Police are searching the area around Admiral Safeway and Hiawatha after a shoplift-turned-robbery at the store. According to the dispatch, a man brandished a 2 1/2-inch folding knife at store staff while making off with an 18 pack of Modelo beer. He was last seen headed south toward Hiawatha. He’s described as Black, 19 to 20 years old, 5’6″, medium build, blue sweatshirt, tan pants. A K-9 team is joining the search.
Thank you! They are on 45th SW…came blaring down towards Hanford…according to ongoing siren and announcements it sounds like that’s about where they are.
Thank You SPD and K9 unit. Safeway needs to staff armed guards like they had in the late 80’s. This will stop.
Thank you SPD for enforcing the laws. These establishments are tired of being robbed. We all pay more because of it. Next time it won’t be a little knife.
My husband was at QFC on Alaska St. Sunday Morning, he was at the register checking out. He said three young guys came by each holding a couple of cases of beer each and walked past him and the checker towards the door. The checker said Really????? The guy says What???? and they walked out. My husband said he so wanted to put them into a choke hold but there were three of them and only one of him. I told him it is not worth his life to go after them.
Thanks for the update. Glad I was able to see this when the cop car was right outside of my house making various siren sounds once every couple of minutes. Seems like it was intentional to wake everybody up and keep us alert? Just curious, I know the police need to do their jobs and I was grateful they were there
Knew someone who used to work at Safeway. These shoplifting/robberies incidents happen regularly. The policy is for employees to just stand back, don’t interfere, and let them get away. From a safety standpoint that makes sense, but shoplifters just know they can get away most of the time.
You brandish a knife for beer & it’s Modelo … really??? Talk about making bad life choices. Think about the embarrassing prison conversation, “what are you in for, bro?” … “well I stole an 18-pack of Modelo” … ouch.
Enough is enough! What is going on in Seattle! Can we change the laws?
Thank you SPD for your great work and for sticking with the city of Seattle. It’s so sad that the laws make it difficult for you to enforce the law and keep the city safe for law abiding citizens.
Charging doesn’t seem to be up to par anymore. Just had home invasion peeps let go without bail.
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