November 8

Car prowls continue to rise with 87 Queen Anne reports in October

Crime, Local News

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How many car prowls did Queen Anne have in October? A whopping 87 by our count of Seattle Police Department reports. That’s up from September, when we had  just over 60 car prowls. Now, that we’re closing in on 90, what’s next? Triple digits?

The Seattle Times’ Danny Westneat has published a follow-up to his car prowl article. You may recall the original piece – his car was prowled, he tracked and found the suspects, SPD did nothing. Turns out that the suspects are repeat offenders and were featured on Washington’s Most Wanted this past week.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

My brazen car prowlers turn out to be state’s ‘Most Wanted’
By Danny Westneat
Seattle Times staff columnist

Last week I wrote about how the police mostly ignored my family’s repeated calls to come and bust a vanload of car prowlers that my 14-year-old daughter had tracked using an iPhone app. The thieves were so brazen they held up our stolen stuff in plain view. But we were told by police dispatchers to go home and file an insurance claim.

As it turns out, these weren’t just any car prowlers. They were Washington’s Most Wanted!

… It turns out all three had warrants out for their arrests. Police believe they may have smashed into hundreds of cars stretching back to May.

Last week, as the thieves coincidentally were being arrested, the “Washington Most Wanted” TV program planned to air a feature on them.

You can read the full story here – and, if you’re wondering how we’re doing on car prowls for October, we’ve pulled the map and included it below.

When counting, we include south of the Ship Canal to Denny Way, and Elliott/15th Ave W to Lake Union with Broad St as the northeast border.

Reminder: SPD only logs reports of car prowls where something of value was taken – if your car is empty and rummaged through, it doesn’t hit the SPD map. But, if anything is taken, even spare change, report it online so it hits the database.

QA Car Prowls Oct 2014


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