Tag: seattlecrime

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
January 25, 2011

Bike thieves attack man in Lake City

Bike thefts don’t usually end up like this. Seattle Crime reports that a “pack” of bike thieves tried to steal a man’s bicycle around 4:30 p.m. January 17 at NE 30th Ave and 125th NE. The man spotted them and yelled at the three young thieves. From Seatle Crime: The man yelled at the three…
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tagged: bike thefts, crime, lake city, seattlecrime
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 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 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