Crime in Shoreline A-Z - Shoreline a dumping ground for stolen cars

Shoreline Police Station
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Crime in Shoreline A - Z

2-25 to 3-3-2014

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 - Intoxicated individual arrested for disorderly conduct after stopping traffic and yelling at customers in nearby businesses at 195th and Aurora

Alcohol, Drugs - Driver detained for driving under influence of heroin / Subject overdosed on heroin with 7 year old child at home - case referred to CPS and prosecutor's office

Arrest - Driver stopped for traffic violation at 145th and 5th gets out of car and runs

Assault - Resident confronts suspicious person in his neighborhood and person sprays him with bear pepper spray 5xx NE 189th / Aurora Safeway loss prevention officer punched in face by one of two unidentified males working an attempted shoplift in the store

Burglary - Front door pried open 11xx N 200th / Locked apartment at Echo Lake Apts entered and MacBook Pro stolen / New tenant at Ballinger Homes was burglarized / Resident found someone forcing his backyard shed door looking for his grow operation, but plants were already gone / Drive thru window smashed at Barista's Coffee 16050 Aurora - safe and $200 cash taken / Storage unit burglary at 14900 Aurora / Entered locked apartment through window and stole computer 22xx NE 197th / 3xx NW 205 burglary, jewelry, software and electronics missing

Car prowl - Car window smashed 21xx N 179th / 12xx NE 185th / Car prowled and moved a few feet 201xx Whitman / CDs taken from vehicle at 160xx Dayton / Prowler scared off at Colonial Gardens apts / Purse stolen from car at Twin Ponds park

Cars and parts stolen – Box truck stolen from fenced, locked yard at Tanks by Dallas 20340 14th NE / 2003 Jeep Liberty taken from driveway 9xx N 201st / License plates stolen from car at Artiste Apts and replaced with plates from a car stolen in Kirkland / Honda Civic stolen 193xx Linden / Attempted auto theft of BMW from park n ride at 175th and Meridian / Car stolen from parking lot at Aurora Church of the Nazarene / Nissan stolen from upper parking lot at Sears / Car stolen from 203xx Whitman

Found - Stolen car found in Home Depot parking lot / Stolen vehicle dumped at trail head 16xx NE 165th / Stolen vehicle hits patrol car, driver flees on foot and is captured after a short pursuit - Ballinger Way near McDonalds / Vehicle stolen from Seattle dumped on Shoreline residential street / Stolen vehicle abandoned in roadway on 16th NE / Vehicle stolen from Lynnwood found at Ballinger Commons / Stolen car left at Shoreline Motel / Man found slumped over the wheel of a stolen vehicle in the Drift On Inn casino parking lot had felony warrant and meth on his person

Fraud - Female deposited fraudulent check at Sound Credit Union, then came back 5 days later to withdraw funds / $20,000 Check stolen from mailbox and cashed 150xx Westminster

Larceny - Computer stolen from SCC / Cell phone stolen from table at SCC / Paint sprayer taken from locked outbuilding at 24xx NE 145th / Boards pushed out of back fence at 155xx 26th NE / Amazon delivery stolen from front porch Forest Villa Condos

Larceny - shoplifting - Aurora Safeway shopper tucked a bottle of alcohol in his waistband / Liquor from North City Safeway / Customer tried to take $596 in food from Central Market / Sears / Sears shoplifter arrested a few blocks away / Safeway shoplifter stashed backpack of loot at Parkwood Plaza / Theft from Sears and possession of meth / Shoplifter caught by Sears security / Beer stolen from AM/PM at 19th NE and NE 205th / Sears shoplifter had confederates in waiting vehicle / Liquor from Costco - got away on bus

Mail theft - 147xx 27th NE

Trespass - Individual trespassed after refusing to leave Rodeway Inn / Goldie's Trespassed a man who refused to leave the bathroom / Hollywood Casino Trespassed a male patron / Trespassed from Fred Meyer

Vandalism - Ongoing vandalism, including dumping used cat litter in pond 196xx 15th NE / Window broken out at Yu Shan Chinese restaurant on 14553 Bothell Way / Three windows broken on two cars in driveway 145xx 3rd NE / Fence and gate damaged at 167xx Dayton

Vandalism, parks, schools - Extensive graffiti at Sunset Park / Tags on bench at Boeing Creek Park / Back windshield shattered on car in Shorewood parking lot / Tags on garbage can at Shoreview Park / Women's room at Echo Lake Park / Tags in men's room Richmond Beach Park /

Z - Owners are renting out a shed in their back yard as a living space - civil violation 18xx NE 177

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