Crime in Shoreline A-Z - vandalism, car prowls, and lots of arrests

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Crime in Shoreline A - Z

1-27 to 2-2-2014

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 - Rear window was broken in home at 8xx NW 165th Pl - K9 unit tracked to suspect hiding in bushes of nearby home

Arrest - A shoplifter entered Marshall's but security officers recognized him from video the previous week, chased him from the store and held him for arrest / Police stopped driver on Aurora for going 55mph in a 40 zone, arrested for DUI / Driver picked up at 3:17am at N 148th and Linden had meth, cocaine, and heroin / Suspect contacted for shoplifting at Marshall's. Meth discovered during search. Accomplices arrested on outstanding warrants / Picked up a person on street at 149xx Whitman with heroin and meth / Driver booked for second DUI following a minor collision at N 175th and Meridian / Picked up two people in car at Shoreline Motel - driver had warrant from Dept of Corrections and was booked into the King Co jail, the passenger had an outstanding warrant for driving without a license / Picked up person 1:23am at 200th and Aurora and arrested on $5000 assault warrant from Seattle, booked King Co jail

Assault - Man charged with assault and domestic violence after throwing a plate at his wife of 16 years

Burglary, residential - Door damaged and window broken to enter home 18xx  N 205th / Attempt to pry open back door at 147xx 23rd NE / Items stolen from unlocked, detached garage at 172xx 10th NE

Burglary, commercial - Doors were left unlocked at JoAnn Fabric and alarm went off when someone tried to enter / Expensive mountain bike stolen from church garage at St. Dunstan's on N 145th / Storage locker broken into and furniture taken 14900 Aurora / Attempted burglary and car prowl at Evergreen RV on Aurora

Car prowl - Tools stolen from locked van 13xx N 152nd / Driver's side window broken out at Shoreline Pool parking lot / Unlocked car in driveway 3xx NW 198th / Change taken from car in carport at 153xx Ashworth / Used a glass tool to break car window and steal perfume from car at Sports Clips parking lot / Punched door lock to steal clothing and other items from car in parking lot at Tropical Tan 15507 Westminster / Car in carport 7xx N 148th / Car in driveway 2xx N 160th / Cars entered 202xx Greenwood Ave N / Cars in driveway 7xx N 150th / Wallet was in car prowled at 153xx Ashworth / RVs and trailers prowled at Evergreen RV on Aurora / AmEx card stolen from car at Twin Ponds was used at Fred Meyer / Window left down on car 148xx Whitman / 203xx 19th NE window smashed and GPS pried off dash

Cars and parts stolen – Vehicle stolen from Costco parking lot / Car stolen from park n ride at 147th and 5th NE

Found - small satchel found at The Blakeley with property belonging to three different people: one was wanted on a Dept of corrections warrant, one had a felony warrant, and the third was gainfully employed with credit cards and medical insurance

Fraud - 185th and Linden - suspect waved down an older driver and claimed a car malfunction in order to scam her / Victim received a call from the "IRS" claiming that he owed $2890 in back taxes / Man attempts to pass counterfeit $50 at Walgreen's 14510 Aurora

Larceny, public places - Suspect walks around Costco, damages food containers and steals food / Two suspects put ointments in plastic bags and try to exit Bartell's without paying / Items stolen from men's locker room of YMCA / Shoplifter tried to take tools from Sears / Doors removed and interior stripped from vehicle at Aegis Living on 1st NE / two iPads stolen at Shorecrest / Shoplift from Marshalls / Tools taken from job site at 15500 8th NE / Shoplift from Home Depot

Mail theft - 3xx NE 159th / 16xx NE 199th - used pry bar to break into locking mailbox / 176xx 24th Ln NE mail stolen from one box in a group on a post / Mail stolen from box in front of residence 145xx Wallingford

Trespass - Picked up chronic shoplifters -trespassers from Aurora Village Starbucks / Trespassed female who spent a long time in bathroom of Aurora McDonalds, suspected of using heroin / Aggressive panhandler Trespassed from Aurora Safeway / Trespassed male for yelling and creating a disturbance at Rodeway Inn / Male Trespassed from Rodeway Inn when he showed up to claim his alleged stolen truck

Vandalism - Walls of storage business at 17828 Midvale were spray painted and marked / Spray paint on residential fence 149xx Linden / Purple spray paint on building and fence at Richmond Village condos / Highlands West apartments - purple spray paint on stone column / Black spray paint on business Honest Auto 16622 Aurora / 23xx N 192nd tires slashed /

Vandalism, parks, schools, churches - Graffiti scratched into restroom mirror at Kayu Kayu Ac park / Purple spray paint on sign and exterior wall at First Lutheran Church on 8th NW / Spray paint on walls and doors of bathroom in Cromwell Park / Spray paint on crosswalk poles on Interurban Trail / Spray paint on street signs on public trail 163xx Fremont / Tire slashed on car at Shoreline Pool /

Z - Neighbors at Ridgecrest Apts get in argument and one deflated three tires on the other's car. Victim does not wish to press charges. 

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