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Seward Park Stairs Get Makeover After Violent Mid-Day Attack

04.04.2012 911

SEWARD PARK – Seattle Police Department (SPD) says it’s working with Southeast Seattle neighbors to clean up a darkened stairway in the Seward Park neighborhood after it became the scene of a violent mid-day robbery earlier this year. Trees and bushes have grown up around the staircase—which links 49th Avenue and 50th Avenue on South [...]

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School Board Member Betty Patu to Host Rainier Valley March Against Violence

04.03.2012 911

RAINIER BEACH – This weekend, Seattle School Board member Betty Patu will host a march against the recent increase in violent crime in the area. “The community will be gathered to march together, stand together & with one voice declare together that we will not stand by and do nothing about the violence in our [...]

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Police: 14-Year Old Sexually Harassed While Walking to School

04.02.2012 911

RAINIER VALLEY – Less than a week after a 14-year old girl says she was assaulted by a strange man at a Rainier Valley bus stop, another 14-year old says she was sexually harassed by an unknown man while walking to school this morning. In today’s incident, Seattle Police Department (SPD) says the girl was [...]

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Guilty Verdict for Owner of Rainier Massage Parlor Taken Over by Vice Detectives

04.02.2012 911

SEATTLE – A jury recently found the owner of a former Rainier Valley massage parlor guilty of promoting prostitution. According to Seattle Police Department (SPD), Undercover Vice/High Risk Victims Unit detectives began investigating Liu Wei‘s foot massage business — located at Rainier Avenue S. and S. Adam Street in Mount Baker — in June 2010, [...]

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Police: 5 New Level 3 Sex Offenders in Southeast Seattle

03.30.2012 911

SOUTHEAST SEATTLE – Seattle Police Department (SPD) has announced that five Level 3 sex offenders that have moved into several Southeast Seattle neighborhoods. Level 3 sex offenders pose the highest risk to re-offend. According to police, the Community Notification Act of 1990 requires sex offenders to register in the community where they live. The law [...]

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SATURDAY: Learn What It Takes to Become a Seattle Police Officer

03.29.2012 911

RAINIER VALLEY – This weekend, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) is holding a workshop designed to give those interested in becoming a police officer an overview of what the six to eight month process is like. SPD is looking to hire 40 new entry-level officers this year and will offer the workshops twice a month [...]

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Police: Rainier Beach Teen Attacked While Walking to Bus Stop

03.28.2012 911

RAINIER BEACH – A 14-year old girl says she was assaulted this morning as she walked to a Rainier Valley bus stop. Police say it was about 7 am when the student was assaulted by a man while walking in the 9800 block of 62nd Avenue South near Waters Avenue South. “The victim stated that [...]

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Three-Car Crash Closes MLK Jr. Way at Graham Street

03.26.2012 911

RAINIER VALLEY – Five people sustained minor injuries this morning in a three-car crash on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way at South Graham Street. Police say it was shortly after 8 am when Seattle Fire Department transported three adults and two juveniles to Harborview Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries. “The collision involved a Honda [...]

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Dunlap Man Robbed at Gunpoint in His Front Yard

03.25.2012 911

DUNLAP – There were no injuries or arrests on Saturday afternoon when a man was robbed at gunpoint in his front yard. Police say it was shortly after 4:30 pm when the man was confronted by the suspect in the  7900 block of 45th Avenue South in the Dunlap neighborhood in Southeast Seattle. “Preliminary investigation [...]

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Hit & Run DUI Driver Arrested After Rainier Valley Foot Pursuit

03.24.2012 911

RAINIER VALLEY – A Rainier Valley driver was arrested Friday night for driving under the influence, negligent driving, a hit and run collision and obstructing a police officer. According to police, it was just before 11 pm on Friday when officers were contacted by a victim of a hit and run collision at Martin Luther [...]

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Man Robbed While Sitting in Drive-Thru at Rainier Beach Jack in the Box

03.23.2012 911

RAINIER BEACH – A man was robbed at knife-point Thursday night while sitting in the drive-thru at the Jack in the Box in Rainier Beach. Police say it just before midnight when the victim says a woman approached him while he sat stopped in his car in the drive-thru lane of the fast food restaurant [...]

