Crime in Shoreline A-Z - car prowls are crimes of opportunity

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Crime in Shoreline A - Z

April 1-7, 2013

A  - Person steals a car, hit and run collision, dumps stolen vehicle and attempts to steal a second vehicle, steals a third vehicle / Assist to WSP on pursuit - shots fired by WSP - N 175th and Fremont 4-5-13 at midnight (see story)

Arrest - cab driver reported a fight on Aurora, one individual had an arrest warrant from Mountlake Terrace

Burglary attempt  –  pry marks on door 180xx 3rd NE / Broke basement window 118xx N 203rd

Burglary - medication stolen from units at The Blakeley / Condo at 192xx Aurora / Items stolen from unlocked shed 154xx Corliss / Neighbor saw three people inside house and called 911 10xx N 167 / Pried window off track 8xx N 189th

Car prowl - gas siphoned from car 21xx N 147 / Owner alerted by email from neighborhood association about numerous car prowls 23xx N 147 / Employee's car at Drift On Inn / 161xx Linden smash and grab / Shoreline CC / 166xx Aurora smash and grab backpack / 18xx N 189th / 16xx 199th / Items stolen during car prowl 145xx Meridian / Six cars prowled on block 23xx N 147 - mostly got loose change / Gas siphoned from car 21xx N 147 / Backpack stolen from unlocked car in Home Depot parking lot / Laptop stolen from car at gas station at 175th and Aurora / During a car prowl, registration, proof of insurance, and bank statement were stolen 11xx N 200th /

Cars stolen  – Truck stolen from Goodwill parking lot / Attempted theft of car for sale 179xx Midvale / Metro Park n  Ride / Car stolen from Fred Meyer parking lot while owner inside shopping

Cars, found - Man in possession of stolen vehicle and tools N 196th /

Death investigation - 3 death investigations, 2 natural, 1 overdose

Drugs - Drug overdose, victim uncooperative when revived / Heroin overdose / Stopped driver with suspended license and found a baggie of meth in car / Female friend calls about man on meth who was behaving strangely / Drug overdose Rodeway Inn / Subject in vehicle in Goodwill Parking lot burning suspected heroin in spoon /

Drunk - Male found intoxicated and incoherent in secured courtyard of apartment building - sent to NW Hospital for detox / Drunk male had misdemeanor warrant from Bonney Lake, meet made at Kent for subsequent booking into Enumclaw jail / Driver picked up for DUI in Fred Meyer parking lot with 8 year old in car /

Family disturbances - Man toward wife and teenaged daughter / Male-female relationship, 4th degree assault / Man assaults roommate, police have to force entry to make arrest / Woman breaks up with boyfriend, he is enraged, breaks framed picture and cuts hand on glass / Male assaults female at Rodeway Inn / Couple with long history of DV and threats

Larceny, businesses –  Sears / Radio Shack / Aurora Safeway, alcohol / Two people steal from Marshalls while teenaged getaway driver waits outside / Man with "red tag" from Interpol arrested stealing camera from Costco / Alcohol from Central Market

Larceny, Private -  Employee at Club Hollywood had her phone stolen at work / iPhone stolen at Rec Center on Fremont / Man parked car by Petco at Aurora Village. When he returned from work, car was gone. Found near Costco gas pumps with items missing. / Unknown entered secure apartment garage to steal car stereo 15xx N 148 /

Mail theft - none reported

Mental issues - Person on street, hallucinating, taken to NW Hospital / Police track down Kirkland man who made suicide threats / Suicidal male in possession of 5 stolen rifles / 3 other suicide attempts

Public urination - Indecent exposure and public urination 199th and Aurora / Public urination at Arco 147th and 17th NE, man ran from police /

SOAP (stay out of areas of prostitution)  - picked up individual running across Aurora at 175th, found to be in violation of SOAP order /

Suspicious - Man unknown to her enters woman's apartment through unlocked front door / Man with binoculars in car near home of woman who has a protection order against him

Threats - Woman receives phone threats from homeless man she allowed to stay in her apartment for 2.5 weeks /

Trespassed from  -  Rodeway Inn / Aurora Village Starbucks / Violation of Trespass order from AV Starbucks

Vandalism - Door kicked in at Family Health Care / Car window damaged at Newcastle Apts / Tires slashed on car in St. Luke's parking lot /

Z - Man, girlfriend, their 5 month old baby found camping out at RB Park, third time, 40 degree weather. Man arrested, woman and baby given ride to her mother's home.

For other weeks of Crime in Shoreline, see the Features section on the front page.