Last month several homes in the Whittier Heights neighborhood were broken into during the day. We received this email on Monday evening from another Ballard resident about an attempted break-in:

Today around 11am, I was in my basement of my home (near the corner of 18th Ave. and NW 73rd) doing laundry and watching cartoons with my 4 year old. I heard a couple of knocks on my front door, which I assumed were UPS or solicitors and I ignored them. Less than 30 seconds later, two guys were trying to kick open our basement door. I hollered and threw things at the door (to let them know there was someone home) and they fled.
I called 911 and the police came to take a report. They mentioned there had been a call of some individuals walking up the street around 14th and 67th carrying a TV, and that daytime break-ins were still happening often in the neighborhood.