Crime in Shoreline A-Z: Burglars target unoccupied homes

Shoreline Police Station
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Crime in Shoreline A - Z

12-02 to 12-08-2013

Every week - death investigations, suicide attempts, domestic violence, violent people with mental issues, suicide attempts, arrest warrants, drivers with suspended license, credit card identify theft, runaway kids, wandering seniors, well-being checks, natural deaths, driving violations with DUI drivers, tracking sex offenders - and here's the rest:

A - Police stopped a suspicious person in the 15900 block of Aurora, found he had a warrant from the Department of Corrections. Man resisted arrest and was tasered.

Alcohol / Drugs  - Medicated, intoxicated person lying in the parking lot at Gateway Plaza at 6:12pm / 1:26am driver arrested for driving the wrong way on Aurora

Arrest - Transient sleeping in wooded area at Shoreline CC arrested on felony warrants

Assault - One person threw a punch at another at the Blakeley senior housing

Burglary -  Visitor interrupted burglary and ransacking at 3xx N 188th / Public Storage locker broken into and lock replaced 14900 Aurora / Home under construction, personal belonging stolen from garage 182xx 14th NW / Items stolen from carport 195xx 5th NE / Apartment broken into at Kelsey House / Home under construction at 21xx NW 147th broken into / 163xx Ashworth home broken into, ransacked and trashed, victim's belongings loaded into his car / 13xx N 167th attempted entry / Homeowners out of state, house entered at 152xx Ashworth Ave / Burglars entered home of recently deceased person 1xx NW 158th

Car prowl - Northwest Church parking lot 15555 15th NE / Shoreview Park / 204xx 25th NW / Backpack with school owned iPad taken from unlocked car / Homeowner yelled at prowler in his driveway - prowler fled 172xx 12th NW / 147xx Dayton N / Hamlin Park

Cars and parts stolen – Vehicle stolen from Costco parking lot / Car stolen and recovered from Ballinger Commons - thief probably used a shaved key 

Fraud - Man attempted to buy lottery tickets at Aurora Village Market with a counterfeit $20 bill / Mail stolen from 200xx Burke Ave N included debit card and PIN which were used to make 11 purchases in local area

Highway Robbery - Victim states that two days in a row he was assaulted and threatened with a knife at Cromwell Park, forced to walk to Fred Meyer to withdraw cash

Larceny, public places - Female shoplifter apprehended at Richmond Beach Rite Aid / Shoplifter at Sears / Shoplifter at Goodwill / Hard liquor and cheesecake stolen from Aurora Safeway / Two shoplifters arrested at Sears with stolen clothing / Sears shoplifter arrested with unpaid for shoes under coat

Mail theft - Mail stolen from locking mailbox and dumped on neighbor's lawn 180xx 13th NW

Suspicious - Man sleeping in car at Ridgecrest 7-11

Trespass - From Paramount House / Squatter in house for sale at 5xx NE 145th / From AV Starbucks

Vandalism in public places - Tagging at Parkwood Plaza / Tags on public signs around 185th and 5th NE

Z - Costco employee in outside smoking area when two non-employees joined him and stole his phone - one dropped his own phone in the pursuit

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