Police are searching for the suspect in a shoplifting incident that became a robbery when the suspect flashed a handgun at store security to get away. This happened at the Jefferson Square Safeway around 3 pm. The man they were seeking was described as white,40ish, black jacket, light jeans, blue sneakers, with a black handgun.

Jack hopes you’ll be on the lookout for his stolen pickup truck:

My vehicle was stolen near the Junction on 42nd street at 8:30 last night. The vehicle is a 1997 Ford Ranger. Green but sometimes looks blue in certain light. License plate is D76145K. It’s a splash-variant so it has those wheel wells on the side. And when stolen had a soft cover on the bed. A neighbor saw it speed out of the apartment complex at 8:30 last night, Sunday, October 18th, but they were masked so no identification on the person. The thieves came in a blue Ford Mustang convertible with a soft top, a spoiler, and white stripes on the spoiler, and license plate ADY8896.

A police report has been filed, 26-311801. If someone has information or find it, I would appreciate if people would contact the Seattle police to report it.

Please do that via 911.

11:56 PM: A report summary released late tonight by Seattle Police details a burglary arrest southwest of Morgan Junction this afternoon. 911 first got the call around 2 pm about a man trying to enter a residence in the 7000 block of Fauntleroy Way SW. Somebody was home; the man couldn’t get in. Police say he “wandered further down the street” and got into an empty home by kicking the back door in. There, they say, he ate food he found in the kitchen and then went into a bedroom, where officers say they “located the suspect in the bed, under covers.” They arrested him and booked him into jail. We’ll check on his status in the morning.

ADDED 4:49 PM MONDAY: The 41-year-old suspect appeared in court this afternoon; prosecutors requested $50,000 bail and a judge set it at $25,000.
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The report and images came in via text:

At a condominium building across from Westwood Village (QFC side), they broke into several storage rooms today at 6:00 pm.

Police case number 26-310609.

Thanks for the tip. More than four years after 22-year-old Javyantre C. Sin was charged with two sexual attacks – one against a 26-year-old woman in North Delridge and one against a 16-year-old girl at Southcenter Mall – he is about to be sentenced. Sin pleaded guilty in September to reduced charges, second-degree rape by forcible compulsion and indecent liberties. The charges originally filed against him in August 2022 included first-degree rape and robbery. At that time, we reported not only on the charges but on the two attacks and the revelation they were committed after Sin escaped from a low-security juvenile facility in Ephrata, in which he had been placed despite an extensive history of convictions including multiple robbery, burglary, and theft cases – an escape that was not followed by any serious attempt to find him. Since his arrest for these attacks,he’s been in jail for more than four years in lieu of $750,000 bail; the court file is massive and it’s not clear why the case has taken this long to resolve. He is scheduled to be sentenced at 3 pm Friday by King County Superior Court Judge Kent Liu. Court documents say prosecutors will recommend just under 18 years in prison, which is the low end of the standard sentencing range (210 to 280 months).

The nonprofit West Seattle Tool Library has connected people with tools and usage/repair know-how for many years. One of its leaders, though, has just lost his own toolbox to theft – the report and photos are from Sean:

On Monday night/Tuesday morning (Oct. 12/13th) I had my personal 3foot Knaack tool box stolen from the Youngstown Cultural Arts center parking lot.

It contained multiple tools borrowed from the West Seattle Tool Library, some of my personal tools, and spare parts and bolts purchased with my own money that I have been using to rebuild my blue Kei truck that was in the parking lot … I would just like to have the tool box returned.

If you have any info you can contact Sean through the WS Tool Library, where he is operations director.

Multiple readers are asking about a sizable police response at the Delridge AM/PM, a stone’s throw from the Southwest Precinct. According to police radio, a white Ford Escape caught officers’ attention, and they discovered the car’s registered owner had a felony warrant (burglary and theft in Chelan County). Potential “felony stops” require backup, so more officers were brought in. At last report they had one person detained; we’ll follow up to see if that resulted in an arrest.

