Mike Turner, the young man police say was behind the wheel of the deadly crash on Sunday morning, was facing six previous driving charges after an accident last month. According […]
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Police looking for armed robbery suspect
Early this morning, Guardian One, the King County Sheriff’s helicopter, was sent over Ballard in search of an armed robbery suspect. Police tell us that at approximately 2:45 a.m., officers […]
Neighbor warns of vehicle smash-and-grab
Sidney emailed us about a recent smash-and-grab in the East Ballard area, east of 14th and south of 65th. Sidney writes: My Toyota Corolla was broken into sometime between 11p […]
Plaque disappears from Bergen Place Park
The plaque that sits beneath the mural at Bergen Place Park is missing. Picture of the plaque during a work party last year. Courtesy Tim Hunter. During a work party […]
Anti-Crime Team tracks Ballard drug dealer
Each precinct in the Seattle Police Department has an Anti-Crime Team. Late last year, they allowed a SeattlePI.com reporter and photographer to ride along with the North Precinct team for […]
Former Ballard business owners sentenced for embezzlement
The former owners of Lunde Electric in Ballard now face the penalty for two felony charges of Embezzlement or Conversion from an Employee Pension Benefit Plan, and one felony charge of Falsification of Records of an Employee Pension Benefit Plan.
Sigmund G. Eriksen and Raymond A. Eriksen were sentenced on Friday to two years of probation, a $20,000 fine each and they must perform 240 hours of community service.
The Eriksens were convicted in October 2009. A jury acquitted the two of nine counts and couldn’t reach a verdict on the other charges. At the sentencing on Friday, “U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour said that any businessman who talks with the Eriksens will realize that they would be a fool to engage in similar conduct and run the risk of a felony prosecution and conviction,” the press release from the Department of Justice states. Here are details from the release:
Burglary foiled at Mars Hill Church
Seattle Police responded to Mars Hill Church at 4 a.m. today to investigate a security alarm. After discovering an open door, officers entered the building and found a man hiding […]
City releases 2009 crime stats
It may not come as much of a surprise that the Seattle Police Department’s year-end crime stats, released this week, show a slight rise in crime in 2009 when compared to 2008; back in December the FBI released national crime stats that uncovered the same upswing trend here in Seattle.
Based on SPD data, violent crimes went up 12 percent in 2009 from 2008, while property crimes rose 7 percent. Although this may seem like a significant increase, the FBI report comparing violent crimes in the first halves of both 2008 and 2009 in Seattle, indicated a much larger increase of 22 percent.
Teen arrested for shooting his friend in leg
You may have noticed some police activity early this morning near 80th and 28th St., and officers say a 17-year-old shot his friend in the lower leg. Police say both […]
SWAT serves warrant on NW 63rd St.
Updated: According to King5 News, the “ongoing pattern robbery case” that police referred to, is the case of ten pharmacy robberies. Two people were taken into custody but released pending […]
Teen murder suspect in court again today
Elijah Hall, the teen who pleaded guilty of murdering Manish Melwani last summer at the Pit Stop in Ballard, appeared in King County Superior Court this morning with his new […]
Bizarre standoff at 7-Eleven ends peacefully
Update 11:45 a.m: A man with a “very realistic looking Airsoft gun” walked into the 7-Eleven on Leary Way on Saturday night, sparking a strange standoff that closed Leary Way […]
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