Detectives searching for suspects in pizzeria armed robbery

Meghan Walker Ballard

The armed robbery of Alberona’s Pizza (3624 Leary Way NW) on July 31 is still an open investigation — detectives are looking for the two suspects who held up the pizzeria employee and two patrons at gunpoint.

According to the footage released on Q13, the two suspects were both armed with handguns. The first suspect went behind the counter and held a gun to an employee’s head, who was forced to open the cash register, while the second stayed in the lobby and demanded wallets from two customers.

The suspects then left, “possibly in a Chrysler sedan EB”, according to Q13. Detective Myrle Carner with Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound told Q13 that one of the customers ran out after them and followed them in his tow truck for awhile.

The suspects have been described as men in their 20s, about 5’10” with medium builds. One was wearing a ski mask and was wearing glasses with rectangular frames.

If you have information about the suspects or robbery, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS — there’s a $1000 cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.

 

76 thoughts to “Detectives searching for suspects in pizzeria armed robbery”

      1. Well, what do you want? Facts are facts, no matter what your agenda or how you feel. Your feelings don’t create facts or change facts.

        In Fremont from 1995 to 2000 there were typically 20 to 25 robberies every year, as many as 32 in the peak year. Since 2010, there have only been about a dozen robberies per year in Fremont, ranging from as few as 4 in 2013, with a peak of only 14 in 2015. With the population increase of more than 35% since 1995, that means the crime rate — the number of robberies per 1,000 people per year — is something like 1/4 or 1/5 of what it was. Today it is *much* less likely to be robbed. It still happens, but people in Fremont today are safer.

        Crime is at historic lows. It’s just a fact. Your emotional reaction to a single robbery, reported in the Q13 Fox New’s trademark hyperventilating sensationalistic style, does not change that cold hard fact.

        It sucks this restaurant was robbed. In a perfect world that would never happen but even with a crime rate one quarter or less of what it was 30 years ago, robberies do still happen sometimes.

        I wonder if maybe it’s too easy to get a gun? Might could help. Just a thought.

        1. Well, one thing is for sure. Whenever this stuff happens elenchos can always get mad at…Fox News? Those Subway sandwich robberies were fun, and that guy set on fire and the RV stabbing and the rapes and the….aw nevermind. Have a cookie.

          1. Yep, you just named a few others. Altogether in Fremont, there are around a dozen robberies every year since about 2010. So those ones you named, plus some others, typically adds up to 12 or so. Go back 20 or 30 years and there are about twice as many, even three times as many in some years, with a much higher population now.

            Just like I said. Yet you think saying, “BUT SUBWAY GOT ROBBED TOO!!” changes anything? How? Some robberies happen. It sucks.

            But the crime rate is lower than it was, not higher. And before you start in with “junkies” and “hobos” — no. The answer is no. No correlation with the increase in people on the street.

            Even lower crime would be great. But facts are facts.

          2. As Seattle’s homelessness crisis continues to grow, Ballard is experiencing an influx larger than almost anywhere else in King County. The annual Point In Time count found a fourfold increase in homelessness in central Ballard in just one year, with 214 people tallied there on one night in January.

            The rise is testing the traditionally liberal politics of Ballard, and the loudest voices are now talking about crime. Fear of crime in south Ballard is higher than the average in Seattle, according to a recent city survey. Property crime rose 11 percent last year, and the number of dispatched calls to 9-1-1 are up in the neighborhood, but the violent-crime rate has been steady since 2015, according to Seattle police data.

            https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/ballards-homelessness-quadrupled-last-year-and-anger-is-spilling-over/

          5. It says homelessness is way up, true. And a lot of NIMBYS are loudly whining about it. True. You can hear them whining right here. What do you think this proves?

            It’s called “mean world syndrome”. Seattle’s safest communities, Magnolia, Ballard, Queen Anne, have the worst false paranoia about crime. The places with the least crime tell surveys they worry about crime more. It’s driven by sensationalist TV media, right wing talk radio, and nextdoor.com.

            Here you go.

          6. LOL you’re an idiot. It literally says property crime ROSE! I knew you couldn’t read without your prescription Bartell glasses.

          7. In 2008 the SPD started grouping crimes by neighborhood — Ballard North and Ballard South — rather than census blocks. So the easiest thing is to pretend nothing every happened before 2008, and only talk about crime for the last decade. When you arbitrarily compare everything to 2008, sure, you can find an increase.

            But what if you count 2007? And 2006? And all the other years? Well, it’s a pain because you have to convert all the data with the census blocks to the equivalent of today’s neighborhoods. You find out that in any given year since 2000, for a very small population, Ballard, of only 60 to 80 thousand people, the number of burglaries or car prowls can vary wildly from one year to the next. It an swing up or down 30% or more in a single year. Murder can go from zero to one to zero to two back to zero for a cuple years then up to 1 or 2 again. Hardly any murders happen in Ballard.

