Three incidents in this Crime Watch roundup – ne from the police files, two from reader reports:

LURING ATTEMPT: This was called in to 911 just before midnight last Friday night; after seeing a short summary, we requested the narrative (note that RP stands for “reporting party,” who in this case was a juvenile):

Officers responded to 4001 California AV SW (76 service station) in reference to a suspicious subject complaint.

Upon arrival, officers contacted the RP, who was hiding in a nearby alley behind the service station. According to the RP, she was waiting at the bus stop, which was located in front of the store on California AV SW, when a red in color cargo van drove up and the driver of the van reportedly asked the RP if she wanted a ride home.

When the RP declined, the van left the scene but returned a short time later. The RP advised that the driver approached her again and then demanded that the RP get inside of the vehicle.

The RP stated that she became afraid and ran behind the store and down the alley where officers located her hiding behind several garbage cans in the area. The suspect had left the area in an unknown direction before officers arrived on scene.

The narrative provided to us included no description of the person in the van, nor any further details about the van, though the original summary said it was a “minivan” with a “sliding door.” If you have any info, contact police and refer to incident # 25-219081.

BICYCLE THIEF: Joni is looking for her stolen bicycle, taken on Genesee Hill, and sent these two images – one of the thief:

And this one of her bicycle:

This happened at 3:42 am on July 28th. We’ll add the police report # when we get it.

HIT-RUN: A reader who wishes to be anonymous is asking for help with this:

A West Seattle Sunday Funday unfortunately took a turn when two friends I’d been with were sideswiped while parked on southbound Harbor Ave SW — right in front of Verge Condominiums — between 3:30 and 5:30 PM on Sunday, August 3rd.

We’re hoping someone in the community might’ve seen something. Our assumption (based on some left-behind car parts) is that the vehicle may have been a white Honda Civic or Accord, but we’re open to any leads or eyewitness accounts.

The report number is M4800628.