WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Stolen trailer (update: found by reader); robbery arrests

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Two items in West Seattle Crime Watch:

STOLEN TRAILER: Be on the lookout for Jennifer‘s utility trailer. stolen this morning in Highland Park:

This morning our utility trailer was stolen from in front of our house. It’s a Karavan trailer, license plate AJ7365. We have video of the vehicle that stole it, but no plate number for that vehicle. Black Dodge SUV with stuff strapped to the top of it with yellow straps. Police report: 24-301790.

UPDATE: As noted in comments, a WSB reader found it, and Jennifer had it back.

ROBBERY ARRESTS: A commenter asked about arrests in Seaview on Tuesday. We had trouble matching an incident to that scene – but now an SPD summary reveals that’s because the arrests happened some distance from the crime, which was at the High Point Walgreens store:

At 1345 hours, Officers responded to a Strong-Arm Robbery Call in the area of 35 Av Sw/ SW Morgan St. The victim advised that he observed two suspects shoplifting at the store. The victim confronted the suspects regarding the stolen items, and the suspects punched the victim multiple times with a closed fist. Officers located the suspects at 42 Av SW/ SW Graham St and were detained. A short time later, the victim positively identified the suspects from a field show-up. The suspects were then arrested for Robbery. The suspects advised that they had ingested drugs, so SFD arrived on the scene to provide medical attention. The victim declined medical attention.

K October 24, 2024 (12:21 pm)

This trailer and truck is currently parked on Myers Way next to the Church of Latter Day Saints.9500 Myers Way S, Seattle, WA 98108.I reported it to the Seattle PD.

WSB October 24, 2024 (1:07 pm)

I heard that dispatch! Unfortunately with the shooting at Camp Second Chance this is not a good time to head to that area.
Seattle_Jen October 24, 2024 (1:19 pm)

Thank you for spotting it, calling it in, and leaving a comment! Hopefully the situation at Camp Second Chance is resolved quickly and the police can get down there.
Seattle_Jen October 24, 2024 (5:58 pm)

Huge thanks to @K and the West Seattle blog – our trailer was recovered!!! I know this is not the usual outcome in these situations and we are very grateful for your help.

Seattlite October 24, 2024 (1:18 pm)

Out-of-control crime on West Seattle’s and greater Seattle’s streets. What is Seattle’s City Council doing about Seattle’s Crime? What is Rob Saka doing about West Seattle’s crime? Why isn’t Rob Saka calling for a Townhall Meeting to discuss West Seattle’s crime? One Townhall Meeting is not sufficient during these times of increased crime and police officer shortages. Saka needs to keep WS residents in the loop with everyday communication on his plans to decrease WS’s crime and increase police officers in WS and greater Seattle. Saka and the other City Council members’ job is to protect citizens. How does Saka specifically plan to protect WS’s and greater Seattle’s citizens?

CarDriver October 24, 2024 (1:36 pm)

Seattlite. What’s YOUR plan to end crime? Please share it with us and the politicians.
- Pinto October 24, 2024 (3:11 pm)
  
  Gun control now!
- Bradley October 24, 2024 (6:52 pm)
  
  That’s what voting is for. Woo is the choice to build crime prevention.
My two cents October 24, 2024 (3:09 pm)

Could be worse – imagine if Herbold was still on the Council.
- Jason October 25, 2024 (9:33 am)
  
  Herbold was so much better than Saka.
Alki resident October 24, 2024 (6:51 pm)

What’s a meeting going to do? End crime dead in its tracks. Why are you blaming Rob?

BDR October 24, 2024 (4:01 pm)

One thing that needs to be done to help make Seattle safer is to petition King County Council to increase the rules that would require judges to order more people held in jail for at least 48-72 hours. Stop setting such low bail for criminals to easily bail out. For the repeat people with over 3-5 felonies, they need to stay in jail longer. Obviously the short jail times given these days is not enough of a deterrent to prevent people from committing more crime(s). Kids out stealing cars and other things need to understand that is not acceptable. However, now they know once they have been booked there is a 95% chance they will be released. Clearly that is not doing anything to make them think twice before they go do it again. I’m all for letting people have a chance to change, however after they are convicted a few times, they need to be locked up, away from society so they realize to stop being a criminal. Letting them out quickly and going back to their same situation does not offer them any help to change their thinking. Juvenile detention should be like a school where the kids are taught skills to get a job. Learn how their crime impacts the people involved. Learn how to cope with hard times and situations they might be dealing with. The way things are now is like having someone finishing 2 days in rehab then releasing them to the same situation where people either ignored the drinking or drug usage or enabled their it and hope they won’t do it again. That is not long enough to learn better coping skills, or anything else. People who are supposed be paying child support need stricter rules that they are required to get a job and help pay to raise the child. A single parent who has to work full time without any financial support from the other parent is at a big disadvantage when it comes to taking care of and raising a child. The lower the custodial parent earns, the higher probability they will need to work 2 jobs if they live in Seattle. Imagine being a single parent, working 2 jobs while you have kids at home, that you literally cannot spend quality time with because you need to pay rent and bills to stay housed. The other parent needs to at minimum be held financially responsible to pay towards the cost to raise the child. And it should be an amount that will actually take some burden off the other parent even if that means they need to work 2 jobs to pay child support. Daycare is expensive. Sports, arts, and other ‘extra’ things that a good for kids to do that keep them busy when not in school are expensive. Those ‘extra’ things help kids learn how to be part of teamwork. How to work well with other people. Help build self worth. Are they less expensive than the cost of a child staying in juvenile detention? Maybe that should be studied as a way to help prevent kids from heading in a bad direction. We also need to pay attention to the judges who fail to enforce detention and keep letting these people do the same things again and again. A King County judge just empathized with the criminal’s family about not wanting the criminal’s name released because they were worried about death threats. The judge stated she knows how terrifying that is. She said nothing sympathetic to the family of the person who was murdered in cold blood. We either all pay to fund the police, juvenile detention centers and jails or people will each pay more for products at stores, security systems, higher insurance rates because of the statistics on auto theft in Seattle. And when you become the direct victim of an auto theft, burglary, or shooting while minding your own business, those costs just might devastate people and families. Could you afford to go buy another car right now if yours is stolen and totaled? Sure insurance will pay you something for your car but would it actually be enough to replace your car? What are you going to do without a car for 7-30 days while you wait for insurance to pay you and you shop for a car? Might be very inconvenient to say the least. We all need to come up with ways to make life safer in Seattle and we need to be proactive to make change happen. Someone earlier in this thread commented about what is Rob Saka doing to make Seattle safer? I would ask that person- did you contact his office and ask them to schedule a meeting for West Seattle people to hear from him? What have YOU done to help him make Seattle safer? Have you volunteered to work with him or anyone else to make a positive impact on anything?We are all in this together. WE need to help make the changes we want to seen done rather than sitting back and talking about how bad things are and pointing fingers at other people and expecting them to do it all without help from us too.

1994 October 24, 2024 (10:16 pm)

Agree with all that you wrote! The revolving door of juvenile justice is not helping anyone. Maybe a little stiffer penalty and consequences will make the juvies think twice. Time to give it a try.