Epilogue Books raising money for Todd Boettger
Todd Boettger, the single dad beat up in Greenwood last Monday, is still in the hospital fighting for his life. The folks at Epilogue Books have decided to help raise …
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Men leaving Jazz Walk carjacked at gunpoint
Updated: After a widespread search in Crown Hill, police arrested a man suspected of carjacking a BMW in Old Ballard. A SWAT team, K9 unit and a small army of …
Car chase suspect sentenced
The man who led King County Sheriff deputies on a high-speed chase through Ballard last month — then admitted to deputies, “I was stupid” — was sentenced today. King Count …
Father who suffered attack on life support
We have an update on Todd Boettger, the man who was robbed and left for dead in Greenwood early Tuesday morning. “He has been heavily sedated, basically a drug induced …
Father severely beaten outside Greenwood bar
Our sister site PhinneyWood has been covering a disturbing story in Greenwood. Early Tuesday morning just before last call, a man left a bar at 85th and Greenwood. A short …
Petition aims to fight crime at Ballard parks
Concerned neighbors delivered a petition to a top parks official Wednesday night in an effort to combat “an incredible increase of drug trafficking” at Bergen Place and Marvin’s Garden. “We …
Ballard man charged with kidnapping
King County Prosecutors filed a second-degree kidnapping charge today, the Seattle Times reports, against a man who lives at a senior apartment complex in Ballard. According to the SeattlePI.com, Robert …
Shots fired in Sunset Hill
“I heard several gunshots, followed up a few minutes later by a ton of sirens,” wrote My Ballard reader SHCoco in the forum about an incident on Saturday night. Turns …
Subway on 15th robbed at gunpoint
Several My Ballard readers posted in the forum about a swarm of police activity in several areas near the Subway at 15th Ave. NW and 53rd St. late last night. …
Tree stolen out of Ballard front yard
Last month, we posted a story about several statues that were stolen from Ballard residents’ front yards, and now someone has stolen a tree. “My husband walked out of the …
Chase suspect admits, ‘I was stupid’
Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Office emailed us today about the chase through Ballard yesterday. He says that after an 8-minute chase, a 44-year-old Seattle man was …
Arrest made in Ballard police assault
Police in Lynnwood believe they’ve captured the suspect responsible for assaulting an officer in Ballard on Thursday, resulting in a large-scale search around the neighborhood. The Everett Herald reports police …