Tag: crime

October 13, 2010

Woman stops bike theft, helps end alleged burglary spree

I just wrote this story over at SeattleCrime.com from search warrant documents. When a Queen Anne woman saw someone leaving her apartment building’s parking garage with a bicycle, she knew something wasn’t right. She confronted the man about the bicycle, and he told her he lived in the building and had permission to take the…
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tagged: bike thefts, crime, seattlecrime
September 20, 2010

Possibly impaired driver strikes biker in 10th Ave E construction area

An impaired driver stuck a woman riding her bike on 10th Ave E at Lynn early Saturday morning, according to the SPD Blotter (hat tip CHS). The biker was riding northbound on 10th when the driver of an Infinity G20 driving eastbound on Lynn stopped at the stop sign, then continued into the intersection and…
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tagged: cars vs bikes, crime, spd, wrecks
September 9, 2010

Another biker allegedly attacked in U District and called a racial slur

Man, I move into a neighborhood and all of a sudden it’s open season on cyclists (clearly, I’m exaggerating). Following an August 30 incident I reported earlier, a biker told police he was attacked by a car and called a racial slur while riding on Roosevelt near NE 56th. The victim in the August 30…
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tagged: crime, u district
August 6, 2010

Driver of Annoying Loud Car Attacks Biker in Cap Hill

This story was originally published at SeattleCrime.com. A giant douche bag in a smashed up Mazda with an annoying loud muffler got mad at a biker for no reason and swerved into him, knocking him to the ground before speeding away. The biker was not injured from the crash, which occurred August 2 around 8…
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tagged: assault, capitol hill, cars vs bikes, crime, hit and run, seattlecrime, spd
July 30, 2010

Biker injured in Magnolia soccer ball attack, bike stolen

A 16-year-old was riding a fixed gear (which had already been stolen once) in Magnolia Tuesday when a driver allegedly stopped in front of him, got out of the vehicle and chucked a soccer ball at him, knocking him to the ground and injuring him, according to an anonymous account by a Magnolia Voice reader:
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tagged: bike thefts, crime, magnolia