Sharp-eyed Shoreline community services officer spots Seattle robber on Shoreline street

Dahlia Corona is the Community Service Officer for the Shoreline Police Department. Her normal duties include handling family and child issues, Spanish translation, and any other non-law enforcement type missions the department needs, such as inventorying recovered stolen goods.

She routinely goes over the bulletins that are distributed to all Sheriff’s employees. On Monday, January 6, 2014 she had just reviewed some wanted bulletins and then went into the field. 

As she was driving, she spotted one of the subjects of a flyer, a Seattle robbery suspect, at a bus stop in Shoreline. 

She called Sgt. Bruce Bartlett of Shoreline Criminal Investigations Unit, and kept an eye on the suspect while Bartlett dispatched patrol.

Patrol conferred with Dahlia on the radio before arriving, contacted the suspect, confirmed it was the same guy from the Seattle Police bulletin, and arrested him.

They found a loaded pistol in his waistband that had been stolen from Maple Valley last year.

Bartlett says, "One Bad Guy and one Gun off the street thanks to Dahlia’s observation. Once before Dahlia’s observation skills helped arrest a Homicide suspect she saw while she was out conducting her business. She’s a very observant person and we are lucky to have her."