Tag: spd

May 23, 2014

Man biking struck near W Seattle Bridge, police seek suspect + Rash of other area collisions

A man biking was struck at the east end of the lower West Seattle Bridge Thursday night. The person driving fled the scene. Police are seeking more information to help catch the suspect and learn what happened. And obviously, the person who was driving should do the right thing and turn themselves in. Details from…
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tagged: hit and run, injuries, lower west seattle bridge, spd, traffic violence, west seattle
April 18, 2014

KOMO: Police seek assailant who attacked man with car in Wallingford

Police are seeking a man who they say assaulted Neal DeWitt in Wallingford Monday. DeWitt was biking to work on Wallingford Ave near N 40th Street when a person driving a Subaru Impreza struck him on purpose and fled the scene, DeWitt told KOMO. He was left with a broken arm and intense bruises on…
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tagged: crime, komo, neal dewitt, spd, vehicular assault
April 14, 2014

SPD: Owner of Belltown’s Bicycle Pull-Apart arrested in chop shop investigation

UPDATE: Read our follow-up story, including an interview with Bicycle Pull-Apart Owner Eric Patchen. Seattle Police arrested the owner of Bicycle Pull-Apart at 3rd and Battery in Belltown in March and today released an outline of their investigation into the shop. Their investigation led police to search the property and found thousands of dollars worth…
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tagged: belltown pull-apart, crime, spd, thefts
April 2, 2014

Person seriously injured in collision on Alaskan Way

A man was seriously injured Tuesday night while biking on Alaskan Way. Details are sparse, but it sounds like the man was biking northbound on the biking and walking path near Columbia Street when he collided with a southbound SUV. There is a traffic signal at the intersection, but police do not note who had…
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tagged: alaskan way, injuries, spd
February 20, 2014

Thief steals Cervelo from storage unit, replaces it with an actual pile of crap

This may be the worst way to discover your bike has been stolen. From the police report: (hat tip Q13)
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tagged: bike thefts, crime, spd
February 18, 2014

SPD: Man attacked for biking on the sidewalk (which is legal)

Yikes. Details from SPD: Seattle police were called to the western slope of Capitol Hill Saturday afternoon after a cyclist called 911 and said he was attacked for riding on the sidewalk. The cyclist called police around 1 pm and told officers he was slowly riding east up Denny Way near Summit Ave when he…
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tagged: crime, spd