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Blotter | Woman tells police Broadway robbery attempt ended with ‘sorry’ after beating

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  • Bellevue Ave robbery reported: Police are investigating a strange robbery attempt reported inside an apartment building courtyard in the 1500 block of Bellevue Ave Monday night:Screen Shot 2014-10-31 at 10.31.18 AMAccording to the SPD report, the victim suffered a head injury caused by being struck by a “blunt object” that required stitches in the attack.
  • Reported Broadway robbery suspect gets away with only ‘I am sorry’ — A woman reported to police she beat the crap out of a would-be robber in an incident just after midnight last Sunday morning near Broadway and Republican:Screen Shot 2014-10-31 at 10.40.22 AM
  • Boren/Union phone grab: A woman was mugged of her phone near Boren and Union last Thursday night, October 23rd but not before witnesses including a justice-minded bicyclist attempted to track the duo of thieves down. The victim told police she was walking on Union talking on her phone when the two suspects walked up from behind and “bumped” her causing her to drop her phone. One of the suspects then grabbed her phone as the team fled. A bicyclist who heard the woman yell said he would try to chase the suspects down. Police could not find the suspects and didn’t know if the bicyclist was successful at the time of the report on the 9 PM incident. Two more phone grab incidents were reported in the area this week. The first happened on Friday just before 4 PM at Seattle Central and the second reported incident came early Saturday morning at 11/Pike.
  • Parking garage robber strikes again: An apparent repeat offender used his same MO to steal from another victim in a parking garage robbery reported in the 1700 block of 22nd Ave on Monday around 3 PM. According to the SPD report on the incident, a man matching the description and the behavior of the suspect in a 23rd Ave robbery reported last week approached a woman carrying her belongings inside the parking garage and demanded she hand over her cash and her phone. He also demanded her 4-digit pin to unlock the phone and was aggressive enough that she provided the code. After the suspect fled, the victim used a tracking service to see the phone had traveled to the 400 block of 23rd Ave and then to around 16th and Yesler. She also sent an alert to the phone with her boyfriend’s phone number. He soon received a call that her phone had been found with a broken screen on the pavement near 14th and Yesler. The victim recovered her phone but police are still looking for the phone robber. He is described as a black male in his mid-20s or early 30s, around 5’7″ with a medium build. He was wearing a baseball cap, dark green hooded jacket with hood, and dark “baggy/sagging” jeans at the time of the robbery.
  • Broken bottle arrest: A man was arrested for assault with a weapon after he angrily smashed a glass bottle near a busy 200 block Broadway E bus stop Monday around noon. The biggest drama came as the officer who witnessed the thrown bottle took control of the situation — which included the suspect’s pit bull “service” animal:Screen Shot 2014-10-31 at 10.36.31 AMThe suspect told the officer he thought he was throwing a plastic bottle before he was booked into jail.
  • No DUI crash charges yet: There are still charges filed in last Sunday’s serious collision on Broadway involving a suspected DUI driver who managed to get her keys back from police in one mishap only to crash again, sending multiple people to the hospital.
  • Bellevue Ave E burglar flees: A woman who caught a suspected burglar slyly trying to use a pry bar to open the door to her 100 Bellevue Ave E apartment building early Saturday evening eventually scared the man off with her questions as she attempted to stall the man until police could arrive. Officers were unable to find the suspect but have surveillance images from the incident.Screen Shot 2014-10-31 at 10.45.43 AM
  • In a process SPD says it is trying to end, crime information sometimes bypasses the department’s formal channels and gets passed to the producers of the television program Washington’s Most Wanted. Such is the case with this security image of a woman the TV show says police say (see the problem with this?) stole a computer from the Broadway Rite Aid:breakroom
    “Good news is the suspect left a coat behind so we’re probably going to get some DNA off this coat also.”

    So again, this was in Capitol Hill. If you can tell Seattle police the name of this surface thief, call an anonymous tip into:

    Crime stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS

    You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward for information leading to a fugitive’s arrest.

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Jim98122x
Jim98122x
9 years ago

I want to buy that bad-ass woman a drink (the “I’m sorry” robber one). You go gurl.

