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Blotter | Convicted Capitol Hill rapist charged in second attack

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  • UPDATE — 23rd/Cherry shootout: A shootout near the ARCO AM/PM at 23rd and Cherry shattered a bus stop Wednesday night around 7 PM. Police were called to the area after reports of vehicles and people on foot fleeing the area. Arriving units found no victims but a heavily damaged bus shelter. 23rd Ave southbound was closed briefly during the response as police collected evidence at the scene.
  • Convicted rapist charged in second attack: A man convicted in a Capitol Hill rape five years ago has been charged in another 2014 sexual attack after a DNA match with a previously untested rape kit, the Seattle Times reports. Kirose Hailu, now 27, was charged along with an accomplice in the February 2014 attack on a woman on Capitol Hill in what authorities said was a string of robberies and assaults targeting women. When prosecutors filed the second degree rape charges in 2014, both men were already in King County Jail awaiting trial on identity theft charges. The two were accused of working together to steal a woman’s wallet outside a Capitol Hill gas station in October that year. According to police, the victim in the Capitol Hill rape and her boyfriend had been drinking at a friend’s house on February 27th, 2014 before heading to R Place where the woman became separated from her group. Hailu is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence for the conviction. His accomplice Wolid Mohammed was also convicted. The Seattle Times reports the new charges stem from an attack on a now-34-year-old woman, “who was struggling with a heroin addiction when she was raped by a stranger on Oct. 22, 2014.”

  • Burglary bust: Two were arrested and one of the suspect could face serious burglary charges after police found him carrying what appeared to be a full kit of break-in gear including “a journal containing extensive notes on burglary including tool lists, the time to break windows, and other information.” Police responded to the Saturday, January 19th 9 AM break-in after a 911 caller said two suspects were in a parking lot near the 2300 block 10th Ave burglary. Police arrived and found the suspects carrying gear taken from a storage locker. They also found one of the men carrying what appeared to be a burglar’s toolkit:
    In addition to the damning evidence, police also said one of the suspect was wearing a beanie with a telltale pom pom on top that could clearly be seen in surveillance video at the scene of the crime. Police took both suspects into custody.
  • 15/Spring gunfire: Police investigated a late night shots fired incident reported outside a residence at 15th Ave and E Spring Saturday. The 11:35 PM gunfire reportedly involved two suspects last seen fleeing southbound. At least two shots were fired but there were no reported injuries.
  • January 11th homicide update: Police say there are no updates and there have been no arrests in the investigation of the murder of Jafar Mack in a Capitol Hill parking lot earlier this month.
 

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LandrewS
LandrewS
5 years ago

–police found him carrying what appeared to be a full kit of break-in gear including “a journal containing extensive notes on burglary including tool lists, the time to break windows, and other information.”–

Most criminals turn to crime because they are too lazy or stupid to work a real job. The guy with the journal and the pom pom hat hat is too lazy and stupid to be a criminal. I wonder what the next rung down would be?