late april, arrest in Greenwood for serious assault

Jose L. Rodriguez, 16, arrested in Greenwood neighborhood (700 block of N. 85th St.) in late April and charge as an adult in a serious assault, from the SeattleP-I.com:

Teen charged as adult for alleged attack with two-by-four

By CASEY MCNERTHNEY
SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF

A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult after police say he attacked a man outside a party with a piece of wood, causing facial damage that will require several surgeries.

About 10:30 p.m. April 10, investigators say Jose L. Rodriguez and at least three other friends arrived at the Pocock Rowing Center at 3320 Fuhrman Ave. E - a space that is rented for events and parties. The group tried to get into a birthday party they weren't invited to, and after being denied, allegedly stood in the street outside yelling demeaning remarks to people who left.

Roughly an hour later, a man and at least one other friend who had been called to the club arrived and confronted Rodriguez and the others, who were still drinking and carrying on in the street, according to police.

Investigators say words were exchanged, then Rodriguez and a friend got weapons, including a roughly 2-inch-by-4-inch piece of lumber and a metal pipe.

The men called to the scene tried to leave in a Jeep Cherokee with the front passenger window down.

"Rodriguez jabbed the piece of wood (through) the open window and struck (the victim) in the face, breaking his nose in two places," Gang Unit Detective James Britt wrote in a probable-cause statement.

Police say Rodriguez tried to pull the victim from the vehicle, and when he couldn't, stole his late 1970s-style Mariners hat.

When the victim and the driver were a safe distance away, the victim "removed a large splinter of wood that was protruding from his face between his eyes," Britt wrote.

A first-degree assault charge was filed Monday against Rodriguez.

He and his friends allegedly fled in a small light-colored car. A license plate provided by a witness matched a silver 1995 Ford Escort -- a car that didn't belong to Rodriguez, according to police.

Seven witnesses identified him, according to charging documents.

It was not clear from the incident report or charging document what exactly brought Rodriguez to the birthday party. However, court documents show one of the witnesses told police that his conversation with Rodriguez and his group started when they offered to sell him weed.

On April 20, police obtained a search warrant for Rodriguez's parents' home, where he stays. Britt, the Gang Unit detective, had contacted Rodriguez as that residence previously, according to court documents.

A search that afternoon of the single-family split-level residence found four marijuana pipes, 21 rounds of ammunition of various calibers, 20.3 grams of marijuana in a glass jar and other marijuana paraphernalia.

Rodriguez, who has no criminal history, was arrested the next day in the 700 block of North 85th Street.

"Rodriguez provided an audio recorded statement, in which he admitted to assaulting the driver of a red Jeep-like SUV through the open driver's window," Britt wrote in the probable case statement. "Rodriguez admitted that this took place outside a party at the Rowing Club.

"Rodriguez stated that a male named 'D' was with him and struck the driver of the SUV with a piece of wood he took out of the ground, possibly a stop sign."

A girl who was driving Rodriguez allegedly told police she heard him, the man referred to as "D" and another girl talking about having hit someone after the assault. Rodriguez also denied stealing the victim's hat.

Rodriguez, whose case is ongoing, is being held at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center on $150,000 bail.

9 am Wednesday, April 14 possible drug dealing

A little south of our area, but certainly related to what goes on here:

Neighbor reports possible drug dealing on northwest corner of N. 72nd St. and Fremont at 8:55 am Wednesday, April 14. Both suspects white males about 18-20 years old. One, about 6-foot tall, wearing a blue and white vertically striped shirt and carrying a Starbucks frappacino-type drink got out of a yellow taxi southbound on Fremont and stood on the corner. Less than 30 seconds later, he was joined by the other young man, a little shorter and possibly fair-haired, on foot and each of them pulled something from their pockets and blatantly made an exchange between them of some small packets or money. The taller man then walked to the cab which, oddly, had parked down the street a half-block waiting for the man. The shorter one walked into a nearby house. The entire exchanged lasted less than 15 seconds or so.

