A neighbor sends us an email with this in the subject line: “prowler/potential burglar thwarted in Maple Leaf.”
I wanted to let you know of an incident that occurred on 12/16/13 in our home in the 10800 block of 12th Avenue Northeast near Northeast Northgate Way.
At about 2:30 p.m. my partner was at home working, when she looked up from her desk and noticed a woman peering through the windows of our house. Since my partner was on an important work phone call, she didn’t go outside to confront the woman right away, but a few minutes later she heard the front door open, at which point she did confront the intruder, who was by this point standing in our living room.
When confronted, the woman stated she just came in to use the bathroom. The woman was in her 40s, about 5-foot-6 and 250-300 pounds, with long light brown hair, wearing a dress.
Speaking of Northgate, take a look at the snippet of a police crime map at right.
It’s the first time since the map changed format slightly that we’ve seen 38 different reports in the same small place – in this case in and around the 400 block of Northeast Northgate Way.
The time range is from the beginning of December to the present. The crimes are mixed – largely stolen vehicles, prowled cars and shopliftings. (We counted seven stolen cars and 11 car prowls before the map glitched out on us.)
The red-and-black mask? That’s the “cyborg bandit” we wrote about earlier who robbed the Northgate Sterling Bank branch.
That stretch of Northgate, home to both the mall and the transit center, is known as a crime “hot spot.” In our earlier post we noted that more juveniles are arrested there – by far – than in any other place in Seattle.
NE; that doesn`t mean that they wouldn`t kill you for no reason.You are thinking rationally. an intruder might not use that train of thought.
Is anything in my house worth killing someone over? NO.
And pull the gun out of the safe.
5′ 6″ 300 pounds. Not a meth user, I am guessing.
Lock the doors 24/7. Install motion sensitive lights. Keep bushes trimmed, sight lines open. Know your neighbors and their contact numbers and email. Secure your car keys/computers/valuables in a safe place. If you have a garage door opener, get a keypad for your car, crooks break into cars and return with the remote and gain access via your attached garage. Secure your guns so they can’t be stolen or turned on you.
You are allowed to defend your life and property inside of your home with lethal force. You can’t use lethal force if they are running away down the street, even if you might feel the urge.
Lots of people out of work, sad to say, some of them are turning to crime.
They do tend to watch for the car in the driveway, if you are always home when it is there, if you are always gone when it isn’t. Change it up, park down the street a ways on occasion.
Our doors are always locked when we are home.
As I shut the door I lock it, day or night. Then I never have to worry about whether or not it’s locked.
@neighbor: do you lock your doors 100% of the time when you’re home during the daytime?
After 10 years living down yonder in the bogs – I’ll count my blessings as I am *very* close to the mall and all this action I only read about(so far), but apparently off the grid enough and less than the ideal victim to get the heat of it, although my cheap old car was recently prowled until the joke was on them – you REALLY want all those scruffy shopping bags and emergency supplies scattered about the back seat? Or my little teddy bear, mascot? What? You don’t fancy that cute little factory installed cassette player? How about a joy ride? Guess I did luck out.
Can you please cite “more juveniles are arrested there” I’ve heard they like that spot as the bus access is easy. I am surprised there aren’t more mail thefts reported. If someone takes a package from UPS or FEDEX delivered to your porch is that considered mail theft or something else?
Do you lock your doors??
There was a burglary at 10th and 127th yesterday as well. It was significant enough that officers visited neighbors to tell them of the incident and to ask them to report any unusual activity.