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Crime & Safety

Shoreline Police Blotter July 18-24

The following blotter items and information on arrests were supplied by the Shoreline Police Department. The reports do not indicate a conviction.

July 18

THEFT FROM VEHICLE: Someone broke the window of a Chevy Suburban parked at Pioneer Food Services on 155th Street and stole two backpacks and some gasoline.

STOLEN GAS: Someone drained approximately 40 gallons of gas from two YMCA buses parked in the YMCA parking lot.

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STEALING BEER: A man was spotted concealing two cans of Steel Reserve in his jacket while at Top Food and Drug on N 175th Street.

July 19

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STOLEN BIRD FEEDER: Someone stole a bird feeder from the front yard of a house on the 500 block of NE 180th Street.

DISORIENTED PERSON: Police found a man wearing a bathrobe and sitting near the intersection of NE 190th  Street and 10th Avenue NE. The man said he was trying to get to Woodland Presbyterian Church in Seattle.

RECOVERED WALLET: A woman spotted a wallet in a pile of garbage on the side of Richmond Beach Road near 8th Avenue NW and turned it in to police.

ASSAULT: A fight broke out between a son and father at Deals on Wheels at 15730 Aurora Ave. N.

BURGLARY: Someone stole a laptop from a house on the 400 block of NE 156th Street while the owner was away.

ASSAULT: Police arrested two people on suspicion of beating someone with a board and their fists on the 1200 block of NE 198th Street.

July 20

STEALING FROM CARS: Someone stole $4,000 in cash, a computer and several other items from two cars parked at the 700 block of N 148th Street.

ASSAULT: Police responded to a report of assault and robbery at the Days Inn Motel on Aurora Avenue N.

BURGLARY: Someone stole jewelry from a house on the 2300 block of NW 204th Street.

CAR THEFT: Someone stole a 1994 Nissan Pathfinder from the North Jackson Park and Ride.

MARIJUANA: Police chased two juveniles on the 19200 block of 17th Avenue NW. Police suspected the two were prowling, but they were actually smoking marijuana.

SMASHED WINDOWS: Someone used rocks to smash the windows of Innis Arden Swimming Club.

July 21

DRUNKENNESS: Police found a man passed out behind an abandoned Thai Restaurant at N 160th Street and Linden Avenue N. The same man had been found two weeks earlier after drinking a mixture of cocaine and mouthwash. Police found an empty mouthwash bottle lying nearby.

ASSAULT: Three or four males reportedly assaulted a man who was trying to visit his ex-girlfriend on the 15300 block of 27th Avenue NE. The man knew the attackers.

SHOPLIFTING: Someone reportedly tried to steal $232 of clothing from Fred Meyer on Aurora to sell marijuana.

CONCEALED WEAPON: Police arrested a man at Echo Lake Park who had been drinking and had a slingshot.

July 22

DUI ACCIDENT: Police responded to a car accident on the 16500 block of Aurora Avenue N where a driver fell asleep at the wheel, ran a red light and struck another vehicle.

INDECENT EXPOSURE: A man reportedly unzipped his pants and exposed his genitals to a woman near the Hillcliff Apartments on the 600 block of NE 165th Street.

STOLEN WALLET BUYS A NEW PUP: Someone stole a woman’s wallet from Living Wisely Thrift and used her credit card to buy a puppy.

July 23

BENT MAILBOX: Someone knocked over mailbox posts and bent several mailboxes along Linden Avenue N between NE 165th Street and NE 170th Street.

DRUGS: Police found what appeared to be cocaine on a woman who was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting from Goodwill on 15th Avenue NE.

July 24

PROWLING: Police contacted a man who was looking through mailboxes and reportedly in possession of stolen cheese.

BURGLARY: Someone used a rock to smash a window of the Richmond Market and went inside.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Police contacted a person who was reportedly acting threatening on a Metro bus at the Aurora Village Transit Center.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Police were alerted of a man who drives the area near N 155th Street and Densmore blowing kisses at young girls.

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