Crime in Shoreline A-Z - Vandals target car windows with bats and bb's

Shoreline Police Station
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Crime in Shoreline A - Z

6-2-2014 to 6-9-2014

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 - Someone yelled and pounded on door in middle of night 192xx Firlands, suspect then rummaged through vehicle but left paperwork behind with a name

Arrest - Vehicle stopped for defective brake light, driver arrested on warrants / Smoker at Transit Center had warrant / Pedestrian stopped for violation had warrant

Assault - Stranger pepper sprayed victim in apt parking lot 148xx Whitman

Burglary, residential - 23xx N 148th slider window broken for entry to home / 158xx 25th NE forced entry to detached garage / Burglary at The Blakeley was captured on closed circuit TV / Polaris Apts / 12xx NE 198th / 13xx N 192nd kicked in back door / 188xx Fremont entered through unlocked 2nd story window

Burglary, commercial - Tools stolen from maintenance shed at Forest Hills apts

Car prowl - RV parked behind Drift On Inn casino / SCC parking lot / Stole laptop from car at Colonial Gardens apts / 145xx 15th passport stolen from trunk / Vehicle at Day's Inn / Car of employee at West Highland Dental

Cars and parts stolen – Attempted auto theft 15xx NE 147th / Car stolen from parking garage at 15xx NE 150th / Locked vehicle stolen from Echo Lake Park / Car stolen from 190xx Ashworth / Known suspect steals car from Costco parking lot / From parking lot at Shorewood High School / From Fred Meyer parking lot / License plates stolen from car at Zion Presbyterian Church

Larceny, public places - Home Depot shoplift / Dine n Dash at Jersey's / Attempted theft of copper pipe at Chuck Olson Kia / Shoplift at Bath and Body Works / Shoplift at Home Depot / Theft from Club Hollywood lobby / Someone cut through bike lock to steal bike from rack at US BioTek / Marshall's shoplifter took the time to remove sensors from items he planned to steal - recorded on closed circuit TV / Shoplifter at Aurora Village Market

Larceny - 189xx Corliss - UPS box stolen from porch / 157xx 1st NW outboard motor stolen from boat / 165xx Densmore lawnmower and bicycles stolen from carport

Mail theft - 153xx Ashworth

Prostitution - Couple in car at Autumn Ridge apts

Prowlers - 12xx NE 188th prowlers at open window 

Robbery - 176xx 6th NW - home invasion armed robbery - three men / Person robbed at knife point at Aurora Transit Center

Threats - One person threatened another at a homeless camp by 203xx and 15th NE

Trespass - Intoxicated male harassing customers at Aurora Safeway / Shoplifter trespassed from Aurora Safeway / Shari's Restaurant trespassed person who yelled at servers / Suspect trespassed from Lover's Package for stealing a $50 wig was transported to hospital for possible heroin overdose

Vandalism - Tags on sound barriers by pedestrian bridge at 195th / 201xx 6th NE window shattered with bb gun / Vehicles at Ballinger Commons (and Edmonds) had windows damaged with bb gun / Rear window of vehicle shattered at Forest Hills apts / Damaged window on vehicle at Ballinger Commons / Window of vehicle at Ballinger Commons shattered with baseball bat / 20xx NW 196th car window smashed / 24xx NE 145th someone threw rock at window / Tags on vacant Top Foods site / 1207 N 200th unknown male broke glass door of Aurora Medical Center and continued north

Vandalism, parks, schools - Saltwater Park - someone used a rope and large boulder to open the gate after closing / Spray painting at Ridgecrest Elementary / Men's restroom tagged at Hamlin Park / Tags on stall in women's room at Paramount School Park / Someone cut the seat from swing set at Kayu Kayu Ac park

Z - A baby crow was stolen from a locked car (with partially opened window) at Ronald United Methodist Church

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

If you see something suspicious, call 911 or 206-296-3311 and let the police check it out.