Serial burglar targets dental office gold, drugs
Several Ballard businesses have been hit by a serial burglar or burglars who are targeting dental and medical offices, taking drugs and dental gold, including gold crowns, Detective Mark Jamieson …
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SWAT team called to armed disturbance
A SWAT team fired off “flash bangs” and advanced on a Ballard apartment complex in an armored vehicle Sunday night after a report of a man threatening his neighbors with …
Employee stabbed inside Ballard bar
A Matador employee was stabbed just before 11 p.m. Saturday inside the bar area of the Market St. restaurant, police and witnesses say. The man, believed to be a bartender, …
Police look for armed robbery suspects
Police are looking for four armed robbery suspects who ransacked an apartment last night. Police say four males with handguns, wearing ski masks and bandanas, pushed their way into an …
Gas station robbed at gunpoint
Early this morning, a gas station on the 9000 block of Holman Road was robbed. Police say that a white male in his 20s entered the station before 1 a.m. …
Safe stolen from Taco Time last night
As Seattlemedic7 posted in the forum, the safe was stolen at Taco Time at 2853 NW Market St. last night. Seattle Police spokesman Detective Mark Jamieson says that a delivery …
Armed robbery at KFC on Market St.
Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at the KFC on Market St. near 14th Ave. just after 9 p.m. on Sunday. Officers searched the immediate area for …
Smashed Prius windshield may not be the only one
A Sunset Hill neighbor emailed us to say the windshield on his Prius was smashed by a baseball bat early this morning. “A number of street-parked Prius’ windshields were targeted …
Police make arrest with show of force
A few of you emailed us asking about the tremendous police presence at Market St. near 15th Ave. around 11:30 last night — 10 police cars and officers armed with …
Teen pleads ‘not guilty’ in murder
The 17-year-old accused of killing Manish Melwani at the Pit Stop on July 26th pleaded ‘not guilty’ to first-degree murder charges. According to the Seattle Times, Elijah Hall was arraigned …
Park exclusion: ‘I really think it’s working’
A group of concerned citizens gathered at the Ballard Library last night for a follow-up meeting about crime in the three central Ballard Parks. Two months ago, Parks Superintendent Tim …
Parks safety follow-up meeting tonight
Safety at Bergen Place, Marvins Garden and Ballard Commons Park has been a topic of discussion this year. Back in June, Seattle Parks Superintendent Tim Gallagher announced that he has …