Crime in Shoreline A-Z - Burglars make themselves at home

Shoreline Police Station
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Crime in Shoreline A - Z

3-24 to 3-30-2014

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 - Window broken out in car in secure parking at The Blakeley - owner thinks the thief mistook her Bible for a purse

Alcohol, Drugs - Three people caught shooting heroin in Echo Lake Park bathroom at 8:50pm / Resident reported that people are hanging out behind the now closed Taboo Video, drinking and harassing people on the Interurban Trail for money / NE 178 and 1st NE - resident reports that a person parks in front of his house to do drugs / Extremely intoxicated person found lying in mud puddle in parking lot at 182xx Aurora / Transported a suicidal, intoxicated person from Walgreen's parking lot

Arrest - Shoplifter at Walgreen's was booked on a Dept of Corrections escape warrant / Subject arrested at Sears for multiple incidents of shoplifting

Bicycle - 3 adult bikes stolen from home at 203xx Wallingford

Burglary - Items stolen from house under construction at 24xx NE 145th / Broke bedroom window 12xx NE 185th / Forced entry through front door 19xx N 192 / Man broke into home on Olympic View Dr and was confronted and overpowered by homeowner / 28xx NE 195th entered through open garage door / King's Preschool burglarized / Rear slider smashed for entry 180xx Burke / Entered through basement window at 157xx Greenwood and ransacked the house / Construction tools taken from garage 11xx NE 187th / After car was prowled in parking lot at Berean Bible church, thief attempted to gain entry to home with garage door opener / Entered house at night 29xx NE 200th Ct and took laptop, attempted to steal car / 22xx NE 201st Pl - townhouse entered by someone who ate their food and smoked

Car prowl - Polaris Apts parking lot - took bag of clothes / 148xx Greenwood stole necklace from rear view mirror / 165xx 27th NE / GPS stolen from vehicle at 31xx NE 147th / Artiste Apts parking lot / Sears security interrupted car prowl in parking lot

Cars and parts stolen – Resident on 16th NE left car running with keys in ignition and car was stolen / Vehicle stolen from Aurora Village Park n Ride / Car stolen from YMCA parking lot - keys were left in the trunk

Found - Homeless vet found passed out on sidewalk in 1100 block of N 200th St, in need of medical attention / Stolen vehicle in 145th park n ride / Car stolen in Sno County abandoned at Radio Shack parking 183xx Aurora / Stolen vehicle from Seattle found 3xx Greenwood Dr / Transit Connect van found at Public Storage on 15th NE

Fraud - 8 more Catholics reported their ID was used for fraudulent IRS claims / Someone called the Grill King Restaurant, told them their electric bill had not been paid and they would be shut down if they didn't pay it immediately

Larceny - Caretaker charged with theft of petty cash from a disabled, vulnerable adult in a group home / Wallet stolen from locker room at Sweat Box Yoga / iPad stolen from unlocked locker at Shorecrest

Larceny - shoplifting - Stole radar detector from Sears and got away in a waiting car / Aurora Safeway - 3 bottles of liquor / Stole tools from Costco / Shoplift from gas station store / Accessories from Verizon Wireless store / 3 males stole diapers from Walgreen's at 175th and Aurora / Shoplift from Ballinger Rite Aide 

Mail theft - Apparent mail theft from most of block 146xx 17th NE

Suspicious - Unknown person sleeping in car at Rich's Car Corner on Aurora / Person apparently under the influence wandering the Fred Meyer parking lot

Trespass - Person trespassed from Goodwill / Drunk was Trespassed from Aurora Safeway and taken to Detox / From Richmond Beach Starbucks / Homeless man who creates disturbances was Trespassed from Aurora Safeway, McDonalds and vacant properties at 900 N 155th / Person with shopping cart Trespassed from private property in Westminster Triangle / Woman not allowed to use bathroom at Aurora McDonald's, made a scene and was Trespassed

Vandalism - Someone slashed three tires on a vehicle on Colonial Gardens parking lot

Vandalism, parks - Tags on Interurban Trail fence and sign

Z - Ballinger Homes resident was away for a week and someone moved in to her home, eating her food and ransacking the place

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