The woman arrested at her Alki apartment one week ago after an hours-long standoff with police is due in court tomorrow to answer a charge of felony harassment. 54-year-old Tina Marie Gregorius is accused of threatening her neighbor with a knife – which is what brought police to the scene originally – an also of vandalizing the neighbor’s car and harassing others who live nearby. According to the charging document, Gregorius and the victim were friends until two years ago, when Gregorius started behaving bizarrely. Then last Tuesday, investigators say, Gregorius brandished a “large kitchen knife” at the victim and threatened to kill her if she didn’t stop “talking (about her).” The documents say security video captured that confrontation and included these screenshots of the defendant:

Though the documents say Gregorius has no criminal history, they also say the victim had reported her to police before and feared that if officers left this time without arresting her, she would follow through on her threats. The narrative also says other neighbors approached police during the standoff and said they had filed police reports about her before. Eventually they talked her out and took her into custody; after getting a search warrant, they went into her apartment and found the knife. Gregorius has been in jail since then, in lieu of $30,000 bail, and is due to be arraigned tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the tip. 2 1/2 years after we reported on the sentencing of Johny Mixayboua for stealing two mail trucks in West Seattle, he’s facing new felony charges. Regional media firstreported on the new case in which Bellevue Police arrested Mixayboua for what started as a shoplifting investigation at a CVS and turned out to include a car stolen in West Seattle. We just obtained the charging documents in the newest cases. What they don’t explain is why he was out and when he got out – we also found a felony charge filed in a July car theft in South Seattle, and those documents indicated he was in the federal jail in SeaTac at the time, but by last Sunday – when he was arrested in Bellevue – he was out. In the Bellevue case, though he was originally detained for alleged shoplifting, he is charged so far with three felonies for what police say happened outside the store – one count of attempted assault for trying to pull a loaded gun out of his pants while being arrested, allegedly with the intent of shooting officers; unlawful gun possession because he’s already a convicted felon (18 times); and making a false statement (for allegedly giving officers two bogus names).

Here’s where the stolen car comes in: According to the narrative in the charging documents, an Audi key fob was found during the Bellevue arrest, and the car to which it belonged was found nearby. It was found to have been stolen from the 3900 block of SW Webster in Gatewood; the owner had accidentally left the key fob in the car. One of its plates had been swapped out (and the owners said later that its wheels had been changed). Items found inside it included a variety of likely stolen credit and bank cars, ammunition, and a backpack containing items including drug paraphernalia and what police described as “an improvised explosive device.” Surveillance video shows him getting out of the car in the lot, the documents say. Mixayboua, now 30, is in the King County Jail, in lieu of $550,000 bail, and due to be arraigned next week.

The 54-year-old woman arrested after a standoff with police at her Alki apartment remains in jail today. The suspect had a probable-cause hearing Wednesday; prosecutors asked that her bail be set at $50,000 and a judge set it ar $30,000. She is under investigation for assault and felony harassment after allegedly threatening to stab a neighbor and vandalizing the neighbor’s vehicle at least three times. Prosecutors expect to receive documentation from police so they can make a charging decision tomorrow.

Though we don’t hear about it nearly as often any more, catalytic-converter theft is still happening. We got this report from AT:

Just wanted to mention that our 2006 Honda Element had its catalytic converter stolen on (I believe) Friday, October 2. It was parked right on Alaska St between 45th and 44th. A police report was filed when we discovered the theft on Sunday.

This is just anecdotal, but I beleive that others in the area were hit that same night because I’ve been hearing vehicles around the Junction of late that have that telltale unmuffled roar.

Elements were a popular target back in the day – ours was among those hit during a wave in 2021.

