In West Seattle Crime Watch, three notes, starting with a followup:

STOLEN CHEROKEE RECOVERED: If you read the comments, you’ll know this case of a student’s stolen white Jeep Cherokee was resolved. We followed up with police, and here’s what they say happened: Thursday afternoon at about 1:43 pm, a Parking Enforcement officer spotted a vehicle identified as stolen, around 37th/Cloverdale, and it was the stolen Cherokee. Someone was inside. A patrol officer was sent. It had left the area but other officers spotted it near California/Myrtle, where, after officers tried to stop the vehicle, the driver turned around in a dead-end and “rammed an SPD patrol vehicle and was last seen SB on California Ave SW from SW Myrtle.” The officer in the police car was not hurt. The stolen Cherokee was subsequently found, empty, still running, open door, punched ignition, in the 8800 block of 36th SW; its bumper (reader photo above) was at the scene of the collision. The Cherokee was taken to the SPD processing room to be checked for prints.

PACKAGE THEFT: Kevin reported this happened around 10:10 am Friday: “A package was stolen off my front porch in north of The Junction on SW Andover. It was a Black Audi Sedan with tinted windows. I watched a white male in his 40s-50s that was heavy set, maybe 5’7″-5’11,” gray hair and white stubble on face, wearing black jeans and a black hoodie at the time, run into the back seat of the car and take off. Just giving a heads up this holiday season. The license plate # (started with CLG).”

CAR BREAK-IN ATTEMPT: Seanelle says this also happened Friday morning on Delridge Way SW (but no block or cross-street mentioned): “We found the driver’s-side handle of my sister’s 2016 Hyundai Accent on the ground beside her vehicle. It appears someone tried and failed to break into her car, although completely breaking the key hole and removing the handle with no additional attempts or vandalism. Sending as a crime watch for fellow West Seattle residents.”

9:16 AM: Texter called in – and radio exchanges confirm that police are looking for – a suspected package poacher in a gray Audi, last seen minutes ago a few blocks west of The Junction (49th/Hudson was mentioned most recently). Tipster says it’s a sedan, likely 2000s vintage, no plates, “driving recklessly.” No driver description so far. Call 911 if you see it.

10:16 AM: Texter has since described the driver as a Black man, “possibly 20s-40s, orange hooded construction jacket with white reflective stripes.”

One more stolen-car report:

Our son’s new to him/used 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee with plates CNL6303 was stolen this afternoon from the area around Summit Atlas High School at Roxbury and 35th while he was in school. We don’t have an actual photo since it’s new to him, so (this) is the general idea. We would love to recover this as it won’t be valued as much as the work that was just put into it. Case # 24-355046.

If you find it, call 911.

Two reports in West Seattle Crime Watch:

STOLEN SILVERADO: The photo and report were sent by Allen:

Our truck was stolen this morning in front of our house on 45th Ave SW, between Hinds and Hanford. It’s a beige 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, plate B71645G. Police report 24-354501.

Call 911 if you find it.

BUSINESS BREAK-IN: We heard a dispatch earlier today for broken glass at West Wings in The Admiral District, so we asked them if they’d been burglarized. According to co-proprietor Paul Burbano, the bar was broken into but damage was minimal; alarms went off so neighbors called SPD, for which West Wings says thanks. “It’s always a terrible thing when this happens around the holidays, of course.” Paul said. “But we’re OK and remain open for business.”

Three West Seattle Crime Watch notes:

HIT-RUN VICTIM SOUGHT: Sent late tonight by Jojo (who redacted the plate):

Hoping to find the young man hit by a car today near Westwood village at around 5:30 pm. We saw the car that hit him take off. We followed the car and got pictures and the license plate number. We came back around the block to check on the victim but he must’ve got on one of the busses there. We saw that he was limping and hope he’s ok. We did make a police report and hope the victim will call them and tell them what happened.

