Shoreline Police Blotter June 14 to 20, 2011 - a depressing amount of real crime

By Diane Hettrick - categories are mine - reports are police

Guns

6-7 Parkwood elementary. Two brothers, students at Parkwood, brought a BB gun to school grounds. 6-17 Woody's Tavern. Intoxicated customer told another customer he had a gun.

Car prowls in public places

6-8 Richmond Beach Park. Purse left in car at park. Purse stolen. 6-13 SCC parking. Bag taken. 6-13 Shoreline Library parking. Laptop and cell phone. 6-13 Bethel Lutheran parking. 6-14 1514 NE 179, Custom Pure parking. Attempted entry, car lock damaged. 6-17 Ronald Bog parking. Backpack. 6-17 Hamlin Park parking. Purse left in car. Purse stolen. 6-17 201xx Ballinger Wy. Fishing Tackle parking.

Car prowls at private residences

6-13 200xx 15 NE. Car in driveway. 6-16 170xx 4 NE. iPod and blanket. 6-17 12xx NE 162. Car in carport behind gated driveway. Took property from car and tools from carport. 6-18 6xx NE 201. DVD burner. 6-18 12xx NE 165. Unlocked vehicle on street. Visa cards.

A special kind of theft

6-9 Holyrood Cemetery. Woman stealing flowers and pots from graves.  6-17 Fircrest School. Interactive display of hanging chimes which people could tap to produce musical tones. Someone cut the copper tubes from their support and took them.

Fight/Love/Vagrancy

6-12 L and M fight S to defend W's honor. 6-13 Shorecrest. Subject sleeping at south end of baseball fields. Had outstanding warrant.

Business losses

6-9 North City Safeway. Customer used forged sales receipt.. 6-13 Fred Meyer. Arrested trying to steal teeth whitener. 6-13 Aurora Rents. Suspect fails to return $1500 gas winch. 6-15 Sears. Customer put a flashlight in pocket and left. 6-15 Sears. Customer cut tags off clothes, put them in backpack, and ran.6-16 Top Foods. Stole beer. 6-17 Top Foods. Shoplifter foiled. 6-19 Jersey Mike's. Stole tip jar. 6-19 QFC. Put bottle of alcohol in to pants and walked out 6-19 928 N 160, 7-11. Stole beer.

Burglary - actual and attempted

6-13 xx22xx NE 197 Pl. Front door forced open.

6-13 18xx NE 171. Entered unoccupied house through side door to garage.

6-15 149xx Aurora, public storage. Someone pried the lock at a unit.

6-15 198xx Ashworth. House appears deserted. Burglar entered house while homeowner was sleeping.  

6-15 180xx Ashworth. Broke pane in front door. Alarm sounded and police responded.

6-17 26xx NE 145. Booted door in. Jewelry, iPod, lap top, Wii, credit cards.

6-18 4xx NE 189 Ct. Broke ground level window to make entry.

6-19 170xx 14 NE. Pried open rear window, reached in and unlocked slider. Entire house was ransacked with property strewn on the floor in every room. They stacked property near the back slider. Victim may have scared them off.

Funny money - Real money

6-13 Club Hollywood. Counterfeit bill. 6-13 150xx 26 NE. Found two checks in front yard. 6-17 Wells Fargo Bank. Counterfeit 20's. 6-17 Mr Van Gard Storage. Pedestrians found money lying on shoulder of road.

Thievery

6-14 Sky Nursery. Theft of wallet from purse sitting in shopping cart. 6-15 Twin Ponds parking. Vehicle stolen from parking lot after owner lost keys in the area. 6-16 203xx 8 NW. Use stolen key to steal car from private residence. 6-16 Ballinger Homes. Phone taken from porch.

Golf

9xx NW Innis Arden. Skylight broken by golf ball.

Someone's on a rampage

6-16 3xx NW 193 Ct. Rock thrown through front window. 6-16 1xx NW 183. Vehicle keyed. 6-16 5xx NW 195. Rock thrown through front windows. 6-16 177xx 13 NW. Beer bottle full of rocks thrown through bedroom window. 6-16 183xx 3 NW. Vehicle keyed. 6-16 185xx 3 NW. Two cars keyed. 6-16 1xx NW 183 Multiple vehicles keyed. 6-17 1xx NW 183. Car keyed on both sides, length of car.

Identify theft

Besides the usual, someone filed a tax return and received a refund using victim's name. And in another case, someone used the victim's old bank card and opened a Paypal account in his name.

Hit and run

6-17 Hit and run, suspect vehicle located, registered owner later confesses.

Methadone clinic

6-18 Methadone clinic. Man asked woman for a cigarette outside clinic, then asked for money, which she refused. He tried to grab her meth box. She dropped it and cash she was holding. He grabbed the cash and ran.

DUI - WUI

6-12 N 155/`15 NE. Traffic stop for speeding, moving violation, negligent driving, and failing to yield. DUI. 6-16 N 155, Westminster Wy. Traffic stop. Driver drank beer and Nyquil, arrested for DUI. 6-20 Goldie's Casino. Patron drunk, refusing to leave. 6-20 Kellogg Middle School. Suspects on roof of school. Jumped off when told to but ran and were caught by officer on the other side of school. Both had been drinking.