Somene tried to break into Salmons Service Center at 355 NW 85th St. late last night. The person was caught by the station’s security cameras about 10:30 p.m. He tried to jimmy the door, then walked east towards the propane tank on the edge of the property.
“A figure was caught on camera jimmying the door, but we couldn’t actually discern who it was,” one of the station’s employee’s told me this afternoon. “He seemed to be kind of a bumbling idiot.”
Police were called but missed the suspect by a few minutes.
In the wake of 10 arsons in the neighborhood, Owner Phil Salmon and his employees are taking extra precautions. They’ve spent a lot of time trying to clean up the alley behind the station, making sure their motion sensor lights work, and are currently installing extra security cameras.
Salmon also plans to pick up his alley neighbor’s extra cardboard that’s sitting out waiting for pickup, and put it into his own locked dumpster, to make sure the arsonist doesn’t see it as an opportunity. “It’s amazing me that he’s setting fires while they’re patrolling,” Salmon said.
Salmon was the victim of a previous arson at his Woodinville gas station in May 1989, so he says he’s serious about taking steps to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
15 responses so far ↓
1 Neighbor // Nov 9, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Will the last Greenwood business left unadulterated last night please turn out the lights?
2 Super1KensCashierForTheWin // Nov 9, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I’m wondering if maybe the fires and the robberies are being done by the same person/people.
3 Tiktok // Nov 9, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Yet somehow, the All Age Dance Club still stands.
4 Richard // Nov 9, 2009 at 4:46 pm
The old ‘G Note’ still has some god/demon watching it
5 Whopper // Nov 9, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Bumbling idiot? No, just your neighborhood meth head.
6 MadNeighbor // Nov 9, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Any plans on uploading the video? It might be useful…
7 Neighborhood Meth Head // Nov 9, 2009 at 6:26 pm
It was SO not me.
8 Northa85th // Nov 9, 2009 at 6:26 pm
There needs to be a cruiser parked at 85th and Greenwood, 10:00 to 6:00, ready to respond to anything like this. No support for the Northgate autothefts and no UDistrtict distractions. Stay there and respond as need, the spirit of community policing.
9 Stupid Hippie // Nov 9, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Times are tough, I blame Bush/Cheney for these people’s struggling.
10 sad-greenwood // Nov 9, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Whopper, why do you bother coming here? You really are obnoxious and not remotely helpful. Pitch in and help make all of our neighborhoods a better place.
11 Whopper // Nov 9, 2009 at 8:28 pm
“There needs to be a cruiser parked at 85th and Greenwood”
Hey, how about my idea of a border crossing along 85th?
12 Tahomajim // Nov 9, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Never forget Bush/Cheney ARE responsible for ALL the problems facing our nation today. They took a surplus and turned it into debt. Republicans don’t pay for anything, they do everything on credit.
One last reminder, on October 14th 2008 the first $750 billion package was approved so GWB could bail out Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG. Obama was elected and another $750 billion was approved to keep our nation out out of more Bush mismanagement problems. People, it will take eight years to pull us out of the hole GWB put us into. Don’t whine because Obama has not done that in the past 11 months.
13 Eye on the ball // Nov 9, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Is that your long wind way of saying that the burglar/arsonist is a republican?
14 Weenie D // Nov 9, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I am going to ignore all the rambling political poo that is totally off base in a discussion about the neighborhood we ALL live in and love…
@TikTac “Yet somehow, the All Age Dance Club still stands.” It seems the demon is truly after the thrill, and the prospect of realizing our dreams, i.e. no more eyesore of a building, is not at all tantalizing. Or maybe they don’t want to see their “Picasso- esque” tag of “RUN” be destroyed.
15 allison // Nov 9, 2009 at 11:28 pm
I don’t know who you people are, but we have a serious problem. I hope to sleep the night through because it’s raining.
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