We heard a dispatch late last night for a reported burglary attempt at Addy’s Pet Shop in Highland Park, and obtained the report narrative today:

On 9/30/2026 while working fully uniformed patrol as unit 3W22, I was dispatched to 1XXX SW Henderson St XXXX for the following: “RP [reporting party] SAW VIA CAMERA UNK(NOWN) PERSON TRYING TO PICK LOCK AND BREAK IN LOCK 10 MIN AGO.” I arrived on scene and found a broken door handle … on the east side door. Pictures were taken of the damage and uploaded into digital evidence. I contacted the reporting party XXXX … She explained that she witnessed a White/Male/Adult dressed in a gray hoodie, red backpack, light blue baseball cap with white lettering, and dark pants try and pick the lock. When the suspect was unable to open the lock, they proceeded to break the handle off with a piece of lumber. The suspect left the property when XXXX yelled at him through the camera. The suspect was last seen headed south to Henderson St SW.

If you have any information, the SPD incident number to reference is 26-292243.

Two West Seattle Crime Watch reports with video today:

WOULD-BE BURGLAR: Sent by Serene in Arbor Heights:

I wanted to share that we had an attempted break-in last night. The man here broke out our back window before we caught on to his activity. We are on the 4200 block of 42nd in Arbor Heights.

CAR THEFT: Sent by Reid:

My daughter’s Volvo V60 was stolen from our driveway right after she got home last night. 2015 silver Volvo V60. 37th Ave SW was apparently hit pretty hard last night with robberies! This was (in the 4700 block). AYK5081 is the license plate, and police report 26-289160.

(We looked at the SPD map and saw one other 37th SW mention, a burglary report in the 4600 block.)

A woman is in the hospital after being attacked and robbed in The Junction Thursday evening. First word came from this email from someone who knows the victim:

A woman was attacked by a group of 5 youths last night in broad daylight around 6 pm right in between the QFC at the Junction and the Maharaja restaurant. She was walking back to her car. She is at Harborview with broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a ton of stitches in her head. They surrounded her and beat her with objects and kicked her. She isn’t ready for her name to be public, but people should know with the weekend approaching and the sun going down earlier. I’m not a member of her family, but got permission from the family to message.

We found the SPD incident number – 26-285630 – and just obtained the report narrative:

On 09/24/2026 at 1805 hours I was working in uniformed patrol as 2W2 for the Seattle Police Department. I was driving a marked patrol car when I responded to robbery call located in the 4500 block of 42nd Ave SW. The call remarks stated, “RP [reporting party] SAW 5 MEN PUNCHING A WOMAN, AND TAKING HER PURSE.”

When I arrived, I located (items) lying on the ground in a parking lot located across from 45XX 42nd Ave SW.

Police radio indicated multiple people had called 911 to report the attack, but not the victim. One of the people who called 911 was a nearby resident who talked with police after their arrival:

(Witness) stated she heard a scream and began recording from her apartment window. I reviewed the video which showed a white Honda Accord (no plates) park in the parked in the parking lot with all 3 passenger doors open.

The video also showed 4 suspects huddling around the victim who was on the ground in the parking lot. At one point suspect #1 appears to pull something away from (victim), which causes the suspects to flee back to the white Honda.

Before leaving, suspect #4 is seen using his foot and stomping down onto (victim) once and start walking away when he stops and returns to (victim) and stomps down on her once again.

The suspects then enter the white Honda and drive away South on 42nd Ave SW. It appears that there was a 5th suspect who remained in the driver’s seat of the white Honda.

Another video showed (victim) driving away Southbound on 42nd Ave SW in her (vehicle). A short time later, dispatch received a call from XXXX Urgent Care (in West Seattle) reporting a female just walked in and reported she was robbed.

Police found the victim at the urgent-care facility:

V/XXXX stated she was walking back to her vehicle when 4-5 black male suspects approached her. One yelled “Hey that’s my phone!” before the suspects began attacking her. She stated she did not know the suspects and had never seen them before.

V/XXXX stated she was knocked to the ground and remembered getting kicked in the head twice but reports not losing consciousness.

Officers observed (wounds) … (Victim) stated the only item the suspects stole was her blue iPhone (unknown value).

Suspect #1 is described as a black male, 16-22 years old, thin build and short black hair. He was last seen wearing a black/white puffy coat and gray sweatpants.

Suspect #2 is described as a black male 16-22 years old with a thin build. He was last seen wearing all black.

