On Monday we posted about a car prowler leaving someone else’s CDs behind while breaking into a car on NW 73rd Street. Numerous people commented on that story about other car prowls in the neighborhood, including John, who said his Mini Cooper was stolen that same night, just a few blocks away.
We live just West of 3rd on 73rd. Our 2003 Mini Cooper was stolen last night from our driveway. They left a stolen Honda Accord by our driveway. Not sure how they stole a Mini. It’s dark blue with white stripes and we miss it.
Since then, we’ve also heard from another neighbor just one block from where the Mini Cooper was stolen, saying that someone rifled through her truck that night. And, just a few doors farther down on NW 73rd St., another car was rifled through the same night.
Anyone else in that immediate area have their cars prowled Sunday night/Monday morning?
11 responses so far ↓
1 Amy // Sep 8, 2010 at 8:15 pm
The Sunday before that, mine was (off of 68th). It happened around 3:45 am. He took a random pair of headphones I had in the glovebox, but there was nothing else to take.
2 MM // Sep 8, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Our van was riffled through that night. I think they might have gotten some spare change we keep in the car but other than that nothing of significance. There was no sign of force getting into the car so we were questioning if we might have left the door open.
3 lupilynn // Sep 8, 2010 at 9:44 pm
A neighbor of ours on NW 74th between 6th and 8th NW, who had just moved in, had his car broken into early Sunday morning. One of the car’s doors was pried open with a crowbar and a window smashed.
4 baselle // Sep 8, 2010 at 9:57 pm
It might be several prowlers or they’ve been hitting different areas in the neighborhood. Our car’s glove box was found open Tuesday morning. We never leave the glove box open.
We also got a note from our neighborhood who had some cast iron stolen.
We are 4 blocks from the mayor’s house, north of 85th.
5 SPG // Sep 9, 2010 at 11:02 am
You’d think it wouldn’t be too hard for the police to put an occasional night patrol together. A couple unmarked cars or bikes would be able to catch these (*&*&%ers pretty easily.
6 Becca // Sep 9, 2010 at 12:38 pm
We found a new-with-tags nice sweater in front of our house on 1st at 70th last Thursday morning – wonder if it came out of one a prowled car….?
7 Livid and Fed Up // Sep 9, 2010 at 7:23 pm
I had a FedEx package stolen off of my doorstep today. I live near 15th and 75th….
I’m really sick of this and know it will continue to happen unless there is more of a police presence in this area. This is unacceptable and someone needs to explain to me what the hell has to be done to get the Seattle PD involved here…
8 Norm // Sep 9, 2010 at 8:31 pm
“someone needs to explain to me what the hell has to be done to get the Seattle PD involved here…”
The SPD is currently about half the size of what the DOJ recommends for a city of our size. Simply put we need more cops, but mayor kumbaya doesn’t even want to hire the paltry 25 extra officers the city council had in the budget. If we want to get a handle on crime we need to stop electing politicians who won’t make public safety a priority.
9 JLW // Sep 10, 2010 at 7:59 am
it’s simle. leave nothing of importance in your car and leave it unlocked. if you have insurance and your car is stolen you are totally covered. and leaving razor blazes in the glove box doesn’t hurt either (my neighbor does that since we are at 82nd adn greenwood) . it’s true. i call the police for things in the area and they never show up unless it’s a crime in progress. they just want you to fill out an online form. i am really unimpressed with the SPD for the last few years.
10 Whopper // Sep 11, 2010 at 4:16 pm
You should be allowed to shoot these tweaker ***holes……
11 Whopper // Sep 12, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I myself went through a nasty spat with meth and let me tell you, most of my junkie friends were the lowest of low. I’ve cleaned up for the most part but when you are dealing it’s very difficult to stay off the junk you sell.
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