          8. IN the late 80s and 90s, the crime rate was three times higher. After 2000, it settled down into a flat pattern, zig zagging up or down from one year to the next. It’s very misleading to to pick out 2008 and claim that today’s burglary rate is higher, when you can pick other years and find that today’s rate is much lower. What we know for sure is that all years after 2000 are far, far lower than in the 90s.

            Maybe next year burglaries will swing up 30% and the following year down 25% or 30%. That’s normal. The facts say crime is not out of control, and the huge increase in homelessness — 400% !!! — in no way correlates with more crime. The homeless aren’t driving crime. It’s a lie to say they are.

  2. Calling the people in the parlor “armed robbery victims” is demeaning to their lived experiences.

    It’s better we call them “people experiencing armed robbery”.

    1. They are actually real people who really did have a terrible thing happen to them. And here you make jokes because you’re angry at cartoon caricature bleeding heart liberals for reasons nobody but you comprehends.

      Fuck off, asshole. Go make your jokes somewhere else.

        1. WW, when elenchos isn’t telling us all to “fuck off and die” she’s busy defending crime victims while also pretending that her crappy politics don’t contribute to the DECREASE in safety in the area. Pretty funny. There must be a Olympic size mat in her head for all those mental gymnastics.

          Get harassed by a druggy hobo at a bus stop? elenchos says “Didn’t happen, Bigot!” but boy oh boy does she “care” about victims. Yep.

          2. Aaaaand here is the misogynist. Hates dogs, hates women, thinks “junkies” are a vast powerful cabal destroying America with soy hormones.

            I knew Mr. Popular and Successful would show up any minute. I kind of thought maybe you would pretend to be at your “successful” “job” during work hours, but you aren’t very good at socking. Mr. Busy Schedule Twentysomething has all day to post here.

            Everyone can tell it’s you. Get it? Just pick one name and post 30 times. It’s all the same.

            (By the way, you have absolutely no idea how old I am, or if I’m a woman or anything. It’s all your mindless bullshit. You are too stupid to figure out anything about me.)

            Asshole. Fuck off.

          5. Wow, Dennis. You got blocked from Erica C. Barnett’s Twitter feed for pushing your myopic, male-centric BS and your blind obedience to Comrade Sawant. That takes some doing. Are you proud of yourself?

          6. One day you say I am Erica Barnett, the next day I’m some guy in Ballard Commons, or I’m really Mike O’Brien. Now today I’m this other guy. Tomorrow you’ll be angry at someone new and you’ll say that’s who really I am. Listen to yourself.

            All you do is fill these comment threads with contradictory gibberish. I’m not Erica, I’m not Dennis, I’m not “Afro Guy”. Not Lindy West. Not Mike O’Brien. Not any of these other people. Face it: you have a lot of enemies. You seem to have trouble getting along, sockmaster. What is the common denominator in all these failed relationships? It’s you.

            Just because you hate one person doesn’t make them the secret identity of some other person you also hate. You’re pathetic.

          7. I don’t really have a dog in this hunt but I do feel that I have to point out (against my better judgement because you will no doubt attack me) that no one said you were those people here in this thread. If you are responding to “Mansplainer” here, all (s)he mentioned was that you managed to get yourself banned from a well-known liberal blogger’s Twitter. If your own allies can’t stand you, maybe it’s time to stop typing and start a little introspection. You don’t add much here, I’m afraid. I don’t even enjoy reading comments anymore and apparently it’s the Wild West in here now because your language is clearly against the “rules” of this page. I’m sure you’ll have the last word so have at it. I’m going to go to lunch :)

          8. “Elenchos” is a 2,500 year old Greek word that millions of students learn in Philosophy 101 when they read Plato. Just about every social media site you can think of has at least one “elenchos”. They aren’t all the same person. All the Godwin, Kylo Ren, or Bart Simpson screen names out there are also not the same person. The interwebs are BIG.

            Harley and Avril and David over at SS (not the Nazi SS—common mistake!) aka SOS aka NDA (why do they keep having to re-brand?) have a lot of enemies. ECB has restraining orders against them. Just because I am one of the many, many, many harassment targets of SS/SOS/NDA doesn’t mean I’m an ally or even know their other targets. I don’t know Mike O’Brien or Kshama Sawant either, and I disagree with them as often as I agree.

            It’s just that I don’t care to allow the SS sock puppets to post absurd nonsense every day (they think O’Brien is the real Chief of Police— go figure) without pointing out they are full of shit.

            Erica Barnett also points out when they’re full of shit, but then who doesn’t? Saying Harley & Avril & co are full of shit doesn’t mean you’re part of a hive mind.

