Tag: crime

November 16, 2010

Another strange attack on biker in the U District

A man who seemed mentally ill pushed a cyclist off his bike near the 45th St viaduct, then hit him with an umbrella and ran away. From SeattleCrime: On November 9th, the victim in the incident told police he was riding his bike on 22nd and NE 45th around 8:15pm when another man approached him,…
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tagged: crime, seattlecrime
November 10, 2010

South Seattle biker defies attempted bikejackers

A man in South Seattle stood up to two robbers trying to take his bike November 7th. Instead of giving up his bike, he dared the robbers to shoot him and walked away. From Seattle Crime: At about 6:45pm on November 7th, the victim called 911 and said two other men were trying to take…
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tagged: bikejacking, crime, seattlecrime
October 27, 2010

Biker attacked with umbrella, beer can at Pike Place Market

Well, maybe bizarre attacks on people riding bikes happen in threes. Following our earlier reports of a man trying to attack a biker with a Taser and a woman whacking a biker with a golf club comes this report from Jonah at Seattle Crime: Police were called to the Pike Place Market on October 22nd…
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tagged: crime, seattle crime
October 27, 2010

Woman with golf club attacks biker on Eastlake

Following yesterday’s story about a driver who tried to attack a biker with a Taser in Northgate comes this report from Jonah at Seattle Crime: In this most recent incident, a cyclist was riding north on Eastlake Ave E past Hamlin St around 6:30 p.m. on October 20t, and saw a woman standing next to…
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tagged: crime, eastlake, seattle crime
October 25, 2010

Driver tries to attack cyclist with Taser in Northgate

The driver of a van tried to attack a person on a bike with a Taser while at a stoplight Northgate, according to the police report. The driver then tried to hit the cyclist with his van, but the cyclist picked up his bike and ran onto the sidewalk to safety. The incident occurred around…
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tagged: cars vs bikes, crime
October 14, 2010

Robber steals biker’s bag full of inner tubes

Capitol Hill Seattle reports that a robber held a biker up near Bellevue and Roy Tuesday and stole the victim’s backpack full of only inner tubes. If the victim’s bike got a flat later that day, that would really have been rough luck. From CHS:
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tagged: capitol hill, crime