WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Two reports from west of The Junction, one from Highland Park

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Three more West Seattle Crime Watch reports this morning, starting with two from west of The Junction:

DUMPED MAIL: The report and photos are from Emy:

We discovered some presumably stolen and dumped bundles of USPS mail in the alley between 50th and 51st, between Edmunds and Alaska.

They didn’t retrieve it for safekeeping or turning in because “there is a ton of it ruined by the rain and ran over and scattered through the muddy alley.” But if you’re in the area and are missing mail, you might go take a look at the address ranges.

P.S. If you see something like this – or suspect your mail’s been stolen – you can contact the US Postal Inspection Service at 877-876-2455.

CAR BREAK-IN: Reported by Brianna:

Our car was parked outside our home on 48th and Oregon last night. This morning we found it ransacked. The glove compartment and console were open and all contents sprawled across the seats. Not sure yet what if anything is missing, but just wanted people to be aware!

And from Highland Park:

ANOTHER CAR TARGETED: This was sent by Corey:

I wanted to report an incident from around 5 AM this morning. This happened in the south end of the Highland Park neighborhood 18th and Trenton. Our neighbors’ car window was shattered by this guy seen in the videos.

He smashes the back passenger side window, but then walks away. He looks like he he’s going to go back but then changes his mind and turns back and goes south. Not sure if he was attempting to steal the car or something in the car, but when talking to the neighbors, there was nothing inside the car. In the second video, he goes out of frame, comes back and looks right at the camera. Unfortunately zooming does not give a clear (view). If anyone has any information, please let us know in the comments.

Big Bird November 17, 2024 (12:24 pm)

I was able to collect most of the mail and call the postal inspector, They will be coming by tomorrow to collect it. ( Assorted mail from Department of licensing, L&I, etc, etc..)

JJM November 17, 2024 (2:40 pm)

Thank you for doing that.
trees November 17, 2024 (6:06 pm)

Thank you! That is my neighborhood, so I appreciate you being kind and honest!Also, for the car ransacking nearby- this happens regularly in that part of the neighborhood, so make sure to lock your car doors and bring in your valuables . They are opportunists. It is frustrating.
- GHE Neighbor November 17, 2024 (7:01 pm)
  
  48th and Dakota? Car break ins aren’t common around here.
  - trees November 17, 2024 (9:30 pm)
    
    48th and Oregon- they are not break-ins; they are ransacking of any car that was left unlocked.
    - Lola November 18, 2024 (7:28 am)
      
      I can attest to my neighbors car was ransacked about 2 weeks ago in his driveway. We are 50th & Alaska. Also hope that none of that is my mail. Did any mail truck say that someone broke in and stole a tub of mail from them? I hate thieves.
Suzanne November 17, 2024 (6:15 pm)

Thank you for taking action to protect our mail!
Lola November 18, 2024 (11:00 am)

Big Bird,So this morning 11.18 I sent these pictures to my neighbor and she went out to look down the alley as it could be some of our mail. She found some and decided to take it home and clean it off. While she is cleaning it off the Post Office guy parks in front of her house. She takes the mail out to him and shows him your pictures and tells him that she found more down that same alley. He called his supervisior. Lets home we all get our mail. Thank you Neighbors.
- Big Bird November 18, 2024 (3:13 pm)
  
  Lola, Thank you to you and your/our neighbor. The mail was picked up by the postal Inspector today. The amount I picked up was huge! (40 or so lbs) It was a pretty heavy load walk back to my house.
  - Lola November 19, 2024 (10:40 am)
    
    Big Bird, Thank you for keeping it safe. Yes my neighbor thought it might be good to take a walk down the Alley to ck to make sure there was not anymore and found the pile. Thanks to you both for taking it in. She said it was just luck that the Postal guy had shown up when she got back. We have to watch out for one another around here since so much stuff happens.

Yim November 21, 2024 (5:38 pm)

Is it too late to reply to this post? My car was broken into this morning at 0331. I mean they opened the door and the alarm scared them off. But I’m suspecting this is the same person in the video. Coming home from work Monday night, someone of the same description walked out from my backyard with his head down and walked to his truck that was parked by the highland park church. He was driving an old grey truck with hazard stickers on the back. Please be safe and on the look out everyone!

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