Crime in Shoreline A-Z: the Grinch stole Christmas

Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Crime in Shoreline A - Z

12-15 to 12-22-2013

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 responded to a 911 call with an open line and found an individual with a misdemeanor warrant and a baggie of what looked like meth / 500 NW 195th family away for two hours and someone broke in and stole high value electronic equipment and all the gifts from under the tree 

Alcohol, Drugs - Two heroin users unconscious in car parked at Goodwill / Subjects shooting up in Echo Lake Park bathroom 9:32pm / Drunk driver rolled his car on Innis Arden Road 1:33am

Assault -  Person contacted and assaulted by three unknown males in woods at Ballinger Commons

Burglary, commercial -  Pried out skylight at Maaco Auto Paint shop but unable to enter / Stole 100 foot power cord from Lease Crutcher construction site at 16549 Aurora / Collision Tech burglarized at 19342 Firlands Way / Storage locker at 14900 Aurora

Burglary, residential - Washer stolen from empty home 5xx NE 145th / 190xx 10th NW / Broke latch on bathroom window 16xx NE 185th / Burglarized backyard shed 145xx Whitman

Car prowl - 12 iPad minis stolen from car at 149xx 22nd NE / Child's musical instruments stolen from vehicle 161xx Densmore / Christmas presents stolen from car 157xx NE / Stole purse-like lunch box with food and work schedule from Aurora Taco Bell parking lot / Cash, camera, and lenses taken from vehicle 154xx Corliss / Mom went to pick up her son at Meridian Park Elementary and someone stole her GPS and all her CDs from car in school parking lot / Parking lot Iglesio ni Christo 148xx 1st NE / 177xx 22nd NE / Took cash, keys, owner's manual but left stolen mail in front seat of vehicle parked at 183xx Ridgefield Rd / 175xx Ashworth a camper van was prowled - owner had an alarm but had disabled it because the neighbors were getting annoyed when it went off / Window broken and bag taken from vehicle parked at Spiro's / Window broken and passport stolen from car at Highland Ice Arena

Cars and parts stolen – Car stolen from store parking lot 18xx N 150th / License plates stolen from 196xx 15th NE were found on a recovered stolen vehicle in Snohomish county / Car stolen from store parking lot 11xx N 205th / Car theft 3xx NE Serpentine

Larceny, public places - Unknown male caught on surveillance tape stealing a TV from Sears / Stole tip jar from Jersey Mike's Sub in Aurora Village / Repeat shoplifter at 7-11 in Ridgecrest 1232 N 185th / Hole punched in gasoline tank at Free Methodist Church 510 NE 175th / Shoplifter at North City Safeway / Shoplifter got a backpack full of alcohol from Aurora Safeway / Stole wood from RB QFC and damaged fence getting away 1:54am

Larceny, residential - Kindle Fire stolen from 161xx Midvale Ave / Multiple attempts to enter storage sheds, succeeded in getting tools from car at 195xx Fremont

Mail theft - New Home Depot credit card stolen and used from 20xx NE 175th / 5th NE and NE 153rd / Multiple hits 155xx 11th NE / Locking mail box pried open 12xx NE 184th

Suspicious - Strange person walked into occupied home 9xx NE 157th

Trespass - Homeless guy bothering the wait staff at Leena's in North City / Two people involved in shoplifting and aggressive panhandling at Fred Meyer / Criminal Trespass for drunk patron at Goldie's who picked a fight with another patron

Vandalism in public places - Tagging on Fred Meyer fence / Graffiti on Dale Turner YMCA / Richmond Highlands men's room spray painted / Tags on picnic table at Hillwood Park / Gang graffiti on residential fence 22nd NE and NE 150th / Graffiti on back of Leena's in North City

Z - Customer left tablet on counter at North City Safeway gas station - 2nd customer saw and turned it in - 3rd customer witnessed, left store, returned later and pretended to be the owner

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