Four Five (with a late addition) more reports to share with you tonight, starting with a burglary this afternoon — read on:
First, a short note from Dan, who e-mailed to say that his house in The Junction, 4400 block of 42nd SW, was broken into “between 1:30 and 3 this afternoon.”
Second, e-mail from Christine, who interrupted a intruder at her home:
Just a note to let people know that our house in the Westwood neighborhood was robbed last Wednesday morning (April 8th) between 7:05 and 8:45 AM. I came home to find a man in our house. He fled on foot down our alley. Several rooms were ransacked and a laptop computer was stolen. I immediately called 911 and the police responded very quickly and thoroughly, though no arrests have been made.
In speaking with neighbors, it appears that someone was going through people’s yards the day before, which is consistent with the way our break-in happened.
I just want people to know and be very careful. There are a lot more people out and about this time of year, and if you see someone you think looks sketchy it might warrant a call to the police.
Mandy in Arbor Heights e-mailed:
Last Tuesday my husband came home from work and went to grab our lawn mower that was stored under our deck and it was gone, stolen! We had just mowed on Sunday so it happened sometime between Sunday and Tuesday. We have a pretty large back yard with a chain link fence that swings open and a drive way where my husband parks his truck. The fence did not (does now) have a lock on it, but in order for someone to get our lawn mower they would have had to have opened the large gate, walked about 50 feet into our property to under our deck, push the mower out and close the gate behind them. We are assuming this happened during the day as there is no way we would not have
heard something at night.
That was just the start of the story – Mandy and her husband say they ultimately found the lawn mower – and a ladder they didn’t even know was stolen – at a business on Delridge that sells miscellaneous items. They say they spoke to the owner of the business, who said he had no idea the items were stolen, but they have called police to report finding their items there.
Jen, who’s also in Arbor Heights, thinks she may have interrupted would-be burglars as well:
(Monday) night around 9:30 I arrived at my home on 102nd and 34th in Arbor Heights. As I arrived home I witnessed 2 young men who looked like they were in their teens sprinting from my back yard. They had gone through my shed and it looked like they were trying to find a tool to break into my house. I think if I had gotten home any later they would have broken into my home and I would have confronted them walking through the door. It was quite unsettling that they tried to break in during the night. Just wanted to alert you and the rest of my West Seattle neighbors. I called the police and filed a report. They tried to search for the suspects but didn’t find them.
And Joel sent this later Wednesday:
… another car prowl. Last night (Tuesday) on our quiet dead end street just down the stairs from South Seattle CC I heard a noise about 12:30am. I looked out the window to see two African American youths (18ish?) standing near my neighbor’s car directly underneath a streetlight. They saw me and bolted with the speed that only people engaged in illegal activity would use. I went outside to find his truck window broken out with a cinder block. I called SPD and they came but were unable to locate the suspects. My neighbor’s GPS unit was taken, but at least my presence may have stopped them from trying to take anything else. Keep an eye out, folks.
One thing to stress – be sure that, no matter how small you think a crime is, you report it to police; they need to keep an accurate picture of what’s happening in the area, and that also helps them make the best staff-allocation decisions too.
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