and a St. Jude’s sticker on the back. Plate D04481A. No description of the thief. The incident # is 23-017429; any tips can be called in to the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.

ANOTHER TRUCK THEFT: A reader sent this report of a pickup truck stolen in South Park:

Our 1992 Ford F-250 was stolen last night from 12th and Dallas. It’s blue and gray with big aluminum running boards. WA Plate #C86448U. Please call SPD if you see it. Thank you.

(Afternoon update – the pickup taken in South Park was found in Bellevue.)

4 Replies to "CRIME WATCH: Two pickup trucks stolen, one at gunpoint (update, one found)"

  • Spooled January 19, 2023 (2:23 pm)

    There is a red pickup with white canopy parked at 7100 1st Ave S under the south end of the 1st ave bridge (yes, by the car thief camp).  It’s on the east side of 1st and facing north.  I have not noticed it there before.  Not one of the regular camp vehicles.  I commute by there daily and get an eyeful each way.  Usually there is an RV or the blue pickup with trailer parked where the red truck is now.  Too distant to see a plate without committing to driving through.

  • DRW January 19, 2023 (2:30 pm)

    When is the State/County/City going to break up the chop shop under the 1st Ave S bridge? It’s been way too long.

  • Pdavis January 20, 2023 (9:34 am)

    Why don’t they completely fence off that area on Michigan Street and first Avenue and south bridge so they cannot get under there? And place no trespassing signs and arrested anyone who’s over there? We have got to get rid of these three these slime ball people that are causing havoc to innocent people

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