• The man arrested following Sunday night’s stabbing in Cal Anderson has been charged in the crime. 38-year-old Jeremy Nelson faces one count of second degree assault for the attack that the victim says started when he pushed away Nelson’s pit bull Zeus as it was running around without a leash in the park. The victim suffered a significant gash below his ribs in the attack. According to police, one witness said it could have been worse as the attacker also tried to stab the victim in the neck.Police recovered a knife believed to be the one Nelson used in the attack in the grass of the park following his arrest.Prosecutors say Nelson’s criminal record includes convictions for assault and weapons charges as well as various drug charges including a 1997 drug “delivery” conviction. Nelson also faces a drug charge following Sunday night’s arrest after police say they found a small packet containing a substance suspected to be heroin in Nelson’s pocket.
• Police continue to search for the suspect believed to be responsible in another stabbing in Cal Anderson Thursday night.
• There are no updates in the sexual assault investigation stemming from this May 6th incident in which a woman told police she was held at knifepoint and assaulted in Cal Anderson Park, according to SPD detectives. Continue reading →

Longboard vs. Walgreens (Image via SPD)

Moment of impact (Image via SPD)

Chances are, you might know one of these May Day riot suspects. Seattle Police are again turning to the public to help identify suspects caught in images and video recorded during the 2013 May Day marches, protests and vandalism that marked the left a handful of businesses damaged on Capitol Hill.

SPD has posted images and video of eight suspects here.

Following 2012′s May Day incidents in downtown Seattle, police also posted pictures in hopes of identifying suspects. Five people were ultimately charged in late November. Four of the cases remain in the court system — one of the suspects has pleaded guilty.

Video of some of the suspects’ actions distributed by SPD is below. Continue reading →

Police were searching for a suspect believed to be responsible for a stabbing at Broadway and Pine on the sidewalk in front of Walgreens. UPDATE: Police say the victim was stabbed during an “altercation” in Cal Anderson and walked to Broadway.

We are still confirming details of the attack that was reported just before 9 PM.

A witness tells CHS the victim appeared to have been cut on the arm in the attack. UPDATE: Seattle Fire reports it transported a male teen from the scene with a stab wound. The male was in stable condition.

Police searched the Broadway area for a suspect believed to be involved with the crime.

The knife attack comes just days after a stabbing in Cal Anderson Park a few blocks away.

UPDATE: SPD has released its preliminary report on the incident:

Police remain on the lookout for the suspect in a stabbing that occurred in Cal Anderson Park tonight. At approximately 8:53 p.m. officers responded to Broadway Avenue and East Pine Street to contact a male victim who had been stabbed a short time earlier (the victim walked to that location to call 911). After interviewing the victim, officers determined the stabbing actually occurred in Cal Anderson Park. The victim had gotten into a verbal altercation with a male suspect that escalated with the suspect stabbing the victim in his left arm and back. The suspect then fled the scene on foot. The victim and suspect are not believed to be known to each other.

The victim, a male in his 20′s, was treated by fire department medics at the scene and subsequently transported to Harborview Medical Center for further treatment of his non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect is described as a light-skinned black male in his 30′s wearing all dark clothing. Officers conducted an area search however, the suspect remains at large.

This remains an active and on-going investigation.

Members of Seattle’s Q-Patrol circa 1994 (Image: Reno Guardian Angels)

A revival of the Q-Patrol is not the answer. A Capitol Hill-based group with hopes of citywide influence next week is holding a rally and march to push back on what they see as a rise in crime in the neighborhood and a growing sense that streets like Broadway, Pike and Pine are unsafe at night.

The event will also be the start of a new “Safe Space” program to create a strong foundation for a Capitol Hill-wide “block watch” program by turning first to the area’s business community.

“We’ve decided we will start with local businesses first,” Social Outreach Seattle founder and executive director Shaun Knittel tells CHS. “Business block watches have proven successful and produced a drop in crime.”

The CAPITOL HILL ANTI-CRIME/VIOLENCE MARCH & RALLY will also feature the launch of our neighborhood business watch program, BLOCK WATCH.  Continue reading →