The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct. They represent the officers’ accounts of the events described.
CANTERBURY: UNLOCKED
Police responded to the 2100 block of 38th Avenue East to investigate a burglary that occurred between 10 p.m. Nov. 9 and 4 a.m. Nov. 10.
Someone entered the back door, which was left closed but unlocked. The suspect stole a purse and a laptop computer before leaving through the same door, which he closed.
No viable fingerprints were found.
LESCHI: BRAZEN TEENS
A neighbor called police around 3:20 p.m. on Nov. 8 to report that a group of three males leaving a side yard of a home in the 300 block of 32nd Avenue. They were last seen heading east on East Terrace Street and then south on 33rd Avenue.
The neighbor said the suspects, in their late teens to early 20s, looked suspicious leaving the yard and looking around “as if to see if anyone was looking at them,” the police report stated.
While police searched the area for the suspects, the neighbor went to the victim’s home and saw that a glass back door had been shattered. Police returned to find the door still locked, as were the other doors to the home.
Nothing in the home appeared to be in disarray, leading police to believe that the suspects didn’t enter the home.
The report noted that many neighbors were working in their yards at the time of the incident. The sound of the breaking glass may have scared the suspects into leaving.
SQUATTERS
Police responded to the 100 block of 29th Avenue South around 4:45 p.m. on Nov. 11 to investigate a burglary in progress, in which two to three suspects were seen shattering a window to a home and then entering; they had yet to leave, according to the caller.
Officers looked through the window to see someone sitting with their back to another window. From outside, they ordered the suspects to leave the home.
One suspect tried to climb out another window, then retreated inside, running to various doors to get out. Another suspect opened a window, looked outside at police and then closed the window. After more orders to vacate the home, the suspects exited through a window, smelling of marijuana. Three other suspects ultimately surfaced from the home.
Police found about 8 grams of marijuana and plastic bags in a bathtub inside.
The suspects, who were clear of warrants, were released.
The property owner couldn’t be reached.
MADISON PARK: STOLEN ELECTRONICS
A suspect broke into a home in the 1500 block of 41st Avenue East through the back door, stealing a tablet computer and a video-game console.
No neighbors reported seeing anything suspicious at the time of the incident, which occurred between 7 a.m. and 4:25 p.m. on Nov. 3.
MADISON VALLEY: BURGLARIZED
A woman returned to her home in the 2900 block of East Madison Street around 11:15 p.m. on Nov. 13 to find a window opened and the back door unlocked and ajar.
Numerous items were stolen; the police report did not note what items were taken.
The resident believes she may have left the window unlocked, as there was no damage to the door or window.
STOLEN JEWELRY
A jewelry box containing multiple rings and a brand-name watch were stolen from a home in the 100 block of 29th Avenue East between 4:20 and 6 p.m. on Nov. 10. Nothing else in the home was disturbed.
The suspect entered by breaking a basement window and then a small window on the basement door.
BACKPACK BREAK-IN
A backpack was taken from an office in the 1700 block of 23rd Avenue between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 8.
Inside the backpack were credit cards, which the suspect used at 4:30 p.m. at a business at 23rd Avenue and Union Street.
The police went to the business and spoke with an employee, who said that the business’ surveillance video is saved for one week.
THROUGH THE MAIL
Someone entered a home in the 2500 block of East Roy Street by loosening the screws of a mail slot and reaching in to unlock the door.
The suspect stole numerous items, including purses. One purse was recovered outside a neighbor’s home. Nearby were a pocketknife and a screwdriver, which were submitted for fingerprints.
The incident occurred between 7 and 9 p.m. on Nov. 14.
CAR PROWLER
A couple was walking to their car parked in a garage in the 200 block of 23rd Avenue East at 10:40 a.m. on Nov. 11 when they saw a man walking near their vehicle while holding a tool similar to one used to enter locked cars.
They had encountered the man a week before in the garage, and he told them he was looking for a place “to get high,” according to the police report.
This time, the suspect became “argumentative” and headed out of the garage.
When the victims tried to block his exit, the suspect pushed the woman, who was pregnant, out of the way and swung at the man with the tool he held. He then ran off, with the male victim chasing him. The suspect was last seen heading south near 24th Avenue East and East John Street.
Neither victim was injured.
Responding police found the suspect’s stocking cap and jacket near 25th Avenue East and East Denny Way, but they couldn’t locate the suspect. The items were submitted for evidence.
The male victim had taken a photo of the suspect with his phone; he sent it to police.
MADRONA: BUSINESS BREAK-INS
Someone broke into a business in the 2800 block of East Cherry Street around 1:20 a.m. on Nov. 13, activating the burglar alarm.
Police arrived to find no one inside, and nothing appeared to be missing.
A few days earlier, on Nov. 10, a suspect broke into another business in the same block, stealing 20 cartons of cigarettes, five boxes of cigars and a box filled with 600 coins.
The owner of this business said he would review surveillance video and give any relevant footage to police.
No fingerprints were found.
OCCUPIED BREAK-IN
A call came from a building in the 1400 block of 34th Avenue around 1:10 a.m. on Nov. 17, reporting that a burglary was in progress.
Multiple police units responded and found the front door shattered. Someone upstairs called out to police, saying he was there alone.
The man told police he was sleeping when he heard the sound of glass breaking and two males talking. He kept still and texted a friend about the incident; the friend, in turn, called police.
An employee arrived and showed police the surveillance video, which revealed two suspects entering, attempting to take computer monitors and leaving with a laptop computer.
No fingerprints were found, but police were told they would receive a copy of the surveillance video.