            HTH

          10. It’s Saturday night, socky. I’m outta here. Sorry to leave you all by yourself.

            Suggestion: go outside! Hang out with people IRL. Do you good.

          11. We don’t want your mentally ill and homeless weirdos elenchos. You can take your black friend with the afro and that that d-bag in the white van and put them in a landfill somewhere. Nobody wants them here, get them out of here. They’re a blight on the neighborhood.

          12. So racist. Remember before Trump? Back when this kind of racism hid under a rock somewhere? Now these white supremacists flaunt it, with no shame at all.

            Aside from that, your hatred of one or two specific individuals is your problem. We live in a free country. Nobody gets pushed away because some cranky old white people label them a “blight”. Nobody has the power to remove these “blights” as you call them. They’re people. They have as much right to go where they please as you.

            If you see a crime, report it.

            If you see someone whose race or appearance or lifestyle makes you uncomfortable, and you can’t suck it up, move to a gated community. This delusion that it’s your city council representative’s job to remove “blights” from your vista is why nobody takes you seriously. Why you get laughed out of the room when you meet with officials, and you go home angry when they “won’t listen” to your unconstitutional, blatantly discriminatory, blatantly illegal agenda.

  3. these guys just really needed the money – to deny them the basic right of having cash is cruel and biased against the poor.

        1. F U C K O F F.

          Asshole.

          Same repetitive shit over and over. Everyone can tell it’s you. “Totes” from guesty, guest, the other guest. Banzino. Cheryl. Lindy, Woke. They’re all you, asshole. Fuck off.

          1. Lol, did you forget your meds today, hon? Social Security not covering it all for you anymore?

          3. whoa, you ok? you sound like you need a hug – do you want a hug?

            you have quite an imagination…it allows (forces?) you to believe in all sorts of things. for a public intellectual, you are far too emotional.

            emotion often clouds our perception of reality and will tend to distort that reality to suit the needs of said emotions.

            also, the cursing is not a trait that an intellectual would be particularly proud of. it’s often a “last resort”, foot stomping response when at a loss for a real reply to someone. it is very petty and basic. you are better then this! you have it in you to be great!

            if a simple hug could help to soothe you, i would be happy to help you. denying people that need hugs a nice comforting hug is biased against the hugless.

          5. Did somebody say my name? I felt a great disturbance in the Social Justice Force. Is someone in need of correction?

  4. What kind of low-IQ degenerates risk serious felony prison sentences (well, if we had a prosecutor who wasn’t a p*ssy) for a pizza parlor robbery? They should’ve just applied for a job at Seattle City Light or SDOT and got paid triple overtime with full bennies to wake people up on holidays with some nonsense make-work jobs. They’d get hired on the spot.

    This crime is clearly the fault of rural white republicans, the NRA, Trump and patriarchy. RESIST

      1. It’s a good thing no police where there and the robbers weren’t shot or, God forbid, “restrained”. We’d be looking at a $20mil paycheck at taxpayer expense courtesy of some Saul Goodman-type hitting the city with (yet another frivolous) lawsuit.

      1. I didn’t mention race. Why did that pop into your head. Rap fan?
        Yeah we’re well aware the meth heads and junkies are mostly white, and there’s a Hispanic gang war in the South End, and blah blah. Do u libtards ever get tired of talking about race? The rest of the world thinks American libtards are as bad as Trump supporters. Nobody gives a shit about apologizing for ghetto trash except for u guys.

  5. Maybe this is all a misunderstanding. Wasn’t the SPD getting ready to film another lip sync video? Maybe it just got out of hand.

  7. The Fresh Branzino always thought that place was a money-laundering front. It just looks…sketch. Is The Fresh Branzino wrong in his assumption?

    1. You turn every single post into a dumpster fire.

      They should delete all of these comments and start over. Let decent people say something intelligent. Why even have comments if this asshole is going to do this every time? What’s the point?

      2. The Fresh Branzino asked an honest question based upon Branzino’s assumptions. However, The Fresh Branzino would like to say, deleting comments elenchos doesn’t like is the opposite of ‘justice for all’, whether said comments are hurtful, trolling or inaccurate in any way. Censoring only those thoughts you personally disapprove of is fascism. The Fresh Branzino is against fascism!

  9. Anyway, I think we can all agree to be OUTRAGED AT THE PERPETRATORS instead of just insulting others with grade school vulgarities. Right, elenchos?

