A man was been stabbed in Ballard this evening. The initial report was that the man interrupted a burglary at his home, but police are still trying to establish what happened.

Police and medics are on their way to a home at 87th and 16th NW, but that may not be where the victim is as he's apparently drunk and unable to give the 911 dispatcher accurate information.

Police are looking for a white pickup with Alaska plates.

Update: King County's Guardian One helicopter is on the case. No other details yet but we'll update as soon as we get more info. Nevermind. Chopper's been called off.

From the PI.Com:

A federal judge has ruled Seattle's ban on carrying firearms in city parks and community centers is constitutional.

However, city officials said guns are not banned in Seattle parks.

Last month, a King County Superior Court judge ruled the gun ban is in direct...

Police say this all started shortly after 8:00am this morning. Everything's contained now.I'm bumping this back up to the top of the page because of the billion updates since the original post.
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Seattle police were called to the Wedgwood neighborhood early this morning after a woman was found dead on a quiet residential street.

Seattle Police Department spokeswoman Renee Witt says a couple were out walking their dog at about 6:30 this morning when they came across a white female in her 30s or 40s laying on the ground in the 9100 block of 27th Ave NE.

The couple called 911 and medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

Witt says there were no obvious signs of trauma or foul play.

His future's so bright, he needs shades

Seattle Police Department spokeswoman Renee Witt says the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force arrested Jymaika S. Hutson in Thurston County at about 9:00 am this morning.

Hutson has been charged for the 2007 murder of Tyree Eugene Lee Sr.

ST:

Authorities wonder if thousands of photographs found in a Shoreline storage locker more than 30 years ago could point to additional victims of a notorious serial killer facing the death penalty in California for the murders of four women and a 12-year-old girl.

Police and prosecutors released the decades-old photos on Wednesday after amateur photographer and serial killer Rodney Alcala, 66...

Metro fired their shitty old security company and hired a new one.

From the PI.com:

King County Metro Transit has hired a new security firm to replace Olympic Security Services inside the Downtown Transit Tunnel after Olympic's guards did nothing to intervene as a girl was beaten inside the tunnel last month.

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And I have proof!!!!

Seattle police officers were called to a cafe in Belltown around 1:00 on March 7th after the owner of the business found a man stealing bags of cash.

A police report says owner of a cafe at 5th and Bell told police he had walked into his office earlier in the evening and found a man holding several of the business's money bags....

Christopher Monfort, the man accused of fatally shooting officer Timothy Brenton on Halloween, freaked the fuck out during a court appearance yesterday.

And it's on video.

A woman was beaten at a Snoop Dogg concert earlier this month after she fought with another club-goer over a dollar bill thrown from the stage, a police report says.

The...

Seattle Fire Department investigators in looking into a possible connection between four different fires set near the same University District apartment building since the beginning of the year.

Earlier this week, two cars were set ablaze—one in the 700 block of NE 42nd and one the 4100 block of 11th Ave—causing nearly $30,000 dollars in damage. The first fire, set on 11th, was set at about 12:30am on March 8th. Almost exactly 24 hours later, another car was set on fire on NE 42nd. The blaze also did damage...

Seattle police are asking for the public's help in locating the man suspected of gunning down Tyree Eugene Lee Sr. outside of his fiancee's Central District home in 2007.

Seattle Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Jymaika S. Hutson, 31. He is described as

 

His future's so bright, he needs shades

6′ and 180 pounds with a deformed left eye. He may also go by the moniker “Tiger 6″ or “Tiger.” He has been charged with first degree murder in an April 2007 homicide in the Central District. He may still be in the Seattle area. Anyone with information regarding Hutson’s location is urged to call either 911 or the Seattle Police Homicide Unit at 206 684-5550. Those wishing to remain anonymous are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or send a text to CRIMES (274637). Your text message should include “TIP486″ to ensure proper routing. If a tip leads to an arrest and the filing of charges, callers may qualify for a cash reward of up to $1000. Calls are taken 24 hours a day.

