Crime in Shoreline A-Z - if you are Catholic, better check with the IRS

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Crime in Shoreline A - Z

3-10 to 3-16-2014

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 - Homeowner at 202xx Ashworth had a young male jumping up and down on his roof and yelling, when man refused to leave, police were called. They chased him through several back yards and caught him in a ravine.

Alcohol, Drugs - Drunken female in restroom at Walgreen's 17524 Aurora

Arrest - Man flees on foot when police arrive to arrest him on a warrant. Police return later and find him sleeping in his car / Two people were arrested near Marshall's on multiple warrants / Person camping in Cromwell Park N 175th and Meridian had felony warrant / Officers attempted to pull vehicle over for broken tail light, driver attempted to elude / Following contact at Fred Meyer parking lot, person arrested for Edmonds theft warrant

Bicycle - Someone stole a young person's bike from in front of Walgreen's at 14510 Aurora

Burglary - Meadowbrook Apts / Broke rear window 168xx 15th NE / 18xx NW 204th / 8 storage units burglarized 14900 Aurora / Attempted break in at Echo Tattoo 195xx Aurora

Car prowl - Aurora Village Transit Center / Window broken on car in parking lot at Echo Lake Waterfront Apts N 198th / Vehicle in apt parking lot 9xx N 199th / 23xx N 186th / Vehicle parked at Ichi Bento Teriyaki in North City / Purses taken from two vehicles in parking lot at Meridian Park Elementary / Purse taken from vehicle at Shoreline field parking lot / Window smashed 2xx N 171st

Cars and parts stolen –  Dealer plates stolen 200xx Meridian Pl / Car stolen from park n ride at N 175th and Meridian / Truck stolen from Aurora Village Transit Center / Scooter stolen from 167xx Whitman / License plates stolen from vehicle at Costco

Found - Security guard found what might be controlled substance behind dumpster at 24 hour fitness / Stolen vehicle found at 191xx Stone Ave N / Victim found his stolen pressure washer at a local pawn shop / Stolen car from Seattle found 23xx N 190th / Stolen car left at 178xx Wayne N / Stolen scooter dumped in women's restroom at Echo Lake Park

Fraud - Suspects in Wells Fargo drive thru on Greenwood attempted to withdraw funds using someone else's ID / Counterfeit $20 passed at Hottie Tottie espresso at 14507 Aurora

Fraud: Seattle Catholic Archdiocese - Someone uses victim's SSN to file fraudulent IRS return / Employee of Catholic Archdiocese had phony IRS report filed in their name / Victim called to see if they were involved in data breach at Catholic Archdiocese and were informed that someone had filed a tax return in their name / Victim told about breach of data at Archdiocese called IRS and found that a tax return had been filed under her social security number / When notified by the Archdiocese, woman contacted IRS and learned there had been a failed attempt to file with the IRS under her name / Volunteer for Archdiocese reported that a tax return was filed in his name / Diocese employee had false tax return filed in her name / IRS notified person that a false tax return was filed in their name / After being warned by friends, woman checked with IRS and found that a false tax return was filed in her name / Volunteer for Archdiocese had fraudulent tax return submitted in her name / Victim works for Archdiocese - tax return filed in her and husband's name

Larceny - iPads and laptops on 3-10-2014: 2 iPads stolen at Shorecrest / Laptop stolen from car in parking lot at Shorecrest / Laptop stolen from vehicle at Shoreview Park / iPad stolen at Shorewood / ipad from Shorewood / laptop from car in Shorewood parking lot

Larceny - Employee takes tools from job site and pawns them / Theft from North City Post Office / Tools stolen from work van parked in residential driveway 150xx 26th NE / Person skipped without paying cab fare / Diamond ring stolen from Fred Meyer

Larceny - shoplifting - Goodwill shoplifter runs from security after being spotted on video / Tried to shoplift air mattress from Big 5 / Arrest for shoplifting tools from Home Depot / Adult male with juvenile female concealed merchandise from Petco and bumped manager out of the way when exiting / A police officer doing paperwork in his car witnessed a shoplifter at Petco / Man puts knife under his shirt and walks out of Costco / Person puts children's movies under shirt and walks out of Costco / Woman conceals clothing and periodicals in purse and leaves Costco - fakes a fainting spell when caught but "comes to" when told that 911 would be called / Grabbed merchandise and ran from Marshall's / Person arrested for pushing an entire cart full of alcohol out of Aurora Safeway / Juvenile female put on new shoes in Sears and ran out the door with security in pursuit / Two shoplifting suspects at Home Depot were booked on outstanding warrants / Person stole alcohol from North City Safeway / Basket of groceries taken from Aurora Safeway

Mail theft - Angelina's Place on NW 193rd

Suspicious - Group suspected of attempting to commit large scale theft gets the jitters and walks out of Home Depot / Unknown male followed two boys home from bus stop 147xx 32nd NE

Trespass - Group of 4 who were "hanging out" at Aurora Safeway were Trespassed / Weight Room Bully was Trespassed from Spartan Rec Center / From Hideaway Casino / Tent City 3 resident Trespassed for causing disturbance and breaking rules / A known transient moved into the dilapidated shed in the back yard / Panhandler Trespassed from Aurora McDonald's

Vandalism - Known subject threw object at victim's car / Tagging on signal control box NE 145th and 30th NE / Window smashed on vehicle 7xx N 202nd / Brick thrown through window of vacant house for sale 155xx Midvale / Water tower spray painted 14508 Dayton N / Car window shattered in 202xx block of Aurora

Vandalism, parks - Tagging at Sunset Park / Lock removed from women's restroom at Shoreline Park / Paints and scratches graffiti in bathroom at Echo Lake Park, then hangs 'wet paint' sign on outside

Z - Person found running naked, sweating profusely, and yelling 145xx Fremont - transported to Northwest Hospital for mental evaluation

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