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911 | Crash at Harvard traffic circle leaves SUV on side, sends reported DUI driver to hospital

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  • Harvard crash: Seattle Police says the driver was “obviously inebriated” in a crash that left her small SUV flipped on its side at the Harvard at Thomas traffic circle Sunday night. A large contingent of Seattle Fire units were called to the scene for a “rescue extrication” just off Broadway to cut open the car and remove the injured driver. Police say the driver appeared to have struck a parked vehicle while traveling below 35 MPH, flipping the SUV onto its side, and trapping the woman. Police say the driver admitted to drinking and was to receive a blood test after she was transported to the hospital by private ambulance with non-life threatening injuries. There were no additional reported injuries.
  • Wire thief reportedly assaults officer: A suspect in a copper wire theft at a Yesler Terrace construction site fought with police and tried to grab an officer’s handgun in an early Sunday arrest, according to the SPD brief on the incident. Police were called to the 100 block of 12th Ave around 6:20 AM after an alarm at a construction site. Arriving officers found the suspect attempting to leave the scene with a spool of copper wire and attempted to make the arrest. “The suspect became combative and fought with officers and at one point attempted to place an officer in a headlock and tried to take their firearm. Officers used type 2 Use of Force and were able to take the suspect into custody,” the SPD brief on the arrest reads. The suspect was booked into King County Jail for assault and burglary. An officer was taken to the hospital where he received stitches for an injury to his face, SPD says.
  • Standoff suspect escapes: A standoff with police surrounding a Summit Ave apartment building after a man reportedly held a gun to the head of a woman Thursday night ended with the wanted suspect changing his clothing and sneaking out of the building without arrest. According to the SPD brief on the incident, police were called to the 1700 block building around 10 PM to a report of a man threatening someone with a gun:
    Upon knocking at the door, the “victim” asked who it was but did not open the door for police. One officer believed they may have heard a sound similar to a gun being racked but was unsure. An additional officer was reviewing the video of the incident at the desk and called back the contacting officers after observing the footage and realizing the “victim” was a primary aggressor.
    Police say security video from the building showed the man “pointing a pistol at another unknown male who was pointing his own pistol back and then grabbing the “unknown male’s female associate and holding his gun to her head in a classic hostage taking position.” According to the report, the female was released and “both she and the unknown male left and never contacted police.” Police determined the armed man inside the building was wanted on a warrant in California and surrounded the building. “Additional evidence was reviewed to ensure the suspect was still in his apartment before attempting any further action,” the report reads. “Prior to containment being established, while the primary officers were still figuring out what had actually occurred, the suspect managed to change his clothes and sneak out of his apartment without being detected.” Police continued to search the area for the suspect — and his victims seen on video — but they were not immediately located.
 

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John Anhalt
John Anhalt
2 years ago

So wait… SPD had an armed, wanted man “surrounded,” only for the criminal mastermind to devise a dastardly plan to… change clothes and get away? Really A+ crime fighting work… maybe we should spend our tax dollars elsewhere.

Beast
Beast
2 years ago
Reply to  John Anhalt

Do also you apply that “logic’ to failed local homeless, drug treatment and metal health care response? I didn’t think so.

d.c.
d.c.
2 years ago
Reply to  Beast

Look at the budget for the police and salaries for cops versus the budget and salaries for social services. If we were paying social workers $150K and shelling out the same money for housing and care as we do for riot gear and munitions, I have a feeling we’d be seeing a bit more success getting needy people off the streets.

CH Resident
CH Resident
2 years ago
Reply to  d.c.

Not sure where you get the 150K number from for police salary as a simple Google search for police salary in Seattle, WA give ranges from 35k-75k annually and 43k – 110k for social workers.

What was your source? I simply Googled ‘average salary for *insert profession here*.

d.c.
d.c.
2 years ago
Reply to  CH Resident

Cops earn about $82K on average in Seattle according to Bureau of Labor Statistics, that’s just salary though, overtime is a huge contributor to actual earnings. Median pay was above $150K per SPD report from last year. This is way above national levels.

If you can find a single case manager, shelter worker, or housing advocate who earns over $100K I will be shocked. $50-60K average is probably generous. Lots of volunteers too.. never met a volunteer cop myself.

CH Resident
CH Resident
2 years ago
Reply to  d.c.

Correction: I Googled ‘average salary for *insert profession here* in Seattle, WA’