WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: More mail stolen; shoplift-turned-robbery

In West Seattle Crime Watch tonight:

MORE MAIL STOLEN: Heads-up sent by Mike this afternoon:

Just an fyi to the readers. We live in the (4800 block of) Beach Dr SW and were just informed by our mail carrier that our mail was stolen yesterday out of the mail truck.

SHOPLIFT-TURNED-ROBBERY: After SPD released a short summary of this Monday afternoon incident, without location information, we obtained the narrative. A 34-year-old man is in jail, under investigation for first-degree robbery after allegedly threatening to kill an employee at PCC West Seattle while stealing three beers and a bag of chips. Store employees told police the confrontation escalated after they tried to stop him from stealing; he pulled out a knife with a six-inch blade. Police. say he dropped the knife when they confronted him outside the store. They recovered the beer, chips, and an allegedly-also-stolen orange. The suspect remains held in lieu of $25,000 bail, according to the jail register.

3 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: More mail stolen; shoplift-turned-robbery"

  • Julie Long February 5, 2025 (6:56 am)

    Mike, I am so sorry to hear your mail in the beach drive area was stolen from the mail truck. We live in the Gatewood neighborhood and that happened to our mail carrier several weeks ago. Someone broke the mail truck window and took all of the mail. Then last week, our locked mailbox was broken into and they took several days worth of our mail. Our mailbox is at the end of our street and I don’t always check it. So…..-Julie

  • Roundthesound February 11, 2025 (8:24 pm)

    How expensive are dash cameras? If someone is just taking the mail out of the trucks a dash cam would catch them and might be a deterrent. At least they are not stealing the entire truck like they did in the past. 

  • Mike T. February 12, 2025 (1:49 pm)

    What specific service area would be affected by the recent mail robbery? I live on 56th Ave SW near to Schmitz Park…..Thanks

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