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Communities West Seattle youths celebrate summer by allegedly burning homework

By Michael Harthorne Published: Jun 18, 2013 at 8:52 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 18, 2013 at 9:14 AM PDT

Only hours out of the drudgery of the school year, and still years away from the drudgery of adult life, a handful of West Seattle youths celebrated the start of summer by burning their homework, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Communities Police: Woman used Vietnamese background to scam others

By KOMO Staff Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 12:55 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 17, 2013 at 12:55 PM PDT

A 39-year-old woman is accused of using her Vietnamese background to convince other Vietnamese residents to cash bogus checks.

Communities Domestic-violence suspect found hiding in sofa

By Michael Harthorne Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 11:04 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 17, 2013 at 11:18 AM PDT

A man suspected of attacking a woman, not to mention leaving at least one gun in easy reach of her 3-year-old daughter, was found hiding inside a sofa Saturday in Delridge, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Communities Police: Burglary scheme is a family affair

By Michael Harthorne Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 11:42 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 11:57 AM PDT

A man apparently picked up his sister and left her at a store just to make sure she was out of the house while he and his 15-year-old stepson burglarized it, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Communities Police arrest man accused of shooting woman in butt with BB gun

By KOMO staff Published: Jun 9, 2013 at 10:13 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 10, 2013 at 7:16 AM PDT

Seattle Police arrested a man after he allegedly fired his plastic BB gun and a hit a woman in the butt who was out for a walk with her family in West Seattle on Saturday,

Communities West Seattle hit with rash of home burglaries (Video)

By Joel Moreno Published: Jun 6, 2013 at 7:19 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 7, 2013 at 7:03 AM PDT

Police say thieves are running wild in West Seattle this week, burglarizing more than a dozen homes this week alone.

Communities Police: Woman kidnapped, robbed by stoned friend

By Michael Harthorne Published: May 31, 2013 at 12:58 PM PDT Last Updated: May 31, 2013 at 1:56 PM PDT

A woman was kidnapped and robbed by her high friend, who threatened to crash the car they were in if she didn't give him her purse, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Communities Armed citizen confronts alleged grill thief, attack dog

By Michael Harthorne Published: May 31, 2013 at 8:02 AM PDT Last Updated: May 31, 2013 at 8:11 AM PDT

An armed West Seattle resident fended off an attack dog but couldn't stop its owner from making off with his grill, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Communities Storage war: Man's victory in storage-unit auction turns sour

By Michael Harthorne Published: May 28, 2013 at 1:30 PM PDT Last Updated: May 28, 2013 at 1:38 PM PDT

One man's victory turned into some sort of storage war* when the storage unit he won at auction was immediately burglarized, possibly by a known criminal associate of its former owner.

Communities Suspected robber: 'Should I pull out my gun?'

By Michael Harthorne Published: May 24, 2013 at 11:47 AM PDT Last Updated: May 24, 2013 at 12:50 PM PDT

A man had his laptop stolen by two men armed with a bat late Thursday night in West Seattle, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Communities Police: Alert witness, bad driving foil young car thieves

By Michael Harthorne Published: May 24, 2013 at 11:15 AM PDT Last Updated: May 24, 2013 at 11:41 AM PDT

An alert witness and some pretty bad driving foiled a couple of young car thieves Thursday night in West Seattle, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Communities No crime: Zipper the dog reunited with owners

By KOMO staff Published: May 23, 2013 at 5:06 PM PDT Last Updated: May 24, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

After four weeks at the Seattle Animal Shelter, Zipper the dog has been returned to his owners after an investigation by the shelter showed that while he had been left alone for a few hours, no crime had been committed.