Crime in Shoreline A-Z - Drug-related crimes and arrests

Crime in Shoreline A - Z

8-04-2014 to 8-11-2014

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, stolen cars left on streets - and here's the rest:

A - An area check at Interurban Trail resulted in warrant arrest, located missing person, and a drinking in public violation

Alcohol / Drugs - Person found unconscious just outside of apartment complex with needle in neck - transported for treatment of heroin overdose 194xx Aurora / 16xx N 167 - checked on suspicious car and found driver passed out from suspected drug overdose / 3 subjects sitting in car parked wrong way on shoulder of road, likely using heroin - all the paraphernalia was in the car 

Arrest - Found suspected car prowler at Whitman Place Apts at night and booked on trespass warrant / Contacted three people for loitering in Hamlin Park - car had small amount of controlled substance, one of three had outstanding warrants / Subject on Interurban Trail at 145th had multiple outstanding warrants for theft / Stopped driver with defective brake light and arrested him for possession of narcotics

Bicycle - $25 Schwinn bicycle stolen from post near 185th and Aurora / Bike and lock stolen from Aurora Village transit center rack / Ballinger Commons - bicycles locked together - both were taken

Burglary, residential -  202xx 20th Pl NE back door kicked in

Burglary, commercial - Attempt at Gerber Towing 16705 Aurora / Burglary of church public storage unit 14900 Aurora / Shell station 656 Richmond Beach Rd, window smashed with rock to gain entry - just like last week

Car prowl - 161xx Sunnyside - ID cards stolen from unlocked vehicle / 199xx 19th NE - pulled down loose window on vehicle / 1xx NE 147th / 4xx NE 165th car in parking lot at Ridgecrest Apts / 145xx Meridian / 177xx 12th NE - entered unlocked vehicle and used garage opener to get into garage - not able to access house and nothing taken / 15xx NW 195th

Cars and parts stolen – Quarter panel stolen from car in Echo Cove Condo parking / 21xx N 161st - stereo face plate taken from vehicle

Found - Wallet with driver's license and membership cards

Fraud - Victim's tax return had already been filed by data thieves / Someone used resident's name and ssn to apply for unemployment benefits - she found out from her boss

Larceny, public places - Unknown persons entered leasing office of Echo Lake Apartment 11xx N 192nd, opened packages, rummaged through office, fled north on Trail / Home Depot security stopped man who was stealing items to return them for cash / Shoplifter at Home Depot arrested on criminal warrants / Eco Enterprises - inventory steadily disappearing from marijuana horticulture business over a period of several months / Scrap metal stolen from Aldercrest demolition site

Larceny - Tools stolen from shed 147xx 20th NE  / 145xx 27th NE - motor home broken into and sewer hose taken

Mail theft - 21xx N 159th - man reported mail missing, possibly including new Visa cards - later that day his wife was out jogging and found some of their mail on the street

Person with a weapon - Unlawful possession of an AR-15 .223 caliber rifle

Trespass - Drunk refused to leave US BioTek laboratories

Vandalism, parks, schools - Tags in men's room at Twin Ponds park / Ridgecrest Park - tags on handball court and in porta-potty 1xx NE 161st

Vandalism - Smashed window at 160xx Aurora / Tags on city signs and guardrail N 152nd and Ashworth / Medical marijuana store tagged 12xx NE 145th / Customer at  76 Station 20409 Aurora got frustrated and broke the ice cream cooler / Tags on vacated Dairy Queen on Aurora

Z - Stopped for riding bicycle on sidewalk and found pre-loaded syringe of heroin - booked on theft warrants from Shoreline and Lynnwood

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