 

Lee's murder was the first homicide case I ever covered. From my May 2007 story:

Just after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, witnesses say a white SUV pulled up near Lee's fiancée's home, several blocks from Garfield High School, and the vehicle's occupants got into a confrontation with Lee. The passenger of the SUV stepped out of the car and shot Lee before returning to the vehicle and speeding away. According to the police report, officers arrived and found Lee "lying on the south planting strip of the 2600 block of East Alder" with "gunshots to the chest." Lee was transported to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition, where he died from his injuries.

Several days after the shooting, I went by the house where Lee was killed. I still remember seeing his then-5-year-old son running around in the living room....

From the SPD Blotter:

On March 11th, at approximately 4:12 AM, East Precinct officers responded to a call of a stabbing in the 1700 Block of Bellevue Avenue. Officers located a 23 year old male who had been stabbed in his left arm. The Seattle Fire Department was summoned to treat the victim for his wound. A description of the suspect and his female companion was broadcast, based on information from the victim. Officers recalled seeing a suspect matching that description earlier in the morning on Broadway. Officers...

When it comes to dealing with felons, Washington has effectively told Arkansas to suck it.

ST:

Last week, the federal agency that oversees the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS) — a 50-state contract governing the state-to-state transfer of felons on probation or parole — issued an opinion that rebuked Washington over Arkansas felons. Washington has rejected...

Remember when I said it isn't a good idea to hang out near Aurora at night? I wasn't kidding.(WHY DON'T YOU EVER LISTEN!!!)

A police report says a man was assaulted and...

The Pi.com has the scoop on a federal raid on a Port Angeles doctor accused of selling sketchy weight-loss drugs:

According to a recently unsealed federal search warrant, investigators with the Food and Drug Administration and the state Department of Health believe the doctor, as yet uncharged, has been importing Chinese-manufactured pharmaceuticals containing a hormone known as HCG.

Referring...

Aurora Ave N probably isn't the safest place to be wandering around at night. Unfortunately, one man learned that the hard way last week after he was jumped by a group of three men.

I'm so glad you asked.

From the ST:

At least 10 years of command-level experience in a large urban police agency;

• The ability to work with all segments of the community and elected leaders;

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A group of possible gang members assaulted a man in the Central District last week after a dispute over parking quickly got out of hand, a police report says.

At about 6:30pm on March 2nd, a man and his daughter were sitting a car outside of a 99 cent store in the lot of Mid-town Center at 23rd and Spring when another vehicle pulled up behind them and boxed them in.

The father got out of the car...

A woman arrested for assault outside of a Belltown nightclub last week probably should've taken officers up on that whole right-to-remain-silent thing.

A police report indicates the woman was kicked out of a bar on 2nd and Blanchard at about 10:45 pm on March 3rd after she tried to walk out with a beer in her hand. The woman told a bartender "she was from Miami and that she took to-go drinks all the time."

Our news partners at Capitolhillseattle.com have dug up a bit of information on a man arrested for burglarizing a Capitol Hill home last month:

A 36-year-old man police say they caught in the act burglarizing a Capitol Hill home has spent nearly all of his adult life in prison. Convicted of second-degree murder in 1993 at the age of 19, the accused burglar now faces another five years in jail for charges he faces in connection with a February break-in that police say netted four PlayStation games and a small pile...

SPD's arson/bomb squad sure is busy these days. In addition to all of the arson fires in the University District, the ABS is also investigating a several bombings around North Seattle

The most recent incident is detailed on SPD's Blotter:

ST:

A self-proclaimed white supremacist with a history of threats and harassment pleaded guilty Tuesday to malicious harassment, the state's hate-crime statute, and second-degree assault after he threatened a Muslim woman and her baby with a knife.

Police are investigating yet another unfortunate incident on a Metro bus after an 11-year-old boy was robbed in South Seattle last week.

According to a police report, the boy was on the problem-plagued #7 bus at about 7:30 p.m. on March 3rd when he pulled out his phone to read a text message.

A group of four or five black males, all 16-17 years old, approached the boy and told him to hand over his...