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Rainier Valley Residents 4x More Likely to Be Victims of Violent Crime Than North Seattleites

03.21.2012 911

by A Concerned Rainier Valley Neighbor It’s been a rough winter in the Rainier Valley. We’ve had several violent months and positive change seems to come in small spurts, if at all. A few weeks ago, for reasons that aren’t entirely clear, concern about crime in the Rainier Valley rose to a fever pitch. Hundreds [...]

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Jewelry Store Armed at Gunpoint; Suspects at-Large

03.16.2012 911

RAINIER VALLEY – There were no injuries or arrests Thursday afternoon when three men robbed a Southeast Seattle jewelry store at gunpoint. According to police, it was 1 pm when the three suspects wearing black hoodies,  black bandanas over their faces, gloves and baggy jeans entered a jewelry store located in the 5400 block of [...]

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Seattle Police Hiring 40 New Officers; Holding Free Workshop in Rainier Valley

03.14.2012 911

By John Discepolo, KOMO 4 News (RVP news partner): The Seattle Police Department wants to hire 40 new entry-level officers this year. For those looking to get a jump on the process, the department is hosting a series of “pre-test” workshops for prospective officers in the run up to June’s entry-level exam. Roughly 25 candidates [...]

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Woman Assaulted, Robbed Leaving Othello ATM; Suspect at-Large

03.12.2012 911

OTHELLO – Police are searching for a teenager they say assaulted and robbed a woman Friday morning in the 7500 block of MLK Jr. Way South at South Othello Street. It was about 10:30 am when a woman withdrew some cash from an ATM and was subsequently confronted by the suspect a short distance away. [...]

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Police: Suspected Drunk Driver vs. Light Rail Tracks

03.09.2012 911

KOMO News (RVP news partner) RAINIER BEACH – A suspected drunk driver was injured when he crashed his pickup truck into another car on the Link light rail tracks in South Seattle Monday afternoon, Seattle police officials said. Seattle police originally reported the crash involved a light rail car, but later corrected to say two [...]

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TONIGHT: Councilman Harrell to Host Rainier Valley Public Safety Meeting

03.07.2012 911

BRIGHTON – Two nights after 200 neighbors turned out to “take back Rainier Beach,” Councilmember Bruce Harrell, chair of the City Council’s Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee, is holding a Special Public Safety Committee meeting tonight in the Rainier Valley. According to a press release, several councilmembers, the Mayor’s Office, Seattle Police Department [...]

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Police Officer Nabs Mt. Baker Burglary Suspect While Tumbling Down Hill

03.06.2012 911

MT. BAKER – A man was arrested Friday afternoon after breaking into a woman’s home and then attempting to escape by jumping over a fence with a 75-foot embankment on the other side. Police say it was about 2:15 pm when a woman called 911 to report an unknown male breaking into her home in [...]

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TONIGHT: Neighbors, Police Team Up to “Take Back” Rainier Beach

03.05.2012 911

RAINIER BEACH – A south-end public safety group is planning a “mega walk” here tonight in response to a recent increase in violent crime. “We’re taking back our community,” said South Precinct Crime Prevention Council (SSCPC) Chair Pat Murakami. “We want [the neighborhood] to take ownership to the fact that there’s a problem down here.” [...]

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MONDAY: Community Group Planning “Mega Walk” to Combat Crime at Rainier & Henderson

03.02.2012 911

RAINIER BEACH – In response to a recent increase in violent crime, a local community group is planning a “mega walk” to show support for one particular neighborhood hotspot. “We’re taking back our community,” said South Precinct Crime Prevention Council Chair Pat Murakami. “We want [the neighborhood] to take ownership to the fact that there’s [...]

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WATCH: Mayor McGinn on Violent Crime

02.29.2012 911

RAINIER VISTA – Earlier this week, Mayor Mike McGinn and Councilmember Bruce Harrell joined the Seattle Police Department and community leaders for a press conference about recent violent crime in Seattle. The event took place at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club.

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