Suspect #3 is described as a black male, 16-22 years old and a thin build. He was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, gray beanie and dark pants.

Suspect #4 is described as a black male 16-22 years old and a thin build. He was last seen wearing a gray hoodie and black pants.

Suspect #5 never exited the white Honda.

The victim was taken to the hospital by AMR ambulance, the police report says, noting the same injuries mentioned above in the email we received. Also noted, the items found in the parking lot included damaged eyeglasses that belonged to the victim.

Police were canvassing for more security video that might have recorded the attack, as well as what the nearby resident recorded. If you have any information, the SPD violent-crime tipline is 206-233-5000.

The report and images are from El Chupacabra Alki manager Jenn:

This morning shortly before 6 am, 2 individuals who were driving a black minivan tried to break into El Chupacabra.

They were unsuccessful in their attempt. Unfortunately, they did go next door and broke into Alki Ice Cream & Boba.

They were between the 2 businesses for roughly 30 mins before driving off.

If you have any information, the police report # is 26-284893.

At the very least, these videos of car prowlers serve as reminders to keep your vehicle(s) locked. This one is from Ted in North Admiral:

And this one is from a texter in South Delridge:

Here’s more advice on car-prowl prevention/deterrence – some of which you’ve probably heard before, some you might not have.

Sent by Jen:

My daughter’s car was stolen from 58th Ave SW and Alki Ave SW this morning while she was working at Ampersand Cafe (between 4:53 am and 6:45 am). It is a 2001 dark green Honda CR-V.

We’ll add the plate # when we get it.

ADDED: Plate is CLX6168, and here’s a photo:

Call 911 if you find it.

10:44 PM SUNDAY: Details are few so far, but police are investigating a reported armed robbery just after 10 pm in Morgan Junction. The initial report was that it happened at the gas station/mini-mart at 6540 California SW (though it should be noted, that address has two other businesses open at this hour, Domino’s Pizza and the BECU ATM). The only descriptive info sent out over the radio was a Black man in his 20s, no other details. Since there’s been so little radio traffic on this, we might not find out more until the written report is available.

9:49 AM MONDAY: We obtained the narrative from SPD:

On 09/20/2026 at 2203 hours I was working uniformed patrol for the Seattle Police Department … I responded to a Robbery call at 65XX California Av Sw. The call notes read as follows:

2 MIN AGO, ROBBERY AT GUNPOINT

I contacted XXXX who is employed as a clerk at the gas station located at 65XX California Av Sw. XXXX stated that the following had occurred: A customer (XXXX) was purchasing beer at the counter. The suspect has his firearm drawn and tells XXXX to move out of the way.

The suspect points the firearm at XXXX and tells him “give me all your money” while pointing the firearm directly at him. XXXX opens the cash register and starts to manually hand all the money to the suspect from the cash register. After receiving the money, the suspect then proceeds to walk out of the store and leaves in an unknown direction. It is unknown if the suspect utilized a vehicle or left on foot.

XXXX stated that approximately 1700-2000$ dollars were taken by the suspect. XXXX showed officers video footage of the robbery and the suspect can be described as follow: black male, 20s, black mask, black hoodie, Nike tech pants and the suspect was wearing all black/gray colors. The firearm that the suspect utilized was black. XXXX was not injured during the commission of the robbery.

Police are looking for a silver 2001 four-door Infiniti reportedly stolen by carjackers within the past half-hour or so. This is reported to have happened in the 9400 block of Delridge Way. The initial description over police radio was “four unknown-race males,” late teens or early 20s, wearing masks. No other details so far.

Checking the early-morning police calls, we found a confirmed incident of early-morning gunfire. The 911 call came from someone near Beach Drive and SW Oregon around 2:20 am, in the Me Kwa Mooks Park/Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook area. According to radio archives, the responding officers found “shotgun rounds.” We just obtained the report narrative from SPD; it described what was found as “two spent shotgun 20GA casings.” Police say nearby residents reported noticing a “black sedan leaving southbound” after the shots. No injuries or property damage reported.