Seattle police are investigating a home-invasion robbery in the University District after a man pulled a gun on several people in an apartment and demanded money and drugs.

A police report says a group of people were hanging out in an apartment at 45th and 7th Ave NE at about 11:00p.m. on March 3rd, and invited another man—who the report indicates goes by the name "Doughboy"—into the unit.

Ugh.

From the PI.com:

According to charging documents, staff at Swedish Medical Center was treating Josepha R. Munoz's newborn for a methadone addiction the girl was born with on Feb. 18 when nurses at the Seattle hospital found the child had stopped breathing. After reviving the girl, toxicologists determined the child had been poisoned with methadone, a synthetic drug used to treat heroin addiction....

A police report released Tuesday says a brutal attack on a man near the Seattle/Shoreline border last week may have been a case of mistaken identity.

Police were called to the 14300 block of Stone Ave N at 12:50 am on March 2nd after neighbors in a nearby apartment building heard a "loud disturbance" and found a 41-year-old man bleeding on the front steps of the building.

According to the report,...

From the SPD Blotter:

As we posted this morning, Seattle police and fire investigators are examining possible links between arson fires set in the University District the last few nights, and will apparently be stepping up patrols in the neighborhood.

From SFD's Fireline blog:

Seattle Fire Investigators and the Seattle Police Arson Bomb Unit are looking into whether   two car fires set in the University District...

Update: We've confirmed that this morning's fire was the work of an arsonist. SFD tells us they're going to be putting out more information later today.

Within a 24 hour period, Seattle Police have been called to the scene of at least two suspicious car fires in the University District.

Arson investigators have determined that blazes set Early Monday and Tuesday morning were the work of an arsonist....

Prosecutors have filed charges against a physical therapist at Swedish Medical Center for allegedly fondling several patients under the guise of treatment. From the PI.com

In charging documents, King County prosecutors contend that Michael James Shannon, 38, groped two patients, telling each that the contact was part of their therapy.

Swedish staff received an initial complaint against Shannon in mid August after a female patient at the Outpatient Rehabilitation Services -- Cherry Hill office reported the physical therapist had inappropriately touched her breasts.

A King County juvenile probation officer has filed a federal lawsuit against the Seattle Police Department after, the suit alleges, she was accosted by three Seattle police officers during an incident in the Central District in 2008.

According to the suit, Gaston—who, court filings say, has worked in juvenile court for about 12 years—dropped one of her juvenile clients in the Central District after taking him clothes shopping in September 2008. Minutes later, the court filing says, Gaston received a call...

From KOMO:

A 13-year-old girl is facing assault charges following a scuffle with a boy in her class.

The girl has been charged with third-degree assault in an incident that took place in the playground of Denny Middle School in June 2009.

The teen, then a sixth-grader, is accused of hitting a 12-year-old boy "twice on the head with her backpack," according to the statement of probable cause.

Several witnesses claimed the girl's bag contained rocks; however, a search of the bag did not reveal any rocks.

Medics were called to Seward Park at 12:54 after receiving a report that a 25-year-old man was shot near the park.

Police are searching the park and just broadcast a description of the suspect: a black male in his early 20s, 5'8 medium build, with a crew cut, clean shaven, wearing a hoodie and black jeans.

We'll update with more info as soon as we can.

Seattle and Yakima homicide detectives arrested two men suspected in a fatal shooting outside of a Yakima grocery store last week after tracing a cell phone to an address in the Central District.

Detectives arrested the two men, Jordan Dior Daisy and Ezra William Swann, at a duplex in the 1400 block of 30th Ave on March 1st.

According to a search warrant affidavit filed in King County by a member...

From the SPD Blotter:

On March 7th, at approximately 6:00 PM, South Precinct officers responded to a call in the 4300 Block of 15th Avenue South to investigate a disturbance. A female had called 911 describing a fight, but she was almost unintelligible when speaking with 911. Officers arrived and found the disturbance was mutual and not domestic violence related. The 27 year old female caller was attempting to play peacekeeper between the two fighting parties and it was apparent that she was highly intoxicated....

