Aug. 30
22500 block Highway 99: A man was arrested for DUI.
23100 block Highway 99: A man was arrested for outstanding warrant.
20800 block 74th Avenue West: A vehicle was stolen overnight.
22500 block Highway 99: A man left a business with a shopping cart full of alcohol without paying.
23400 block 94th Avenue West: A subject attempted to purchase a dog online, but the dog was never delivered.
8400 block 218th Street Southwest: A knife was stolen out of a vehicle.
21600 block Highway 99: A debit card was stolen and used to make fraudulent charges.
9900 block 232nd Street Southwest: A member of a church lent a religious relic to a priest who has now misplaced it and left the state. The lender believes it was stolen.
24100 block Highway 99: A suspect was arrested for theft after taking multiple items from a local business.
100 block Ferry Lane: Police responded to a verbal disturbance.
7600 block 230th Street Southwest: A verbal disturbance was reported. No assault occurred.
Aug. 31
22200 block Highway 99: A man was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm.
22200 block Highway 99: A man was arrested for violating a court order.
22100 block Highway 99: A woman told police a man has been harassing her and put a tracking device and drugs on her.
22000 block Highway 99: A vehicle window was smashed and items were stolen.
21900 block Highway 99: A suspect was arrested for theft and obstruction after refusing to identify himself.
8400 block 198th Place Southwest: A stolen credit card was used to make fraudulent charges at a grocery store.
7900 block 189th Place Southwest: A verbal dispute occurred between a mother and daughter.
8400 block 238th Street Southwest: A woman was arrested for DUI after driving off the road.
21600 block Highway 99: A woman was arrested for a warrant.
21900 block Highway 99: A man attempted to use a counterfeit bill.
Sept. 1
200 block Southwest Everett Mall: An Edmonds police K9 unit assisted the Everett Police Department with locating a burglary suspect. The burglary suspect was detained by police after the police dog trailed the human scent from a hole in the fence to where the suspect was located.
22200 block Highway 99: A woman was arrested for a warrant.
8100 block 238th Street Southwest: A man was trespassed from 7-Eleven.
8400 block 244th Street Southwest: A man was removed from a local diner for causing disturbance.
Sept. 2
21900 block Highway 99: A man was arrested for a warrant.
3900 block Smith Avenue: Edmonds police assisted the Everett Police Department in attempting to locate a burglary suspect. The search was discontinued due to difficulty in accessing additional search areas and the suspect was not located.
21700 block 80th Avenue West: A bicycle was stolen from a front porch.
23600 block Highway 99: A man who was previously trespassed from a business returned and shoplifted.
7200 block 182nd Street Southwest: A theft was reported.
21600 block 76th Avenue West: A woman reported a hit-and-run collision in a parking lot.
Sept. 3
23800 block Highway 99: A woman was arrested for intentionally damaging a vehicle.
200 block 3rd Avenue North: A bike was stolen from a storage unit.
22500 block Highway 99: A woman reported jewelry was stolen while she was in a local store parking lot.
22100 block 93rd Place West: Police responded to an argument between a dating couple.
22500 block Highway 99: Alcohol was stolen from a drug store.
Sept. 4
23200 block Highway 99: Multiple vehicles had windows broken and items stolen from inside.
9300 block 215th Street Southwest: Edmonds police assisted with a subject overdosing on narcotics. The subject was revived and transported to the hospital.
7300 block 210th Street Southwest: A catalytic converter was stolen from a Toyota Prius parked in apartment complex parking lot.
21600 block 76th Avenue West: Child Protective Services took custody of 3-year-old child after the child’s mother was involuntarily committed for a mental health evaluation.
Sept. 5
15700 block Main Street: Edmonds police assisted another law enforcement agency with translating.
8200 block 242nd Street Southwest: A subject, possibly on narcotics, was seen loitering near a trail bordering a residential apartment complex. The subject was contacted but there was no evidence of a crime.
8600 block 244th Street Southwest: A woman had money stolen through a Craigslist scam.
