Feb. 5
7400 block 180th Street Southwest: Police received a report of a package stolen from the front porch of a residence.
600 block Aloha Way: Son stole guitars and camera from his father and pawned them. He was arrested for theft after admitting the crime.
23600 block Highway 99: A man stealing detergent and alcohol from a store abandoned the merchandise when confronted by employees in the store parking lot.
Feb. 6
1000 block Main Street: A new residence under construction was entered through an open garage and a car battery was stolen out of the dump trailer parked there. Someone also forcibly opened the new residence next door and stole tools.
1000 block 8th Avenue South: A firearm, credit cards, laptops and miscellaneous jewelry was stolen during a residential burglary.
Feb. 7
23600 block Highway 99: A woman entered Safeway and placed several items in a grocery cart, then pushed the cart out of the store without paying for the merchandise and tried to load them into her car. The shopping cart was recovered and the woman drove away; she was later identified and charges were referred to the prosecutor’s office.
Also on that same day, a woman entered the store, selected and concealed several items in her purse, zipping it closed. After being stopped outside the store and searched, police discovered she was in possession of heroin.
Feb. 8
8000 block 240th Street Southwest: A man sleeping in a car was arrested on a felony warrant. It was discovered later the vehicle was reported stolen by Seattle police.
8400 block 244th Street Southwest: A man ordered and consumed food at a restaurant and left without paying for it. He was contacted a short distance away and tried to flee from police. He was arrested and booked into Snohomish County Jail.
7000 block Talbot Road: A single vehicle roll-over collision resulted in arrest of an adult male for DUI.
Feb. 10
100 block Olympic Avenue: Victim reported a residential burglary with jewelry and marijuana stolen.
23600 block Highway 99: An Edmonds resident is told during a phone scam that the Internal Revenue Service needed $4,712 and victim was instructed to purchase prepaid credit cards or face arrest. When victim went to purchase the cards, the store manager spotted the scam, similar to one we reported on here, and called the police.
“Also on that same day, a woman entered the store, selected and concealed several items in her purse, zipping it closed. After being stopped outside the store and searched, police discovered she was in possession of heroin.”
What aisle is that in? Is it by the toothpaste? 😉
I would like to know why this area is so hard to clean up. I read in the police blogger about this Safeway all the time. My mother works the early shift at the Family Pancake House across the street, and she will not get out of her car until another employee is there to meet her. She has been working there for 37 yrs and says it’s getting worse then ever. What is going on in this area!!!! Please let us know(community) .
My theory on it is that as Shoreline is cleaning up their stretch of 99, a lot of the problems are migrating north. I shop at this Safeway, often late at night, and walking back out into the parking lot is the most dangerous thing that I do on a regular basis. I often see the police there, and I’m glad to see them there. They are the reason it isn’t even worse.
Number one public health problem in the United States…….ADDICTION……..Many of these people need treatment that are in this area (not jail or prison)..Same in Seattle…..Next biggest problem ….one out of five people in the United States living beneath twice the poverty level (45 million) and we throw all of these vulnerable people together and then we don’t really see it …..along many many highways across our country…..FBI has a crime map of these areas and it is incredible and shocking to see. We make it their problem, not ours. Enlightened countries such as the Scandinavian countries take care of their most vulnerable and they do not have the problems we have like this.
We now have one percent of our country being more important than anything. I say where is our humanity?!The United States is not looked at around the world like we used to be looked at and revered….
Give me your tired, your poor, your hungry, your huddled masses yearning to breathe no longer applied.
I could be wrong but I believe we are getting ready to build and throw a bunch more people up there on Highway 99.
Tere, I’m all for helping people out who are interested in getting help, but muggings and beatings (and the occasional rape or stabbing) cannot be ignored, and the police are there to prevent that from happening.