Friday, May 11. 4:18 p.m. Terry Avenue N.,
Naval reserve Building. Officers contacted the suspect, a transient Asian male aged 44 for the third time in a week while suspect was sleeping/trespassing on the premises of the Naval Reserve Building. He has been sleeping on those premises for an unknown number of days, and has been warned by the officer not to return on each of those three prior contacts. Seattle Police were asked by the City to remove all trespassers from the property—the complainants reported that the trespassers were leaving messes on the ground and harassing employees as they showed up for work. Suspect was arrested for criminal trespass, and booked into King County Jail.
Friday, May 11. 2:26 p.m. 1999 Western Avenue, Victor Steinbrueck Park.
Suspect, a transient male was observed by officers sitting in Victor Steinbrueck Park. He was known to the officers from previous contacts, and during a routine warrant check suspect was found to have an outstanding warrant. He was contacted, and the warrant was verified. Suspect was arrested and booked into King County Jail.
Sunday, May 13, 10:15 a.m. Washington St. S., Occidental Park.
A transient male aged 74 is known to officers, and is known to be on a Stay Out of Drug Areas (SODA) restriction. He was observed by officers sitting in the middle of Occidental Park, underneath three blankets. He was contacted, and officers asked him if he had a copy of the SODA order on his person. Suspect stated that he did not, and stated he was attempting to sleep in the park. A metal crack pipe was recovered from the suspect’s pants pocket. He was then arrested and booked into King County Jail for SODA violation.
Sunday, May 13, 11:32 a.m. third Ave., City Hall Park.
Suspect, a transient male aged 36 was spotted sitting on a bench in City Hall Park. Officers believed the man was trespassed from all Zone 4 parks, and contacted him. They ran a name check and found that the suspect had been barred from all Zone 4 parks for 90 days on April 25. As the ban was still active, suspect was arrested for trespassing in City Hall Park, a Zone 4 park. He was transported to the precinct and booked into King County Jail for trespass.
Tuesday, May 28, 11:20 p.m. 150 block of Bell St.
At approximately 11:21 p.m., the victim, a transient male aged 46 flagged down officers to report he had been assaulted by the suspect, a transient male in his 30s. Victim was intoxicated and reported that he was drinking with the suspect when they got into an argument, and the suspect pushed the victim. No one was injured. An area check for the suspect was negative.
Compiled from incident reports of the Seattle Police Department by Emma Quinn. Got your own experience to relate? Call us at (206)441-3247 ext. 207 and we’ll get the scoop.