Crime in Shoreline A-Z: Kind of a goofy week

Shoreline Police Station
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Crime in Shoreline A - Z

2-17 to 2-23-2014

Every week - death investigations, suicide attempts, domestic violence, violent people with mental issues, suicide attempts, arrest warrants, drivers with suspended license, credit card identify theft, runaway kids, wandering seniors, well-being checks, natural deaths, driving violations with DUI drivers, tracking sex offenders - and here's the rest:

A - Burglars used the garage door opener stolen in a previous car prowl to open garage door and steal items from the garage

Alcohol, Drugs - picked up a drunk at Aurora Village Starbucks / Drunk at Ballinger Thriftway / Drunk picked up from his residence 

Arrest - Picked up a man on Aurora who was wanted on a felony warrant as a fugitive from justice in Allentown PA - Allentown will extradite / Picked up a person with a misdemeanor warrant and a concealed meat cleaver

Assault - Person spit on someone at the E Line bus stop, then hit another person on the bus

Burglary - Forced entry to front door 172xx Dayton N / Suspect pounded door open of occupied home at 18xx N 205

Car prowl - Medical supplies and equipment taken from back seat of vehicle at 25xx NW 194th Pl / Theft from unsecured vehicle at 25xx NW 192nd / Handgun stolen from car at Shoreview Park / Unlocked car in Ballinger Commons parking lot / 4 unlocked cars in driveway at 194xx Richmond Beach Rd / Man found items from his wife's car alongside their house 10xx NE 182nd / Windows rolled down and sunroof open on vehicle at Maplewood Court Apts / Car was unlocked but in secured parking at Echo Lake Apts / Knife and GPS from car at 12xx NE 184th / Locked car at Ballinger Commons / 23xx N 180th

Cars and parts stolen – Car stolen from Briarwood Apts on Midvale / Truck stolen from work site at 167xx Whitman / Car stolen from Shay's Restaurant / Honda stolen from Aurora Village Park n Ride / Auto theft from Autumn Ridge Apts / Auto stolen from Echo Cove Apts / Ford Explorer from Chateau Apts

Fraud - Scammers continue to try to get money from victim previously targeted in lottery scam / Male tries to pass counterfeit $20 at AM/PM 1901 NE 205th 

Larceny - Shoplifting - Stole a cord from Radio Shack on Aurora / Shoplift from Goodwill / Alcohol from North City Safeway / Fred Meyer shoplifter was Trespassed / Sears shoplifter had an accomplice in a waiting vehicle / Arrested after taking $134 in electrical parts from Home Depot / Took alcohol from Aurora Safeway - booked on previous warrant / Person steals two CO2 detectors from Sears, flees, is arrested / Shoplift from North City Safeway

Mail theft - Mail stolen from 200xx Meridian - victim not willing to assist in prosecution

Mental - Mentally ill man going through the rooms at the Carmelite Monastery was removed by police

Suspicious - Woman who was suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs refused to come out of a tanning room at Desert Sun on Aurora

Trespass - Man Trespassed from Rodeway Inn after refusing to leave / Known shoplifter, previously Trespassed, was seen inside Home Depot

Vandalism - Drift On Inn patron was asked to leave, made a scene, threw the cash register to the ground and peeled out of the parking lot at a high rate of speed

Vandalism, parks - Graffiti in women's restroom at Echo Lake Park / Picnic tables marked at Twin Ponds Park / Graffiti on retaining wall at Ridgecrest Park / Graffiti in women's room at Richmond Highlands Park

Z - Two drunk males - each accused the other of stealing his wallet - no evidence or witnesses - one was booked on a previous theft warrant

For other weeks of Crime in Shoreline, see the Features section on the front page.