Sept. 6
17900 block Highway 99: Edmonds police assisted the Lynnwood Police Department with attempting to locate a burglary suspect. The suspect was not located and it was later discovered he left on a motorcycle.
22000 block Highway 99: A driver was arrested for DUI after being found passed out in a vehicle.
7300 block 213th Place Southwest: Edmonds police assisted with recovering a stolen motorcycle located in an apartment complex parking lot.
200 block Beach Place: A woman was trespassed from a residence after she was found sleeping on the front porch.
100 block Main Street: A woman was removed from a location after causing disturbance over wearing a mask.
8200 block Lake Ballinger Way: Police responded to a domestic disturbance between two adults. No arrests were made.
300 block Main Street: A woman was removed from a local diner for causing a disturbance.
I want to thank the Edmonds Police Department for confronting all these crimes. Everyday the “blue” put their lives on the line for the rest of us. I speak on behalf of many, we appreciate you. Without you, most of us don’t feel as safe!
When constituents are truly awake and you can see that Edmonds crime is looking more and more like crime in Seattle Neighborhoods like Ballard, (some neighborhoods even much smaller than our own population), you can see patterns! Cars stolen, multiple car windows smashed in, someone overdosing on narcotics, a woman trespassing on private property sleeping on someone’s porch, catalytic converters being stolen (more than once reported in previous blotter), disturbances at restaurants, a woman intentionally damaging a vehicle, DUI’s again and again (yet this years taste was an “over 21” drinking venue? Right message for Edmonds? NO!). Stolen motorcycle recovered at an apartment complex, multiple reports of shoplifting. Who pays the cost of theft? consumers prices go up.
Get involved with your local council meeting via zoom until we have in person meetings. Don’t let our city turn into several neighborhood like Seattle. The Seattle gov’t has violated state and constitutional law for defunding the police, putting citizens in harms way, police response time is extensive due to low man power from government actions. Any citizen awake in Seattle should file a complaint with the Ethics and Elections Commission on the council and the mayor due to not following rules and regulations. They are “to uphold the public trust” and “..demonstrate integrity, fairness and honesty”. The criminals have more rights and the taxpayers get screwed. Officials are criminals in Seattle who allowed increased crime, deterioration of neighborhoods, no prosecutions for drug crimes (giving drug paraphernalia to addicts!) insanity of government. Don’t be apathetic, “nothing I can do”. wrong attitude. Be courageous.
If Seattle is such the “Hell Hole” as so many people in Edmonds claim it to be, why are people still moving there in droves, and why are super simple fixer upper type houses selling well past the 500K mark?
Sensible Edmonds people need to quit bashing all the towns and communities surrounding us and concentrate on our own problems. I’ve recently visited such places as Tucson AZ. and Costa Mesa CA. and they have all the same problems and issues with rampant underclass poverty, homelessness, crime, and substance addiction that Seattle has.
Untreated mental illness, poor education, unequal wealth distribution, general disrespect for the law and law enforcement (sometimes with good reason but most times not) and the breakdown of support for our institutions are common to almost all municipalities in Red and Blue states alike. Partisan politics feed off these problems but they don’t solve them. People banding together as communities and finding solutions actually solve the problems. That’s what we need to do in Edmonds. Some get it, but most don’t.
If you can find a “unique fixer-upper opportunity” in Seattle for $500k it is likely trashed by people not required to pay rent for a year in a half. Bum-friendly policies disguised as compassion are enabling bad behavior. Free food, tents, cell phones, and easy access to drugs in addition to consequence-free crime is continuing to perpetuate homelessness on the West Coast. Next time you are stuck in traffic on I-5 take a quick inventory of the bum camps. High end patio furniture, restaurant grade gas heaters, brand new tents, and countless quality bicycles. Prime real estate too, “close to freeway access, unobstructed views, great schools, and wonderful shopping in neighbors’ yards”
I see three types of homeless:
The mentally ill who cannot care for themselves. We have facilities for them but not enough to accommodate all in need long term. It is also difficult to legally take somebody’s civil rights away.
