Crime in Shoreline A-Z - It's a wonder teenagers live to grow up

Shoreline Police Station
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Crime in Shoreline A - Z

4-7 to 4-13-2014

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 - Suspect skipped out on his cab fare, but his brother paid it for him. Suspect was then arrested on outstanding criminal warrants / Man questioned at Home Depot because he was in the vicinity of a theft in progress was arrested on an Edmonds domestic violence assault warrant

Accident - Person in pickup blew through an intersection and hit a Metro bus

Alcohol, Drugs - Male stumbling in the roadway at 190th and Ashworth, high on drugs - taken to detox / Picked up intoxicated male in front of Richmond Beach Starbucks 

Arrest - Woman who shoplifted boots from Sears had warrant from Duval, a weapon registered to someone else, and a car full of stolen goods / Woman who was investigated for evading Metro fare was arrested on outstanding warrants

Arson - City owned solar powered recycling bin set on fire at bus stop 175xx Aurora

Bicycles - Bicycle found on loading dock of casino

Burglary - Broke window of side door to enter home 190xx 1st NW / Broke kitchen window 193xx 1st NW / 15xx NE 175th burglar made entry through locked front door in secure building / Door forced at 173xx Ashworth / Lock cut on public storage unit 20065 15th NE / Climbed through open window at 10xx NE 188th / Public storage unit at 20041 Ballinger burglarized / Forced entry through kitchen door 148xx Fremont N / 150xx 27th NE - homeowner went to the store and returned to find his door kicked in

Car prowl - 7xx N 185th / 12xx N 165th / 2 vehicles prowled in parking lot 13xx N 205th / 154xx 1st NE smashed window and stole bags containing ID and credit cards / Victim allowed employee to borrow his car and it was stolen from in front of employee's home 175xx 12th NE / Pry tool used on vehicle at Ballinger Commons / Unlocked car in condo lot 1xxx N 152nd

Cars and parts stolen – Auto stolen from parking stall at Highlander Apts / Car stolen from 170xx Fremont / Vehicle stolen from Northridge Village Condos 181xx 15th NE / 2 Auto thefts from park n ride at N 175 and Meridian / Vehicle stolen from 188xx 8th NE / Vehicle stolen from Ballinger Commons / Vehicle stolen from Fred Meyer parking lot / Vehicle stolen from Ballinger Commons was recovered the next day / Stolen from apartment parking at 199xx 19th NE / Plates stolen from vehicle at 11xx 198th

Found - Stolen vehicle found at 11xx N 187 / Vehicle with ignition damage 10xx N 188th / Wallet found and turned into fire station at N 185th and Linden / Stolen vehicle dumped at 200xx 15th NE

Fraud - 4 more fraudulent tax returns filed in citizens' names probably because of data theft from Catholic Archdiocese / Phone scam with male posing as police sergeant threatening people with warrants or suspended licenses if they didn't purchase Green Dot Money Paks

Larceny - Purse stolen from car trunk at Ballinger Rite Aid parking

Larceny, shoplifting  - Female shoplifter fled Fred Meyer without merchandise / From deli at Central Market / Security had shoplifter from Aurora Safeway but he got away and fled in vehicle

Mail theft - None this week

Robbery - Prostitute took $1600 from customer while he was in the shower and threatened to stab him if he took it back

Teenagers - SC student had pellet gun and marijuana in car on campus / Intoxicated teen driver collided with a retaining wall - arrested and released to parents / Driver stopped for defective headlamp and no front plate was intoxicated - arrested and released to family member / Victim driving on 10th NE when a group of juveniles threw a beer can at his car / SC student had marijuana and glass pipe at school / 3 juveniles trespassed for trying to take liquor from North City Safeway / A report of a burglar breaking and entering turned out to be two teenagers trying for a middle of the night meeting

Trespass - From Prince of Peace church / Shopper trespassed from Sears after leaving bodily fluids on clothes in dressing room / Transient cited for sleeping on property in Aurora Triangle

Vandalism - Tagger who used paint at 5 places on Shorecrest theatre was caught on campus / Tags in the vicinity of 185th and Dayton / Two windows broken at Seattle Golf Club / Tags at NE Serpentine Way / Tags on residential fence at 8xx NW 175th / Back window broken at Aces in the Hole card room

Vandalism, parks - Tags on equipment in Brugger's Bog Park / Tags on Interurban Trail 148th and Linden

Z - Neighbors fighting 148xx Linden - one blocks the car of the other's guest

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