PET ATTACKED: Ilana says this happened “Monday morning at about 8:00 am on the corner of California Ave and Lander (across from the Admiral Safeway)”:

I was walking my dog and a guy waiting at the bus stop on California and Lander steped in front of me and kicked my dogI I had seen him and deliberately tried to move out of his way but he just moved in front of me. I seriously lost it on him (sorry to everyone around for all of the profanity) and called the police to file a report. A woman at the bus stop told me he randomly did the same to her dog a few days ago. When he got on the #50 bus, my husband picked me up and we followed the bus until it stopped and I jumped on the bus and got this picture of the guy.

The bus driver also called the police but to my knowledge he was not apprehended.

Police report # is 24-352555.

STOLEN CAR FOUND: This one caught our ear early Tuesday as a stolen car was found abandoned in the middle of an intersection atop a hill (39th/Thistle). Witnesses saw the apparent driver walking away northbound on 39th. Police determined the car, a 2007 Mazda 3, had been reported stolen from a Gatewood home less than a mile north, and that the alleged thief was related to the car’s owner. They got the car back but the suspect hadn’t been found/arrested by the time we obtained the report narrative.

From the WSB inbox, a stolen car to watch for:

1999 white Subaru Impreza Outback
plate # BZR4836

Last seen on 47th & Alaska Street last night (12-14) around midnight.

If you find it, call 911. (We’ll add the police-report number when we get it.)

Tricia sent the report and photo:

2001 Jeep Cherokee, Green, 4-door, license plate CHM7207

Stolen by breaking a window. 12/12/24. Back bumper cover has a dent in it

Last location 31st Ave SW/Roxbury.

Call 911 if you find it; refer to police incident #24-348575.

Two incidents in West Seattle Crime Watch:

COFFEE STAND BURGLARY: After hearing a bit about this on police radio earlier today, we requested the report narrative from SPD. An employee arriving at the Mighty Mugs drive-up coffee stand on West Marginal Way SW just north of Highland Park Way after 4 am this morning saw a broken window and an intruder inside. So she went elsewhere and called police. Nearby, they found a 21-year-old woman who told officers she had broken the coffee-stand window to get in because she was cold. Police went in and reported the interior looked ransacked. They say they found the suspect to be in possession of a container of what tested out as meth; they took her to jail but the booking was declined because of “drug intoxication.” So she was taken to Harborview instead.

CARJACKING ATTEMPT? We also asked SPD about a call early Tuesday labeled as a possible carjacking attempt. Here’s what the report says: Around 6:11 am, a woman called 911 and met police near California/Admiral to report what happened. She said she was driving on SW Hanford at California when she saw a man “sprinting down the sidewalk” before he ran in front of her car, “causing her to stop in the travel lane.” The report narrative continues, “The suspect then approached the driver-side door. (The driver) advised it appeared that the suspect was possibly going for her driver-side door. She then kept driving northbound on California Av SW, called 911, and stood by for officers.” She described the suspect as a white man in his 30s, thin, 6′, blonde hair, wearing a black puffy jacket and black pants, last seen running northbound on California. The driver said he did not say anything to her but had “something in his hands.” Officers searched the area but didn’t find anyone.

Two reader reports this afternoon:

STOLEN PRIUS: T says this theft happened in the Alki area:

We live in Port Townsend and was bummed after staying first night in West Seattle. I mistakenly left my keys in my coat in our silver Prius parked on 56th SW. My husband used his FOB to lock the car at about 8 pm Dec 3rd. We went out 5:30 am to meet my son who was scheduled for his open heart surgery at 6 am at U of W. and the car was gone!!! We were calling police, geico and for a cab – so stressful. The car has a yellow and black bumper sticker “Save a Nurse – Wear a Mask” and “Vote for Ammunition Control.” Also, my key ring is obviously gone – has anyone found a set of keys that has a painter’s palette on it?

We’ll add the plate and report numbers when we get them. (SUNDAY UPDATE: Plate AYF6993 and case number 24-341102.)

PORCH PROWLER: Sent by a Morgan Junction resident:

This guy was on our porch rummaging around at 1:15 this morning. He left behind an orange electric plug adapter and a blue collar for a cat or small dog.

