Tag: crime

December 14, 2012

Charges: Heroin-smoking woman tries to run down biking off-duty cop

In charging documents filed Wednesday in King County Superior Court, Taylor Jane Betts was accused of trying to run down an off-duty cop who, while biking, pulled up to Betts’ car window to tell her and her passengers to stop smoking heroin. The officer told investigators people often use drugs in the area near N…
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tagged: crime, spd
October 15, 2012

Bike Blotter: Suspicious package closes Burke-Gilman in Fremont + Tour de Banks suspect arrested

A suspicious package has closed the Burke-Gilman Trail near the Aurora Bridge. Unknown when it will reopen. Check back for updates. UPDATE: It looks like no big deal (a weird wooden box thing?). Trail should be open shortly. UPDATE x2: Sounds like the object was a project of UW’s Center for Digital Arts and Experimental…
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tagged: bothell, crime, fremont, tour de banks
August 1, 2012

Man robbed at gunpoint while biking to Beacon Hill bus stop

A man was robbed at gunpoint while biking to a bus stop on Beacon Hill early Tuesday, according to SPD. The robber stopped him where the Chief Sealth Trail crosses Beacon Ave and pointed a gun at him, demanding his backpack and the contents of his pockets. More details from SPD: An armed man flagged…
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tagged: beacon hill, chief sealth trail, crime, robbery, spd
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
January 5, 2012

Some awful jerk steals BMX bikes from Bike Works (+ Warehouse Sale!)

Some despicable human being stole a truck-load of quality BMX bikes from the Bike Works backyard last night. The bikes were ready to be earned by students of their youth Earn-a-Bike program, which provides young people with the chance to earn a ride by completing a bike repair course and fixing the bike themselves. Bike…
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tagged: bike thefts, bike works, crime, warehouse sale
December 13, 2011

Man who killed Nakatani in Kirkland could face four years in jail

Nathan Godwin has two glasses of champagne, one “Adios Motherfucker” (a mix of five different hard liquors), one beer, smoked a blunt and took prescription Suboxone and Lexapro before getting behind the wheel of a Ford Excursion, driving 60 in a 35 and killing Bradley Nakatani while Nakatani was biking home from work. This is…
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tagged: bradley nakatani, crime, deaths, kirkland, nathan godwin, reckless driving, vehicular homicide