Crime in Shoreline A-Z - now they're stealing gas

Shoreline police station
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Crime in Shoreline A - Z

7-14-2014 to 7-21-2014

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 - 9xx NE 146th resident found trash in his yard, checked footage on his security cameras and discovered that someone had been prowling his yard and looking in his windows

Alcohol / Drugs -  Person booked for DUI after assault, possessing another's driver's license, and making a scene at Jack in the Box / Drunken subjects arrested trying to steal street signs at 192nd and Ashworth / Drunks taken to detox from Aurora Village transit center, from 160th and Fremont, from community college bus stop, and from 163xx Aurora

Arrest - Busted a couple of guys on the Interurban Trail - arrested on warrants / / Caught a couple of car thieves on Richmond Beach Rd / 16xx N 183rd officers serving arrest warrant found guns, ammo, meth, and paraphernalia  

Assault - Officer responding to a hit and run call found two people in the parking lot at SCC, one had pepper spray and pipe

Bicycle - Bicycle stolen from Costco gas station / Bicycle stolen from grandma's house at 184xx Fremont / Found bicycle with pink grips

Burglary, residential - Unlocked back door 185xx 15th NE / Forced entry to bedroom window 190xx Sunnyside / 155xx Midvale cut screen to ground floor window / 190xx Sunnyside entered unlocked rear slider and ransacked home while owner was out of town / Forced entry to garage side door and burglarized home at 21xx N 176th

Burglary, commercial - Threw rock through window of Little Store and stole cigarettes

Car prowl - 192xx Firlands / 155xx Corliss / 150xx Aurora

Cars and parts stolen – Auto stolen from underground parking garage 150xx 15th NE / Auto stolen from Echo Lake Condos / 8 gallons of gas siphoned from car parked at Walgreen's on 145th / Auto stolen from home 195xx 15th NW / Auto stolen from Richmond Highlands parking / Car stolen from 165xx Evanston was dropped a block away / Costco parking lot

Fraud - Two men attempted to pass forged checks at US Bank on Westminster / Woman attempts to buy gas and groceries with fraudulent check and altered identity card - fled when questioned

Larceny, public places - Shoplifting at Sears (television) / Stole sign from Jersey's on 175th / Couple suspected in multiple shoplifting incidents arrested at Home Depot - and trespassed from Starbucks / Locker at the Y

Larceny - Stole tools from truck bed 155xx 6th NE / 158xx 6th NE stereo and amp stolen from truck

Mail theft - Neighbor found mail in bushes and returned to owner 5xx N 202nd / Rented mailbox in North City pried open, credit cards taken and used 

Suspicious - Man sitting in car at Wells Fargo Bank 14500 Greenwood with his pants unzipped / Customer calls 911 after two customers at 7-11 joke about having a gun

Trespass - These businesses asked police to formally trespass people who shoplifted or created disturbances: Radio Shack 18200 Midvale, Aurora Safeway, Aurora Village Starbucks, Leena's Restaurant 

Vandalism, parks, schools - none this week

Vandalism - Tags on N 155th between Aurora and Meridian

Z  - Drunk, wheelchair bound stroke victim found weaving in and out of traffic on NE 205th - returned to his care facility

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