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Three burglaries within several blocks of each other in Northeast Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood prompted a two-hour search for the suspect Wednesday evening, police said. Officers responded to the first report of a burglary in the 3000 block of Northeast 97th Street shortly after 7 p.m., according to the Seattle Police Department. While officers were investigating, a…

Former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske was confirmed by the United States Senate today as head of Customs and Border Protection. Kerlikowske, who most recently worked as the nation’s drug czar, headed Seattle Police Department for more than eight years. He left Seattle in 2009 to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a Cabinet-level…

Officers are searching for an attempted-burglary suspect in Northeast Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood, according to the Seattle Police Department. A K-9 unit and helicopter are on the scene near 30th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 97th Street. The burglary was reported around 7:20 p.m.

Talk about Hunger Games. Seattle police say a 24-year-old man attacked a stranger for a bite of his burrito on Capitol Hill. The incident happened about 4:30 p.m. Saturday as the victim was enjoying his tortilla-wrapped delicacy while sitting outside a restaurant on Broadway and East Pine Street. Police say the hungry suspect approached the man and demanded: “Give me a bite…

King County prosecutors this morning charged 17-year-old Byron White with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of David L. Peterson on Feb.23 in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. The teen was charged in adult court under a state law that provides for automatic adult prosecution for 16- and 17-year-olds suspected of serious violent offenses. Charging documents allege…

Seattle police have arrested a man suspected of robbing a blind man of hundreds of dollars near a bank ATM, police said this morning. The suspect was arrested last night in Pioneer Square. After taking the man into custody, officers discovered he was also wanted on a warrant out of New York state. The suspect has been…

Seattle police are hoping you recognize this guy and turn him in. Why? They say he robbed a blind man of hundreds of dollars outside a bank last weekend. He then handed the victim a cigarette and fled, police say. The robbery happened around 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the Bank of America branch in the 400 block…

Bail was set today at $2 million for a 20-year-old man accused of the December slaying of a West Seattle woman in her home. Forty-six-year-old Nga Thi Nguyen’s body was discovered Dec. 14 after her daughter arrived home in the 5900 block of Highpoint Drive Southwest and found the front door unlocked and blood inside. Nguyen died of blunt…

Two people walking in West Seattle early this morning were robbed at gunpoint. A man and a woman were walking near California Avenue Southwest and Southwest Dakota Street just before 1 a .m. when two men approached them. One of the men pulled out a gun and the victims were robbed — at least one cellphone, money,…

Six cases of officer misconduct reversed by interim Seattle Police Chief Harry Bailey will be reopened to determine if all or some of them should be reinstated, the City Council was told today during a special meeting to examine Bailey’s actions. In a stunning revelation, a city official acknowledged that officials have been unable to find…