Submitted by Shomari Stone on Monday, March 15th, 07:05pm
Surveillance video captured a robbery in action at a gas station Sunday morning.
The video shows the thief breaking a window of the store on West Government Way and climbing through.
"It's upsetting," said gas station owner Georgette Nasif. "It's frustrating; it cost a lot of money."
The crook took cigarettes valued at $700.
"I mean, they're taking some cigarettes," Nasif said. "They broke in three windows a door. It's a very large expense, just to take some cigarettes for the fun of it."
Good thing the cash register was empty, but that didn't stop him from looking around for a safe under the counter. He came up empty.
Nasif said it's frustrating because it's the second time they've been robbed in less than two weeks. In that instance, two bandits broke in, found an undisclosed amount of cash and ran away. But they were a sloppy, dropping cigarette packs on the ground, and hurrying to pick them up.
Georgette plans on getting additional security, more cameras, and putting bars on the windows.
Tips on the robbery can be called in to Seattle police.
Submitted by Shomari Stone on Monday, March 15th, 02:11pm
Crooks robbed the Shell Gas Station in Magnolia Sunday morning. It is located at 3700 W. Government Way. Owner Georgette Nasif hopes surveillance video will help catch the burglars. Shomari Stone shows you behind the scenes.
Submitted by KOMO Staff on Thursday, February 25th, 01:46pm
Seattle City Light is warning customers about con artist who've been posing as utility bill collectors and appear to be targeting customers with Asian surnames.
City Light customers have told the utility that someone who claimed to be a City Light employee told them they were ready to disconnect their electricity if they did not make a payment by credit card.
In the scam, the callers claimed there were problems with payment of the customers’ bill and asked for a credit card payment to resolve the matter. In some instances, the caller also asked for Social Security numbers. This is similar to incidents reported to City Light during the past several years.
City Light doesn't demand immediate payment to prevent disconnection, nor does the utility use social security numbers to identify customers.
Submitted by KOMO Staff on Monday, February 8th, 10:16am
Concerned about crime in your neighborhood?
The Seattle Police Department will present an update on crime and prevention in Magnolia from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 at the Magnolia Community Club General Meeting.
The meeting is at Catherine Blaine School Cafeteria, 2550 34th Avenue West, next to Magnolia Community Center.
In addition to the SPD a block watch captain and a crime victim will share their perspectives.
Submitted by KOMO Staff on Wednesday, December 23rd, 10:29am
A Magnolia resident woke up to the sounds of burglar trying to steal a cache of Christmas gifts.
The victim, who lives in the 2900 block of 25th Avenue West, didn't get a good look at the burglar, who ran away, leaving a trail of stolen items strewn through neighbors' yards.
Police and a police dog searched the area for the burglar, who went north to West Dravus Street, but found no one.
They did find a trail of stolen, unwrapped Christmas presents that the victim had recently purchased. They were returned, but police collected evidence from the scene for a follow-up investigation.
Submitted by KOMO Staff on Wednesday, December 16th, 10:13am
A police officer passing by a business in the 1800 block of 15th Avenue West late Tuesday night foiled an apparent robbery in progress.
Just as an alarm activation for the location was being called out, the officer saw two people at the back door of a business.
When he went over to contact the men, a large crowbar fell out from under one man's coat. The officer took the men into custody.
One man tried to explain that he was carrying a crowbar for protection, but could not explain why the other man had a flashlight and a screwdriver. It was a mild night, but both men were wearing gloves.
The two men couldn't get their story straight, either. One said the men drove to the area while the other insisted they walked from to the area from North 105th Street and Greenwood Avenue North, a distance of slightly more than five miles.
Police contacted the owner of the business, who said he had not instructed anyone to pry open the back door.
Submitted by Amy Roe on Friday, October 9th, 09:19am
Police arrested a 35 year-old man for allegedly hitting someone with a pipe after the person failed to give him a cigarette or money.
The attack took place Aug. 25 at around 10:10 p.m. in the 2200 block of Thorndyke Avenue West. A man approached a car and for a cigarette. After the occupants of the car told him they didn’t have one, the man produced a pipe and hit one of the people on the head. They drove drove off and called 911.
At about 2 p.m. yesterday, West Precinct Burglary detectives located the suspect and took him in for questioning. He was later booked into King County Jail for Investigation of Robbery.
Submitted by KOMO Staff on Thursday, October 1st, 09:59am
Sheena Blackburn, 24, (pictured above on the far left) and Jarvis Gibbs, 23, appeared in court this morning for arraignment in the string of robberies in Green Lake, Magnolia, Capitol Hill, and North Seattle.
Blackburn told police she was the driver in the robberies. According to court documents, the suspects went on a shopping spree with the credit cards of their victims, buying food from the drive-through at Jack-in-the-Box, gas at filling stations, and spending hundreds of dollars at a View Ridge 7-11.
You can read more about the robberies and see court documents in this story.
Submitted by Martha Kang on Thursday, September 17th, 07:20pm
A third person suspected in a string of robberies around the city is now in police custody.
Police said Michael L. Alexander, 20, turned himself in on Thursday night. He was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of robbery.
Two other suspects are already in police custody. Sheena R. Blackburn, 24, was arrested in Auburn on Tuesday, and Jarvis R. Gibbs, 23, was arrested in Federal Way.
A fourth suspects remains on the loose. A description was not available.
The four are accused in nine separated armed and strongarm robberies that have plagued a number of different neighborhoods in the city including Green Lake, Magnolia, Capitol Hill and North Seattle this month.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the remaining suspect is urged to call either 911 or the Seattle Police Robbery Unit at (206) 684-5535.
Submitted by KOMO Staff on Thursday, September 17th, 05:59pm
Suspects in the dozen or so pattern robberies committed in Capitol Hill, Green Lake, Magnolia and North Seattle went on a shopping spree with the credit cards of their victims, hitting the drive-through at Jack in the Box, charging hundreds of dollars at a View Ridge 7-Eleven, and buying gas, according to charging papers released Thursday.
Sheena Renee Blackburn, 24, of Auburn and Jarvis Remone Gibbs, 25, also of Auburn, were charged with the robberies.They are scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 1 at the King County Courthouse. Police are still looking for two other suspects.
The suspects’ buying spree came to an end when one victim’s credit card was declined at the Jack in the Box on Aurora in Shoreline, the Shoreline 76 Station and the Shell on Aurora, according to investigators.
Blackburn told police that that robbery, committed Sept. 8 on Latona Ave. NE in the Green Lake neighborhood, was their last because they didn’t get any money and they were frustrated.