The genuine homeless (about 10%) who have had a bad turn of luck and want to get back on their feet. We have programs for these people that come with strings attached – no drug use, curfews, jobs training programs, and job placement. How one cannot find a job now is beyond me.
Then there are the hopelessly drug addicted. We have facilities for this group as well, it’s called jail. Again, not a long-term solution. Rehab is an option but depending on the drug (alcohol, meth, opioids) there is a 70%-90% chance of relapse. Addiction then lends itself to mental health complications.
James, thank you!!!!! you said it accurately!!!!! Too bad Clint sees the need to defend poor government decision making and actions!!! All the destruction you can see in many locations has been allowed to go on. If anyone is moving into Seattle they must be corporate transfers. Perhaps he should have a discussion with a friend of mine in Ballard about Ballard commons!! Tent city and trash everywhere. I wonder how Clint would like people camping on his doorstep. Seems he would be okay with it.
Where in his comment did “Clint” defend poor government decision making and actions? Cynthia, you might want to learn to read what people actually write and consider what they are saying before you attack them in print.
My points are pretty simple. If you want the government (Police) to keep people from camping in your parks or “on your doorstep” you have to come up with something or someplace as a community for the police to take the campers to. The jails are pretty much full, the mental health facilities pretty much don’t exist or cost so much only the rich can afford them, and there is almost no affordable or low cost public housing. What do you expect the government (police) to do under the circumstances? How do you fix this problem that is almost Country wide? Extremest political viewpoints do not help solve these very real problems and are pretty much useless.
So, according to Mr. O’Reilly we should incarcerate drug addicts, except he adds that it does not solve anything. Where does he get his 10% percent figure for homeless people down on their luck? Even at the higher minimum wage of $15.00 per hour in the Seatte area, it is extremely difficult to find affordable housing at that level of income. Okay, there are homeless people who suffer from mental illness, yet he admits that there are not enough facilities to accommodate them. I am sorry, Mr. O”Reilly and Ms Sjoblom, you do not offer anything to help me understand your points of view.
Yes, Ms Sjoblom, you do point out a number of the criminal activities that called for police actions stated in the published blog. Yet you overlooked many of their actions which were in response to activities that were not criminal in nature. They help keep the peace in an urban society. As you say they have a difficult job dealing with people who do not always act reasonably. Frequently these people are home owners according to the blog.
What I find informative is reading about residents who know people who are homeless in our town and who treat them kindly. I know resdents who volunteer time at organizations in Edmonds that provide shelter, food and clothing to the homeless who find themselves in our neighborhoods. They are making a difference in the short term, which is the time frame in which most of the homeless seem to exist.
As Mr O’Reilly points out, some may not be able to turn their bad luck around, or at least not without relapsing at some point.
Volunteer by doing something positve that brings you the joy from giving.
I found the 10% statistic of legitimate homeless on usich.gov (US Interagency Council on Homelessness) and hud.gov (US Dept of Housing and Urban Dev) for 2020. Once you wade through the qualifiers of homeless who are sheltered, living in hotels, or staying with a friend you will find “Ten percent of people, 16,667, were found in unsheltered locations.” This is the group we see on the streets which we have programs for. “Incarcerate drug addicts” is a lazy generalization. Drug addicts committing crimes to chase the dragon should go to jail. It is the crime aspect that qualifies them for jail. If you cannot respect society you don’t get to be a part of it.
God forbid somebody making $15/hr can’t afford a studio apartment in downtown Seattle. Maybe Medina isn’t for you? There are many options including but not limited to Renton, Burien, Northgate, Everett where rent is about $1000/mo. for a 2 bedroom. That is over a third of total income at $15/hr which is tight for a single person, but when did roommates go out of style? There are options if you don’t quit. Homeless families’ rent are subsidized if they get the help they need from DHS at which I worked for 3 years.
Volunteering is wonderful. I helped out at Loaves & Fishes for 8 months until I burned out. You get punched, shoved, spat on, and yelled at while feeding and cleaning up after people. It is draining. It feels like you never make a difference because the success stories leave the nest. Perhaps they get back on their feet, but likely just move or worse, die.