Note: of the five incidents in July 2009, four involved entry through unlocked windows or doors. Please remember to lock your doors and windows.
If you have any questions on crime prevention or if you would like to form a block watch, please contact Diane Horswill (diane.horswill@seattle.gov or at (206) 684-7711) at the North Precinct. Also, there is some good information on crime prevention here.
7/15 13000blk 10th NE, reported at 2:20PM, the resident heard her doorbell but did not answer it, then she heard someone opening her unlocked back door, at that point she locked herself in the bathroom and called 911, she heard multiple voices and then the house was quiet, so she looked outside and saw two teen males running out of her yard, officers arrived, chased the suspects and were able to arrest them (there were 3 teen suspects)
7/16 12300blk 17th NE reported at 6:33PM the wife and her daughter were out of town for a couple of days but her husband was home, when she got back she realized that her jewelry box had been emptied and an Ipod was missing, there were no signs of forced entry
7/22 500blk NE 130th 3:03PM, the resident said she was gone from the house for a few hours during the day, when she got home she saw that her kitchen door was open and her flat screen TV, a laptop, and jewelry were missing, the entry point was a basement door that had been kicked in
7/24 200blk NE 112th reported at 3:00PM, the resident was gone all day at work, when he returned he found that his apt. had been ransacked and his checkbook was missing, there was no sign of forced entry, the resident believes he may have left a window unlatched
7/29 13000blk 15th NE reported at 6:20PM, the resident left his pants with his wallet in the pocked in his living room, between 1:00PM-2:00PM and unknown suspect entered the house through an unlocked attached garage stole cash out of the wallet and left it on the kitchen counter
*unofficial stats