Seattle police are reviewing the arrest of a 48-year-old man who collapsed and later died after a confrontation with officers at an Aurora motel last week.

Family members of the 48-year-old man, identified as Christopher Wright Sr, say Wright never regained consciousness after he collapsed during the incident, and was taken off of life support Friday night.

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Another from the PI:

Two years after the deadly spree, one man shot by convicted killer Rey Davis-Bell has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections alleging the state agency failed to supervise the convicted felon.

The civil suit outlines a string of in-custody misbehavior by Davis-Bell, who was convicted in February in the murder of cheesesteak stand owner Degene Berecha Dashasa...

Police are investigating a strange home invasion in South Seattle after a man was pepper sprayed and tied up in his bedroom.

Officers were called to a home in the 4000 block of Letitia Ave S around 11:30 on February 26, where police found the victim lying on a couch, coughing and crying.

The man told officers he was sleeping upstairs in the home when he heard someone outside his bedroom door. The...

From the PI:

A one-armed man charged with beating a North Seattle landlord was arrested Friday - the same day he was featured as a wanted criminal in a seattlepi.com story and on "Washington's Most Wanted."

Sean Kelley, 22, was found at a Magnolia party Friday night. A member of the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Task Force handling the case told KCPQ/13 Kelley was bragging about being a celebrity...

Next time you want to belt out an audibly exasperated sigh at the asshole in front of you who's taking too long at the ATM/QFC self-checkout/urinal trough, you might want to think again.

On February 28th, a woman was in the ATM line at the Bank of America on Rainier Ave S and S Edmunds with her four-year-old son, waiting for a man to finish up.

From the report, it appears the man was taking a long...

The PI's Casey McNerthney rode along with the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct Anti-Crime Team—an elite unit of ballbusters who track fugitives and stalk street criminals—late last year and lived to tell the tale:

About 7 p.m., Officer Pete Lazarou said he had lined up the informant, one who said he could arrange a drug buy in Ballard....

Just got off the phone with SPD who provided a little bit more information on the assault in Sand Point I posted about last night.

SPD spokesman Mark Jamieson said police received reports of a man with a gun in a parking lot in the 5200 block of Mithun Pl at about 9:00pm.

At the scene, police found a man with a head wound, who laying on the ground....

A police report released Thursday details an attempted armed robbery on a Metro bus in Lake City last week.

According to the report, the victim told police he got on the bus in Sand Point at about 10:20 a.m on February 28th.

When the bus approached Lake City Way and NE 125th, the suspect and another man got on and sat down next to the victim....

Neigbours seems to be attracting the wrong crowd these days. Last week, a man told police he was harassed and choked in an alley outside the club.

Police received a report of the assault at about 3:30 a.m. on Feb 27. The man told police he was standing in the alley on the north side of Neighbours—on Broadway and Pike—talking to a friend when three men approached him. The police report for the incident says the suspect, an Asian male, told the victim "your nipples are showing."...

ST:

Charles Cherry and Edward Maloy, who are being held at the King County Jail on $75,000 bail each, have been working their pickpocketing routine since at least 2008, according to King County prosecutors. Seattle police Detective Frank Clark said the thefts could date to as early as 2005.

In addition to the cases leading to Thursday's criminal charges, Clark said he is investigating more than two dozen others for possible links to Cherry and Maloy, including...

How can there still be a market for stolen iPods? I swear someone gets jacked for an iDevice every six seconds in this town.

This most recent robbery attempt happened last week, on February 27th, at about 7pm near Rainier Beach High School. A police report says a man was standing near the school in the 8800 block of Rainier Ave S when a group of men surrounded him.

one of the men grabbed the victim'...

Police are investigating yet another violent gang assault after a group of gang members attacked a homeless man in the International District last week.

A police report indicates medics and officers received a report of a man down in the 500 block of S Jackson St shortly before 2:00 am on February 27th.

The man was bleeding from a cut above his eye and told police he believed he had injured his...