Neighbor said he finds it hard to believe that it really was a drug deal, because it seemed so incredibly obvious (like a scene from a bad TV show), the young men were clean-cut and it was in broad daylight as other neighbors walked children or dogs nearby.

overnight Wednesday, March 10 car window smashed

Overnight and discovered Wednesday morning by owner, March 10, rear window of a van parked in the 700 block of N. 82nd St. was smashed, leaving a large gaping hole about 5-1/2 to 6 feet above street level. Van was alarmed and neighbor suspects that it was a bungled break-in attempt and that possibly alarm went off and scared intruder away. Incident was reported to police.

9:14 pm, Sunday, March 1 assault in Aurora motel

Sunday, March 1, assault in motel at N. 82nd St. and Aurora.

From The Seattle Times:

Man arrested after woman assaulted at Aurora Avenue motel

Posted by John de Leon

A man who is suspected of assaulting a woman at a motel suffered a drug overdose while he was being arrested and was taken to a Seattle hospital, police said.

At 9:14 p.m. Sunday, police responded to a motel in the 8200 block of Aurora Avenue North after several 911 callers reported a woman was being physically and sexually assaulted in a hallway. The suspect, a 49-year-old man, was hostile and combative. Police said he fought with officers as they tried to handcuff him.

Once the suspect was bought under control, he was taken outside to a patrol car. The man was driven to Harborview Medical Center because of a suspected drug overdose. Police said the man would be booked into the King County Jail once he is released from the hospital.

The victim, 28, suffered minor injuries, police said, and didn't need medical treatment.

4:30 pm Monday, Feb. 15 possible drug dealing activity

Neighbor reports likely drug dealing activity at 4:30 pm Monday, Feb. 15, at the corner of N. 81st and Dayton.

While driving neighbor saw two suspects, one early 20's female and the other late 40's male, both white, standing on the corner waiting, checking their cell phones, looking down the street. Neighbor has lived in the area long enough to feel quite certain that they were waiting for a drug dealer. Neighbor slowed down, took their photo (seen above) and told them to get out of the neighborhood. They had a lively exchange with the neighbor, but then began walking toward N. 80th. A black Nissan came by, slowed down at the scene, and took off as soon as neighbor began to take a photo of the vehicle. Neighbor called 911, the subjects returned to the neighbor's car to exchange more words, but when they realized the police were being called, they again took off to 80th. The 911 operator advised the neighbor that there was nothing they could do because nothing had been witnessed and advised neighbor to leave the area immediately.

2:30 pm, Mon., Feb. 15 possible drug activity

Neighbor reports likely drug activity Monday, Feb. 15 on N. 83rd St. between Linden and Fremont.

Four young white men, who do not live in the neighborhood, were sitting in a black/gray small SUV parked on N. 83rd St. and appeared to be getting high as they were passing small quantities of something among each other that they were all very focused on. When driver saw neighbor beginning to approach the vehicle, he immediately started the car and drove away west, turning onto Fremont. Neighbor thinks it's likely that he just parked on that block instead to continue whatever they were doing.

late January, suspected drug activity

http://www.phinneywood.com/forum/topic.php?id=417

Neighbors report on the Phinneywood site several recent drug activity incidents:

About 3:30 am about a week ago, a neighbor who lives near 85th & Greenwood chased away several black women who were smoking crack near a new building at the east end of the Greenwood Senior Center parking lot. He followed them to make sure they left the vicinity, walking up Fremont to the park across from the Boys & Girls Club, where a group of people congregated and the crack-smokers apparently knew them. Neighbor did not have cell phone with him so wasn't able to phone police.

Another neighbor reports also about a week ago drug and prostitution activity on Fremont near 82nd and 83rd Streets. While neighbor was cleaning up a used condom from the parking strip, a car pulled up and idled, noticed neighbor watching, then drove around the corner and then parked at idle half-way down the block. A block away a guy was just standing there in the dark. Neighbor called 911 to report the activity, and in the meantime the man who was loitering got into a passing car. While waiting to see what happened with the one guy, neighbor then saw another car pull up to a car nearby that he didn't realize was also occupied. The new driver leaned into the parked car window, then returned to his car with a bag.