Reader reports in West Seattle Crime Watch:

CARS PROWLED: Sent by Marjon:

Last night around 1:20 all the cars parked on the street in my block were ransacked. A car slowly went down 31st in between SW Holden and SW Webster. Our rRing camera captured when they hit my husband’s truck at 1:21. They took his prescription sunglasses and his ice scraper. My husband says that they knew what they were doing because his truck was locked and the alarm was on. I know that they hit our neighbors in the house next to us and the camera captured them going to the car on the other side of our street.

PORCH PROWLERS: The first photo and report are from a Gatewood resident:

Roughly around 3:00 PM today at the intersection of 37th and Southern, I saw a blue Hyundai Tucson 4D hatchback drive slowly northbound on 37th and pull to a stop. A man (30ish, beard, medium build, possibly Middle Eastern or Indian heritage) got out of the car, keeping windows down, and proceeded to walk empty handed to my neighbor’s house where what appeared to be a large parcel was on the steps.

I confronted him from a safe distance asking why he was there. He said “I’m working for the guy.” I asked, “which guy — what’s his name?” and the man shouted an expletive, jumped in his car, and drove off westbound on Southern St. Oddly enough, the box on my neighbor’s steps was empty, just covering a planter. Police Incident: #24-342558

The second is from B:

7 am visit from this sketchy individual in Highland Park (Wednesday) morning. I think the click and light from the camera turning on spooked them.

And a reminder if you see this before 6:30 pm – tonight’s the night for the quarterly Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Council meeting at the precinct (2300 SW Webster).

2:15 PM: The 15-year-old boy shot and killed in the 6400 block of 30th SW late last night was a Chief Sealth International High School student. That’s according to a message sent to CSIHS families by principal Ray Morales and forwarded to us.

It is with deep sympathy that we share difficult news with you today. Early this morning, December 5th, a student from our school community passed away in one of our West Seattle neighborhoods. Our thoughts are with the family as they navigate this heartbreaking loss. Although many students and staff are aware of the student’s name, we will not be sharing it at this time since it has not been made public. Once the public becomes aware of the student’s identity, we ask that you respect their privacy. …

Official identification would come from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, possibly later this afternoon. He would be the second CSIHS student shot to death this year, after Mobarak Adam, also 15, killed at Southwest Teen Life Center/Pool in January. Last night’s deadly shooting was the seventh non-vehicular homicide in West Seattle this year; last year there were six.

3:31 PM: The name circulating among students is on this afternoon’s daily identified-decedents list released by the KCMEO – 15-year-old Sudaysi Ida. But the KCMEO lists his cause of death and manner of death as “pending.”

Following up on the man arrested for allegedly robbing the Westwood Village McDonald’s last week – he isn’t charged in that case yet, but he’s being held on another case in which he is charged (that’s the warrant we mentioned the night of the arrest). He’s 36-year-old Cody L. Bowlin, charged back in October 2023 with three counts of ID theft linked to a stolen purse and attempts to use stolen cards at businesses in Burien. The case has a lengthy trail – he didn’t show up for his initial arraignment in late October of last year, so a warrant was issued. He was finally back in custody in January, but released to an alternative program after two weeks, with orders to report withn 24 hours. He never showed. Another warrant was issued in May; he wound up in custody in June and was sent to treatment in Spokane. He was released to another alternative program in July, and never showed up for that, so another warrant was issued in August. That’s what he was arrested on last week, besides the alleged robbery (after which, police say, they recovered the screwdriver he allegedly used as a weapon, plus the stolen cash box and “a plethora of burglary tools”). His current bail for the ID theft case is set at $15,000. Court records show no previous felony cases against him in King County.

Police are responding to a report of mail theft a short time ago. According to the dispatch, two or three trays of mail are reported to have been stolen from a USPS truck near 42nd/Graham. The thief/thieves are reported to be in a white Lincoln SUV with Florida plates, possibly a “rental vehicle” per dispatch. Call 911 if you have any info.