WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Stolen blue Juke (update: found), green Soul
From the inbox this morning two readers report stolen cars:
STOLEN BLUE JUKE: From Candice:
Emailing to report a car stolen from the Admiral Junction Safeway parking lot on Saturday night shortly after midnight.
The car was stolen in a 5-minute window, so it’s likely the lot is being prowled. Apparently several cars have been stolen from the lot lately!
It’s is a dark blue 2016 Nissan Juke with no distinguishing marks/stickers on it. The license plate is CES6149 – reports of any sightings would be GREAT.
UPDATE: This car has been found.
STOLEN GREEN SOUL: Stolen from David less than a block south of the city limit:
Would like to post about my car being stolen over in White Center behind the the Sea Mar clinic on SW 98th street between 14th SW and 15th SW. This was Saturday night of the 22nd occurred between 8:55 pm and 12:15 am. Green 2015 Kia Soul. Had a bumper sticker of “Ms. Kiwi” and green rhinestone license plate frames. License plate CEA9712. King County Sheriff’s Office case number C23024310.
Anybody know of a device where you can plug into the module and download an app to track your vehicle and KIll the vehicle?This will be a game changer.That the reason why nobody steals Tesla.They have these built in features
The old fashioned way of doing this is to install a manual kill switch. Not that hard to DIY and worth the peace of mind even if you have to pay a shop to do it.
Is it just me, or are vehicle thefts occurring significantly more frequently in the last 6-12 months than in the past in recent years past? It seems like there’s at least one nearly every day…?
News reports agree car thefts are up city wide, it just seems like it’s gone bananas here in the last few months.
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/03/22/seattle-car-thefts-spike
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/washington-ranks-third-nation-car-thefts-last-year/37YGL5RRFBGSFLN5GWE43PCLAQ/?outputType=amp
Seems like car thieves are catching up to the modern times stealing Kia cars and such it’s obvious that the thief stole it to travel to do more crimes and or joy ride.. Sorry for your loss but the influx of car theft and prowler reports does seem higher .. And yes cars should have more theft security features especially in 2023 and beyond. And stiffer penalties for grand theft their is too much potential for the same criminals to commit more crimes while in a stolen car and or perhaps endanger lives recklessly.