Tag: assault

November 24, 2014

Woman who assaulted West Seattle Greenways leader found guilty

In July 2013, Seattle Bike Blog published a troubling email we received from dedicated West Seattle Greenways leader Jake Vanderplas, who was the victim of an intentional assault when a road raging person yelled at him from her car, then swerved and hit him in the bike lane on SW Andover Street in North Delridge.…
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tagged: assault, crime, erika soerensen, jake vanderplas, west seattle, west seattle blog
April 17, 2013

Woman says she fended off attacker while biking to work on Dexter

A woman emailed Seattle Bike Blog Tuesday to report a scary attack she said happened while she was biking northbound on Dexter around 6:45 6:10 a.m. She said she was headed downhill in the bike lane when a man stepped into the bike lane in front her and slammed her into the fence of the…
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tagged: assault, crime, dexter
February 16, 2012

Drunk racists attack man making delivery by bike in Ballard

Police are investigating a racially-motivated attack on a man making a bicycle delivery on Leary Ave just south of Market St. The suspects are a group of drunk white males who started yelling racial slurs at the man when he rode by them. When he turned around, a confrontation heated up and a witness tried…
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tagged: assault, ballard, crime, spd
November 30, 2011

Man charged with assault for running down person on bike after bar argument – UPDATED

UPDATE: After posting, the victim in this case contacted us. See the update below for more details. Prosecutors have charged Mareko Lemafa with second degree assault for striking someone on a bike with his car after an argument in a bar in Greenwood in May (h/t Seattle PI). According to charging documents, Lamafa and the…
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tagged: assault, crime, greenwood, ould triangle
May 19, 2011

Two people riding bikes assualted by angry drivers this week

So, this is downer news. There are two different reports from the past week of people riding bikes being assaulted by people driving. The most recent report comes from Nina Shapiro at Seattle Weekly, who happened to be on the scene yesterday on Alaskan Way: SW happened to be on the scene, and saw the…
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tagged: assault, crime, nina shapiro, seattle weekly, seattlecrime, violence
September 3, 2010

After Yelling Match, Racist Driver Hits Biker in U District

The following post was originally published at SeattleCrime.com An apparently racist driver assaulted a biker in the U District after the two got into an argument. He then spit on him and called him a racial slur, according to the police report. Two bikers were headed south around noon August 30 on the sidewalk along…
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tagged: assault, cars vs bikes, seattlecrime