A dozen recent burglaries in the neighborhood

In commenting on a post Saturday about what the overnight police activity was about, Diy Seattle wrote on our Facebook page: “All they said was they were chasing a burglary suspect. Seems it is getting more common in our neighborhood.”

Actually, we are having fewer burglaries now than, say, a year ago.

That said, since our last burglary update at the end of June, it appears there have been a dozen home burglaries and six non-residential burglaries in the neighborhood. (That last category includes a break-in at a medical marijuana shop on Lake City Way that we reported on earlier; these home burglaries don’t include the one from early Saturday.)

The residential burglaries:

• Rear ground-floor windows were broken out of a home in the 2300 block of Northeast 102 Street during the day on Tuesday, Aug. 2. According to the police report: “The suspects locked the family dog in a bedroom and proceeded to ransack the residence. The suspects removed a large flat-screen TV, a watch case with multiple watches, and a laptop computer … the next-door residence was also found to have been burglarized in the same time period.” Next door officers found that entry had likely also been made by breaking a ground-floor window.
• Also on Tuesday, Aug. 2, burglars hit a home in the 9200 block of Fifth Avenue Northeast.
• During the day on July 25 burglars broke the lock on a back door of a home in the 1000 block of Northeast 96th Street and stole a laptop, prescription medication and cash.
• The resident of a house in the 8100 block of Eighth Avenue Northeast came home the afternoon of July 21 and found her dog outside and the kitchen window broken. It was unknown what might have been taken.
• On July 20 a north-side window of a house in the 10300 block of 20th Avenue Northeast was pried open. A television and cash box were missing, but the reporting officer stated: “When I arrived I looked out the window the suspect(s) had pried open and located the victim’s Samsung television and his metal lock-box outside on the ground. The lock-box had been pried open and the money was gone. It is possible the victim interrupted the burglar.”
• On July 18th burglars hit a trailer home in the 2200 block of Northeast 88th Street.
• Burglars hit a home the night of July 14 in the 2000 block of Northeast 90th Street.
• Burglars broke the rear door window of a house in the 100 block of Northeast 98 Street on July 13 and stole electronic items.
• Sometime between June 30 and July 4 burglars ransacked a home in the 800 block of Northeast 89th Street and stole multiple items.
• On June 30th in the 10700 block of 20th Avenue Northeast a $1,300 bicycle was stolen out of a garage.
• On June 28 in the 500 block of Northeast 104th Street a basement window was removed from its frame and computers, computer games and jewelry stolen.