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By Sara Longley

Oct 04, 2000 -- A Northgate homeowner returns home at 7:30 p.m. on a Monday and finds that his home has been entered, apparently by a person who squeezed through the large dog door in the rear of his house. The unknown thieves stole CDs, DVDs, camera equipment, jewelry and a Rolex watch. Total value of the stolen items is more than $22,000.00. Police take fingerprints and leave the victim with a case number…

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Unknown suspects use a stone sculpture to smash the windshield and dent the right side door of a car parked near Ballard High School at 2:50 a.m. Total damage: around $1,000…

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A woman in her 20s walks along University Way Northeast at 7:36 in the evening of a recent Monday. She sees a stranger weaving along the sidewalk towards her. The stranger approaches and grabs her buttocks as she walks. The woman begins screaming and swearing at the man. She later tells police that the man, whom she describes as being around 20 and six feet tall, was "leering and smiling" at her while she screamed. He then said, "Sorry, I thought you were somone else," and continued to smile at her. She does not believe that his apology was sincere, and is still visibly shaken as she talks to police officers. The suspect was last seen walking northbound on University Way…

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Three women are accosted by a masturbating man as they walk and jog at Green Lake Park near Aurora Avenue North on a Monday between 9:15 and 9:45 p.m. The man, described as being in his 40s and six feet tall with scraggly hair, stepped out of the shadows, grunting as he stroked himself. The women kept walking, but the man assaults one of them, grabbing her between the legs from behind. Police conduct an area search but do not locate the man…

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The manager of a business on Northwest Market Street in Ballard reports that graffiti has been sprayed on the rear door of the business for the second time in a week. She states that she just had the door repainted the day before. She says that the suspect has also been on the roof of the building spraying graffiti and that damage has been done to other businesses in the block…

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A man refuses to leave a University District convenience store. Since the man was trespassed from that store just a week earlier, the clerk calls police. The suspect says he remembers the officer telling him not to go back to the store, but he went there anyway to get something to eat. The arresting officer searches the suspect prior to arresting him, and finds a small baggie of marijuana in the man’s pocket, so he will also be charged with narcotics possession…

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Overnight between 9 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday, suspects pry a light metal screen from a storage room window and gain entry to a Lake City towing company. The suspects make off with a key punch, used to make keys, and a rifle which had been removed from a towed vehicle for safekeeping. According to store employees, the key punch in useless without the code cards, which the thieves left behind…

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A University District resident is awakened by a noise outside at 4:30 a.m. Thinking her neighbors are responsible, she goes back to sleep. In the morning, however, she finds that her front door is unlocked and her stereo and television are missing from their place by the window. She tells police she believes the noise she heard was a plant being knocked off of her windowsill by the intruders, who then entered the apartment by the window and unlocked the front door in order to remove her posessions. Total value of the stolen items tops $1,800…

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A young man, described as 16 years old, average build with short blond hair, robs a gas station in Crown Hill. The youth grabs a counter display containing about 60 packs of cigarettes and runs out the door. He is last seen northbound on Holman Road Northwest…

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Four friends attend a party at a fraternity house near the University of Washington on a Thursday night. As they enter and pay the $5 cover charge, one of the group feels that one of the party’s hosts has taken a dislike to him. He says the fraternity member began to give the group a "bad time" for no reason, refusing to shake his hand which he offered as a friendly gesture. About an hour and a half later, the party attendee steps outside to smoke a cigarette, where he again encounters the unfriendly frat member. Again, he puts his hand out to shake and defuse the situation, but the suspect shoves him in the chest with both hands. The partygoer says he took a swing in self-defense and was immediately jumped from behind by four or more individuals. They restrain him and punch him several times before his friends are able to pull him to safety. Officers transport the young man to a hospital emergency room, where he is treated for his injuries…

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