WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: SPD announces warrant arrest (updated Thursday)

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ORIGINAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT REPORT: Announced late tonight via SPD Blotter:

Seattle police detectives in the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and federal law enforcement partners arrested a 23-year-old man in possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

On Nov 5, ICAC detectives, Community Response Group officers, and agents in the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Department of Homeland Security executed a search warrant and arrest operation in the Delridge neighborhood.

Police arrested the suspect without incident.

ICAC detectives interviewed the suspect and booked him into the King County Jail for possession and distribution of CSAM. Detectives also recovered CSAM evidence at the scene.

No other information; we’re following up.

THURSDAY NIGHT UPDATE: The suspect was released from jail tonight. We didn’t get any additional information on the case from prosecutors today; all we know is that the jail docket indicates it was a “court action” release, not a “posted bail” release – there’s no indication that bail was even set. We checked court files and there’s no indication the suspect had a record.

Rhonda November 5, 2025 (11:54 pm)

Great job SPD, FBI, and HS!

Angry mom November 6, 2025 (7:29 am)

Why didn’t they release his name? Absolutely disturbing these vile creatures walk among us so incognito.

Heather November 6, 2025 (8:49 am)

Please name him. The community deserves to know the names of the predators in their neighborhoods.

zark00 November 6, 2025 (5:12 pm)

We generally do this whole ‘presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law’ thing here in America. We don’t just irresponsibly publish the name of accused criminals. People tend to assume if someone’s arrested they are automatically guilty, ya know, exactly like you two did.

George November 6, 2025 (9:49 pm)

Typically in a federal investigation, upon charged, the amount of evidence is overwhelming. Hence why few federal cases make it to trial versus state cases. Most subjects look for a deal ASAP.
- k November 7, 2025 (7:10 am)
  
  Maybe in years past, but as the Sandwich Guy trial just illustrated, federal priorities are currently a mess, and cases are being brought with no evidence. The fact that they seemed to have a warrant before they got there and aren’t just making up charges after the arrest is encouraging that this is actual police work happening. But faith in the federal criminal process is very low right now.
Firefighter November 7, 2025 (11:27 pm)

It’s the MAGA thing: The Inferior Court has gone full-on anti human Activist and the merry citizens, as evidenced here, all have pitchforks. It’s like a tale out of the Simpson’s Halloween House of Terror.

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