Shoreline Police Blotter 6-30 to 7-11, 2011 - be careful who you invite into your home

By Diane Hettrick - categories are mine - reports are police

The cost of doing business

6-30 Fred Meyer. Paid for a few groceries but not for the Magic Cards valued at $137.87 in his backpack. Admitted the theft, saying that the cards were too expensive to buy. 7-6 16053 Aurora, Top Tobacco. three people asked to buy something with a credit card but it wasn't accepted, so they grabbed a box of candy bars and ran. 7-6 Ballinger Rite Aid. Subject left with a shopping cart full of items without paying.  7-7 Costco. Shoplift. 7-8 Safeway. Woman entered the store and asked for empty bags, then stole items. 7-8 Marshalls. Man stole shoes. 7-9 Safeway. Man stole lunch. 7-9 Safeway. Man took wine from shelf and walked out. 7-10 Radio Shack. Man and woman stole power adapter. 7-11 Employees caught females opening unpurchased cosmetics in bathroom.

Car prowls - public places

6-30 Ronald Bog Park. Stole CDs and GPS. 7-8 Costco parking lot. 7-8 Twin Ponds Park.

Car prowls at residences

7-5 182xx 15 NE. 7-5 163xx Densmore N. Stole laptop and bag. 7-7 167xx Ashworth. Caller saw unknown male walk out from under his car port. Male runs, car door ajar. 7-7 147xx 22 Ave N. Unlocked vehicle with windows down, parked in driveway, rifled. 7-7 3xx NE Serpentine Pl. Keys left in car. Use keys to steal car. 7-7 13xx N 175. Forest Hills Estate. Popped window out of frame. Stole wallet. Used ATM card. 7-8 203xx 9 NE. 7-8 6xx NE 165. 7-8 165xx 5 NE.

Vandalism - it's still about cars

7-1 Canterbury Court Apts. Spray painted side of car in parking lot. 7-5 182xx 15 NE. Broke rear passenger window of car with garden brick. 7-8 202xx 23 Pl NW. Drivers window pried open.

Car theft

7-3 Shoreline Center. Found car stolen from Mukilteo in parking lot. 7-4 151xx NE 171,. Stole motorcycle parked next to house. 7-7 14515 Aurora, Pho Tic Tac. Car stolen in Seattle dumped in parking lot of business. 7-7 3xx NE Serpentine Pl. Keys taken from adjacent vehicle in car prowl.

Car whatever

7-5 175xx 15 NE. Car abandoned in northbound lane on 15th NE.

Fraud that's a little out of the ordinary

7-2 Food Lion, Virginia. Someone bought groceries using card belonging to Shoreline resident who has never been to Virginia.

7-5 17xx NE 145. Forged check cashed on victim's account for $375.

7-5 201xx Ballinger. Fraudulent charge on debit account, but he still has his card.

7-11 Checking on status of tax refund, victim was informed that her joint return of $4500 was paid to someone else using her SSN and maiden name.

Craig's List

7-9 SCC. Victim meets unknown suspect for sale of an iPhone. Suspect grabbed the phone and took off with it.

Theft, Larceny, Burglary - business

7-5 19906 Aurora N, Northern Design Group. Used cutting tool to cut the cable lock around aluminum ladder stored outside business, then abandoned it a short distance away.

7-5 16200 Aurora, Payless Auto Sales. Burglary.

7-5 171xx 15 NE, Anderson House. Victim's wallet stolen and recovered with unknown debit card.

7-6 14709 Aurora, Northwest Chiropractic. Broke lock on back door. Stole cash and laptops.

7-6 14711 Aurora, vacant. Broke into next door space but it was vacant.

7-6 19235 15 NW. Lap top stolen from closet in room at rehab center.

7-6 17500 Aurora, Key Bank. Robbed.  Suspect demanded money from teller and fled scene.

7-7 SCC Library. Student left laptop on table when he went to the restroom. It was stolen.

7-8 N 149/Whitman. 3:58am Arrested man who was hanging around rental car lot with bolt cutters and a flat head screwdriver.

7-10 198xx Bagley Dr N. Missing gold coins believed to be stolen.

Burglary - residential

7-5 152xx Ashworth Ave N. Removed screen from unlocked window. Stole jewelry and electronics.

7-6 148xx 8 NE. Forced entry to sliding window.

7-6 155xx Densmore N. Broke door glass. Stole camera.

7-6 18xx N 147. Broke garage window, kicked in door to house.

7-6 19xx N 157. Back window broke, numerous drawers in house opened, nothing appears missing.

7-7 163xx Interlake N. Side window broken out during middle of day. Tools, electronics, jewelry, cash.

7-11 202xx 23 NW. Homeowner away from residence at beach for about 90 minutes, burglars kicked open door and stole checkbooks and cameras. She believes they were still in house when she returned.

7-11 14xx NW 201. Broke rear window off deck. Searched house took cameras.

Guests in your home

7-4 151xx Stone Ln N. Someone who was allowed into the apartment stole cash and an address book with account access information from 87 year old man with heart and memory problems.

7-5 148xx Whitman N. A guest asked to use the bathroom and stole the Ambien from the medicine cabinet.

7-6 182xx 24 NE. Victim invites band over to his house to practice. Victim later finds numerous instruments and other musical equipment missing.

7-11 11xx NE 159. 1,000 in cash stolen while residents are outside. Suspects someone who was invited in by family member.

Funny money floating around Shoreline - merchants beware

7-5 Customer brought in counterfeit $50 bill he had received and gave it to bank.

Drugs

7-5 16045 25 NE, Kellogg Middle School. Juvenile male high on LSD attacks female with fist while asking for sex. Also exposed penis during incident.  7-6 14800 Whitman N, Roadway Inn. Contacted individual with warrant and female with glass crack pipes.  7-7 N 192/Wallingford. Individual involved in minor accident, DUI.  7-8 145xx Aurora. Driver arrested after brief pursuit. Driver DUI.

Public brawls

7-6 17002 Aurora, Baro Grocery. Fight in back alley by small grocery store.

7-7 12xx NW RB Rd. Individuals in drunken argument - all with different stories of what had happened.

7-10 Safeway on 15th NE. Woman assaulted her sister and brother-in-law in parking lot of Safeway. Bites, punches, scratches.

Working girls

7-9 N 152 / Aurora. Arrested for one count of prostitution and one count of drug paraphernalia for crack pipe.  7-10 148xx Whitman. Prostitute and client caught on city street.

Kids and Dogs

7-6 6xx NW 178 Pl. Man placing advertising flyers on mailboxes bitten by off-leash German Shepherd.

7-10 Police picked up juveniles headed to Point Wells with alcohol.

Graffiti

7-11 St Luke school. Sidewalk at top of stairs to playgrouds and wall of school by north entrance tagged with graffiti. Pink and purple spray paint. "eeyore" "406 bitch".