Sarah
Sarah
9 years ago

Does anybody know what the hold-up is in issuing a DUI (among other charges) to the woman who went on Saturday’s tour of destruction? Seems like a pretty uncomplicated case to me, with police at 3 different scenes, criminal positively identified, police and many others witnessing her intoxicated state first hand (though frankly it’d be even worse if she wasn’t intoxicated.. I witnessed her Pike & Bellevue hit and runs and personally handed the police the side-mirror she lost in the getaway.. seriously terrible). What’s throwing them off course? Do we know if she is still in the hospital and how she’s doing? After the violence she committed against our whole community (I know I feel a lot less safe biking and walking around here now), I feel like we all deserve to hear what she has to say for herself.

Sarah
Sarah
9 years ago
Reply to  Sarah

More to the point, we as a community deserve to know corrective action has been decisively taken, and if not, why not.

jc
jc
9 years ago
Reply to  Sarah

I’m sure they’re building a case against her. This is more complicated than an ordinary DUI. Don’t know what she’ll be charged for for leaving the scene, and that could be delaying them.

Spiffy D
Spiffy D
9 years ago

Way to defend yourself, lady!

I bow to my sensei.

Tom
Tom
9 years ago

Since when do the do DNA evidence for shoplifting?

haha

bb
bb
9 years ago
Reply to  Tom

Since never.

Summer
Summer
9 years ago

Pit bulls make good service dogs, no need for quotes around the word.

Jim98122x
Jim98122x
9 years ago
Reply to  Summer

Except that probably 9 of 10 dogs you see people dragging around grocery stores on Capitol Hill aren’t really service dogs. The State of WA Human Rights Commission says “Service animal” means an animal trained for the purpose of assisting or accommodating a disabled person’s sensory, mental, or physical disability. And of course everybody knows they can’t be required to provide any proof of a disability. Let’s not pretend otherwise, we all know most of the alleged “service dogs” on C.H. are ordinary pets. Probably the point of the quotes.

jc
jc
9 years ago
Reply to  Jim98122x

“everybody knows they can’t be required to provide any proof of a disability.”

A store owner can request a certificate verifying that the animal is a service animal. I’m not sure who issues this, but people I know carry it with them.

Jim98122x
Jim98122x
9 years ago
Reply to  jc

The store manager can request anything they want, but thebig joke about the whole service animal rules is that it’s not required. And people who take advantage of the law know that.

http://www.hum.wa.gov/FAQ/FAQServiceAnimal.html

Q. How can I tell if an animal is really a service animal and not just a pet?

There are no legal requirements for service animals to be specially identified. Some, but not all, service animals, wear special collars and harnesses. Some, but not all, are licensed or “certified” and/or have identification papers. If you are not certain that an animal is a service animal, you may ask the person who has the animal if it is a service animal required because of a disability. A public entity cannot require any proof of a person’s disability, or identification or certification of the service animal’s status

calhoun
9 years ago
Reply to  Jim98122x

I think the law on this issue needs to be strengthened, because it is widely abused. Those with bona fide service animals should be required to show documentation (from a medical provider, who presumably knows if the owner is disabled or not) when asked by business owners, and the animals themselves should wear either an identifying harness or collar.

I also think that certain business owners/managers could be more assertive in how they deal with this issue. Most often, they just turn a blind eye. Are you listening, Broadway Market QFC staff?

B
B
9 years ago

I saw the whole thing go down from across the street with the guy throwing the glass bottle at the woman. I’d normally prefer not to see police around but this guy was out of his mind and the bottle he threw was pretty big and full of liquid. Could’ve killed her if it hit her in the head as hard as he threw it, but he missed. The whole time he was following her down the road before he threw the bottle he was screaming about how he was going to strangle her. Guy was a loose canon for sure.

etaoin shrdlu
etaoin shrdlu
9 years ago

Hey, if a guy, his girlfriend, and his service animal can’t score some uninterrupted sleep at noon on Broadway, then what do you expect? Bottles are going to be thrown. Get used to it.

bb
bb
9 years ago
Reply to  etaoin shrdlu

That couple still sleeps in the doorway of a closed business blocking most of the sidewalk with their trash and dog. What is happening in this city?