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You might have seen this truck parked in various West Seattle spots the past few days: Aside from what it’s advertising (we have a separate story to come about Lauren’s closure plan) – if y...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/05/west-seattle-crime-watch-advertising-wrapped-truck-stolen-linked-to-car-prowl/

3:39 PM: Not related to the bank robbery, according to police, but they’ve just run after – and detained – two people near California/Fauntleroy. This started when officers spotted a stolen...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/05/west-seattle-crime-watch-foot-pursuit-in-morgan-junction/

3:21 PM: Police are arriving in The Junction to look for a robber. According to the address given by dispatch, it happened at Sound Credit Union – which recently announced its plan to close the...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/05/west-seattle-crime-watch-sound-credit-union-robbed-again/

ORIGINAL THURSDAY NIGHT REPORT: Another stolen van – this one, reported by Shawn: Unfortunately I’m writing to request help in locating my Westy. She’s a 1984 Volkswagen Westfalia camper va...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/05/west-seattle-crime-watch-stolen-vw-westfalia-camper-van/

ORIGINAL THURSDAY REPORT: Reported by Pierre via email: !997/98 Chevy Express 1500 Conversion Van: Plate # BYD-6191, dark blue with wave graphics on both sides. Handicap placard was on rearview m...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/05/west-seattle-crime-watch-stolen-chevrolet-conversion-van/

After 911 calls reporting what sounded like gunfire in the Westcrest Park area, police have just confirmed it – with an officer telling dispatch they’ve found “some casings” near the park...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/05/west-seattle-crime-watch-another-gunfire-investigation-5/

(Added: WSB photos) 6:12 PM: Police are arriving at 20th/Barton, where they’ve reported finding “about 30 shell casings” after 911 calls about gunfire in the area. They also have just taken...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/05/west-seattle-crime-watch-gunfire-investigation-at-20th-barton/

Back on April 12, we reported on an armed carjacking in an alley near 35th/Roxbury that led to a pursuit and search ending with the arrest of two teenage boys in Burien. Today, Seattle Police rel...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/crime-watch-followup-police-release-video-of-west-seattle-carjacking-pursuit-that-led-to-arrests-in-burien-heres-where-the-case-stands/

As first mentioned in a comment below tonight’s earlier attempted-pickup-theft report, Stacia‘s truck has been taken too: Our GMC 2500 truck was stolen at around 6:30 pm on Monday outside The...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/west-seattle-crime-watch-another-stolen-pickup/

If you’ve traveled the SW Morgan hill east of Fauntleroy in the past few days, you might have noticed that plywood. Sabrina and Jenny sent the photos with word of what happened: An unknown driv...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/reader-report-suspected-drunk-driver-crashes-into-upper-morgan-house/

We’ve received reader reports of two Ford F-350 pickup trucks stolen in the past week or so, and just received this text about an attempted theft a short time ago: Attempted theft of my 2002 F-...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/west-seattle-crime-watch-attempted-f-350-truck-theft/

Just in via text, the second F-350 theft we’ve heard about this week: Unfortunately, the West Seattle Rock Club show had a sad ending — one of our vendors had his truck stolen at 3:55 today f...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/west-seattle-crime-watch-stolen-green-f-350-pickup-truck/

That van belongs to Alex, who reports via email: “I came home from work on Saturday (4/28), to find out my van was stolen from 42nd Ave SW, just off of Juneau. It’s a blue 2004 Chevy Astro va...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/west-seattle-crime-watch-stolen-blue-astro-van/

Thomas J. Garrett, known to those who loved him as “Tommy Joe,” was the 81-year-old man killed by a hit-run driver this past Monday night at 15th/Roxbury. Family members gathered there for a ...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/crime-watch-followup-vigil-for-hit-run-victim-tommy-joe-garrett/

ORIGINAL REPORT, 1:46 AM SATURDAY: What started as a report about a fight east of Schmitz Park has turned into a gunfire investigation. Police have told dispatch they’ve found at least one casi...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/west-seattle-crime-watch-gunfire-east-of-schmitz-park/