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By Sara Longley

Oct 18, 2000 -- At 6:30 p.m. on a Monday, a man walks out of a University Way clothing store, pulls a hat from under his jacket and puts it on his head. A store clerk observes him doing this and follows him outside, confronts him and accuses him of stealing the hat. The man denies that he took the hat from the store, and the clerk cannot prove that he took it until she goes back inside and checks the location where the hat was taken from. After verifying her claim she finds the man outside again and confronts him with proof of his theft. The suspect becomes angry and wants to fight. The clerk returns the safety of the store and calls 911 to report the incident...

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An elderly Crown Hill couple are the unwitting victims of a scam/home invasion robbery on a Monday morning. Two men in their late 30s driving a white or cream-colored sedan pull in to the couple's driveway and come to the door. One of the men introduces himself as their paper delivery boy and asks if they are happy with the paper service. The woman offers them a check she has ready to send to the paper, but they refuse to take it. Then one of the men tells the husband that one of his taillights is out on his car, which is parked outside. The husband walks to the bedroom and then out to the car, trailed by the suspect. The second man remains inside talking to the wife. She later recalls that one of them used the bathroom at some point during their visit. After the two men leave, the husband discovers that $230 in cash is missing from his wallet, which he had left on the dresser in the bedroom...

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A Loyal Heights woman attends a Husky football game, but while she is paying attention to the action on the field her fanny pack is stolen. It is turned in to security later, minus $3 cash and tickets for the next Husky and Seahawk football games...

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A University District convenience store is robbed late on a Monday night. The clerk on duty reports that a man in his 30s walks in, goes straight to the beer cooler, selects a 12-pack and departs. The man does not approach the counter and makes no attempt to pay for the beer. He is last seen walking eastbound on Northeast 50th Street...

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A wildlife rescue specialist reports an injured harbor seal pup at Golden Gardens. The wildlife worker finds it near the public boat launch. The pup has cuts on its real flipper and appears ill. The pup was sighted on the breakwater two days earlier, apparently abandoned by its mother. The wildlife rescue specialist is given custody of the pup, and transports it to his workplace...

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A teenage girl waits for the school bus at 7:05 a.m. at a stop that is also a Metro bus stop on Aurora Avenue North. A small man in his 40s, whom she has seen there the day before, approaches her and starts a conversation. He asks her when the bus comes, and she tell him she doesn't know. The suspect then leans toward her and whispers, "Do you mind if I point a gun at you?" The victim walks away from the suspect. The man does not approach her again, but he is still at the bus stop when she boards the school bus. She reports the incident to police the following week, and is given instructions to call police if she sees the suspect again.

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Two witnesses observe a man using a screwdriver to pry the driver's side rear window of a car parked on Northwest 51st Street on a Monday just after 5 p.m. The suspect shatters the window and enters the car. He sits in the driver's seat and rifles through the glove box. One of the witnesses confronts the man as he leaves westbound. Police do an area search but do not locate the man. Both witnesses say then would recognize the man if they saw him again. The owner of the car is contacted and reports that nothing seems to be missing...

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