  10. Yeah yeah crime is down, don’t worry kids. Meanwhile, yesterday:

    Beat:B1, PERSON WITH A GUN at 22 AV NW / NW 58 ST reported on 9/27/2018 7:46 PM, Call# 18000362170
    Beat:B1, ARMED ROBBERY at 14XX BLOCK OF NW MARKET ST reported on 9/27/2018 6:39 PM, Call# 18000361351
    Beat:B2, STRONG ARM ROBBERY at 14 AV NW / NW MARKET ST reported on 9/27/2018 5:25 PM, Call# 18000361930
    Beat:J2, BURGLARY – RESIDENTIAL, OCCUPIED at 65XX BLOCK OF 16 AV NW reported on 9/27/2018 11:08 AM, Call# 18000361177
    Beat:J3, BURGLARY – RESIDENTIAL, OCCUPIED at 1XX BLOCK OF NE 63 ST reported on 9/27/2018 12:55 AM, Call# 18000360795

    2. What do you think this proves? The crime rate now is still a fraction of what it was. There is still crime. You’ve cited five reports here. If you had taken the same sample from the police blotter in 1990 or 1995, there would be three to five times as many crimes.

      Crime is at a historic low. Simple fact.

      You could still make your case for whatever the hell it is you think you want without contradicting basic facts.

      Also, why don’t you just keep posting as Urban Decay? Or whatever handle you used before that? Its’ obvious you’re the same person, copy-pasting the police blotter with no context or coherent argument. What good does it do to call yourself “Locally Sourced” now? We all know it’s you.

  12. OK Swedes, the time HAS arrived for changes here once again. I truly don’t believe this site was set up for this “ElenCUSS” person? Let’s then talk about the real bullies. Let’s talk about all these non-apologetic bleeding heart liberals bringing this onto our once fair city. Does being a “d” mean looking the other way and pretending? Does being a “d” mean you get government issued blinders so you just can’t see those pesky trees or the forest? This is why so many good people simply stay away from “socialized” media. Too many bullies. Too many trolls. Too many bought and paid for hacks.

    1. Then stop switching screen names, “Scott”. “Guesty”. “Locally Sourced”. YOU’RE THE SAME GUY, ASSHOLE! You have the power to stop this. Stop hijacking threads. Stop making every single post about junkies, dog mommies, and soyboys. Keep your nasty posts off everyday news about youth basketball and restaurants opening and closing.

      Pick one screen name and stick to it. Follow the terms of service: no inflammatory, repetitive and off-topic posts. That’s your doing. Clean up your own act, asshole, and the problem is solved.

      1. so you are saying the only people posting here are you and one other person with 20 different names? is that what you believe, for realz?

        1. I’ve gone over this with you several times. You have tells.

          You always give yourself away. You can’t help it. Like when “Cyclist” started up about “soyboys” and testosterone for no reason. Like all the different names you’ve used to say “move your wallet”. “Move your wallet” is a weird and unique thing to say — where they hell does that even come from? Don’t answer that. I don’t want to know. It’s probably gross and creepy.

          Suddenly veering off topic to whinge about “fur babies”? First post on a thread about a taco truck or candle boutique or Ballard High School is weirdly about “junkies” and “hobos”? That’s you. The fake biography that you think will fool “liberals” into listening to you: “I was a hippie at Woodstock but that Jason Rantz makes a LOT of sense…” “I’m a popular and successful twentysomething — hello fellow kids! — but I totally share the opinions of Ballard’s cranky right wing radio paranoids!” The out-of-left-field misogyny.

          There are not that many people who are incapable of discussing anything without changing the subject to one of your four obsessions. You are a monomaniac. Or quadromaniac. You have like four thoughts in your head and you never stop obsessing over those four things. You have a very narrow vocabulary and you repeat the same few words and phrases again and again without even realizing you’re doing it.

          You can’t help it. You try to hide your tells and sometimes you hide them for a while. There really aren’t that many people int he world who think soymilk is sapping our precious testosterone or that coddling pet dogs is the greatest threat to America. There’s really only about one of you.

          Stop socking. You’re not fooling anybody.

          1. The Fresh Branzino knows not of quadramania, but does know that Quadrophenia by The Who is a fine album. The Fresh Branzino has spoken!

          4. Actually no, I’m the only popular twenty something here, most likely. You’ve got the wrong guy, elenchos, he’s innocent! LOL

  13. OY!!! WHAT IS THIS?? IN ME COUNTRY OF JOLLY OLDE ENGLAND WE KEEP THE FISH, THE CHIPS, AND THE MUSHY PEAS CLOSE TO HEART, WE KEEP THE BANGERS AND THE MASH TOGETHER. WHY CAN’T YOU PUNTERS GET WITH THE PROGRAM? BLOODY HELL!

    1. Hello.

      This article is about an armed robbery at a pizza parlor.
      Your comment is about…???

      🐘 Therefore irrelevant? I think? 🐘

  15. I always avoid getting involved..if you get subpoenaed a lawyer will bring up every questionable thing you’ve ever done and then you’ll be impeached as a witness. Plus the fact that “snitches get stitches”.

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