WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Mail theft; park attack

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Two items in West Seattle Crime Watch:

GRINNING MAIL THIEVES: Reader report via email:

(They) broke mailboxes today at 12:49 AM, 35th & Webster; we just had mail stolen two weeks ago, different vandal.

No report # yet.

PARK ATTACK: SPD reports an arrest in an attack in Lincoln Park early Sunday. A suspect was booked for investigation of robbery. The victim said she was walking in the park at about 12:29 am Sunday when someone “walked up and struck her in the head,” then grabbed her blanket, pillow, and mat, and fled. Police found both the suspect and the victim’s stolen items. The suspect was booked into jail.

Marcus October 29, 2024 (2:01 pm)

So a homeless person sleeping in Lincoln Park was attacked and robbed by a criminal also in Lincoln Park all after park closing hours. I have been in LP with friends after closing though many, many decades ago and it was safe. My have things changed. Also I remember the police patrolling the park at night. Needed to hide from them. High School life in the early 70’s was really different and much more innocent. Miss those days when one could innocently enjoy all of Seattle.

Amy October 29, 2024 (3:15 pm)

Not seeing in the above story that it states the victims housing status.
- Alki resident October 29, 2024 (4:17 pm)
  
  Blanket, pillow and mat might be dead giveaway.
- CarDriver October 29, 2024 (4:32 pm)
  
  Amy. Description said she was robbed of her blanket,pillow,mat. Isn’t that an indication???
  - Try open mindedness October 29, 2024 (5:31 pm)
    
    Could also be an indication of a star gazer regardless of housing status.
    - JP October 29, 2024 (6:59 pm)
      
      Yes, was most certainly a stargazer. You all should be ashamed making such a baseless and far fetched correlation that someone in the park in the middle of the night with nothing more than pillow and blanket could possibly be transient. LOL
    - Seriously? October 29, 2024 (7:05 pm)
      
      LOL

Erik October 29, 2024 (2:07 pm)

Walking in the park at 12:29AM…brave soul. Hope she’s alright!

CarDriver October 29, 2024 (2:11 pm)

Another reminder. Check your mailbox every day. What isn’t there can’t be stolen.

Morgan Graham October 29, 2024 (3:27 pm)

Unless it isn’t there because it was stolen ;)
Morgan Graham October 29, 2024 (3:32 pm)

But in all seriousness, agreed. I really like the USPS Informed Delivery emails as a heads up on what is coming each day:https://www.usps.com/manage/informed-delivery.htm
- Anne October 29, 2024 (3:57 pm)
  
  Agree 100% -sign up for USPS Informed Delivery!!
  - WS5 October 29, 2024 (11:07 pm)
    
    Agree so you can see images, via email, of the mail that was supposed to be in your mailbox but wasn’t because it got stolen or miss delivered. I have used USPS Informed Delivery for years. I am more concerned about miss delivered mail, I am still on the hunt for two Gift Cards that were mailed to me but miss delivered and who ever received them didn’t forward, instead kept the cards. I would never suggest mailing Gift Cards but sometimes it happens when a family member wants to mail a gift.
- CarDriver October 29, 2024 (3:59 pm)
  
  MG. My mailman told me it’s not uncommon, and an annoyance to try and deliver mail and stuff it in a box because the tenant/condo/homeowner wasn’t collecting every day, and it was full. He said you’d be surprised how many people do NOT check their mailbox every day. Most mail carriers deliver at the same time every day so it’s not hard to check your box after. Seeing the time this happened clearly shows that mailboxes weren’t being checked

Lockthemup October 29, 2024 (3:13 pm)

These look like the folks who were casing mailboxes on our street about a month ago…trash

Mike October 29, 2024 (4:25 pm)

Isn’t the park closed at that hour? The cops used to sweep it at closing time, guess that doesn’t happen anymore.

Anne October 29, 2024 (4:40 pm)

Do you really think we have enough LEO to do nightly sweeps of the entirety of Lincoln Park?

Westwood resident October 30, 2024 (9:11 am)

Male mail thief is well known in the Westwood area. Drives a silver Honda Civic with a lot of body damage (he hit my car with it one in my apartment parking lot) and lives in an RV which used to be in the Westwood area but is now in White Center from what I understand. He has been a problem for years

Westwood resident October 30, 2024 (9:18 am)

I have information to add to the mail theft report, once it is submitted. I’m familiar with the male in the photo and can provide identifying information

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