Getting back into the swing of things with blotter reporting by digging through the Seattle Police Department media reports filed for Pride weekend. Don’t mean to besmirch the celebration. Instead, we should all revel. Thousands of people visited the Hill during Pride and, for the most part, things were calm. Except when they weren’t:

Guerrilla dance party
By now, most of us have heard the story of the dance party that broke out in the empty lot at Pine and Belmont last Saturday night. SPD told us that one person was arrested in what was otherwise a crime-free incident. Here is the narrative from the report the responding officer filed regarding that arrest:

The 23-year-old suspect was booked into jail for investigation of malicious mischief. We’ll check to see what we can find out from the legal system about what happens to him.

Other reports

• In more traditional Cap Hill crime, this 48-year-old Ohio man reported an unwelcome hugger made off with his wallet Wednesday night:
• Friday night featured a dispute over a leaky faucet between a building manager and a tenant at an apartment on East Howell that escalated into threats.
• On Saturday a bike thief made off with a cycle only to drop it and intersection of Harvard and Prospect and take off on foot when he was spotted.
• Early Sunday a 26-year-old man was jumped while smoking outside a bar at 13th and Madison. The man said he was attacked by three black males who kicked and hit him before stealing his wallet and making off with $14.
• And Neighbours got into the act with a good old fashioned bar fight early Saturday morning around 2 AM. Here’s the officer’s report: