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The man accused of killing his stepfather, Central District resident Glennis Parker, one year ago has been found not guilty. Zachary Collins was accused of killing Parker on First Hill last February after a fight at Parker's home. From Seattle Times:

On Friday, the jury in the first-degree murder trial told a judge that they were unable to come to a unanimous decision. Superior Court Judge Richard Eadie ordered jurors to keep going, and soon after deliberations resumed on Monday morning the not guilty verdict was announced.

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Seattle police say that Collins and Parker got into an argument at Parker's Central Area home on Feb. 9, about an hour before the slaying, and that someone from the home dialed 911 at 1:36 a.m. The line was disconnected without anyone speaking with dispatchers, though a fight could be heard over the line, charges said.

When a dispatcher called the number back, Parker's wife answered and said there was no problem at the home, charges said.

After the fight, Collins left the home,...

• An armed robbery was reported in the early hours of 7/26/10 in the 1300 block of Boren Avenue. We spoke to SPD Media Officer Mark Jamieson who told us that a call came in around 2:30 am. The caller and victim was a female who was approached by two juvenile males, who grabbed her purse. Jamieson told us that the victim's description of the juvenile suspects matched that given by the victim of an armed robbery in the early hours of 7/25/10 near 13th & Denny in Capitol Hill, that the assailants were indeed very young.
• A strong arm robbery was reported by a 17 year old male around 6:50 pm on 7/25/10 near the Convention Center. The victim had returned home to Queen Anne, before calling the police.  The suspects were long gone and no further detail is currently available.
• Zachary Collins, the 20 year old, who police suspect of killing his stepfather Glennis Parker at the Union 76 Station at 9th & James in February 2010 surrendered himself to the SPD last Tuesday 

Police believe they know who pulled the trigger in this winter's murder of Glennis Parker as he sat in the cab of his truck at the Union 76 station at 9th and James. From the Seattle Times:

Prosecutors say Zachary Collins has been on the run since February, when he is accused of fatally shooting his stepfather in the head as the older man sat in his pickup outside a gas station on Seattle's First Hill.

Collins was charged with second-degree murder on Monday and a $1 million warrant was issued for his arrest, said Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg.

Collins, 20, has no verified address or phone and is known to move between Seattle and Portland, according to prosecutors. He is described as black, 5-feet-10 and 170 pounds with brown eyes, black hair and a medium skin tone.

According to charging documents, a security guard at the Puget Sound Blood Center called 911 to report shots fired just before 2:30 a.m. Feb. 9.

He saw a man with dreadlocks running from the 76 gas station...

Full coverage on sister site CapitolHillSeattle.com:

We're still collecting details but a major police response tonight shut down northbound lanes of Boren in front of the Stockbridge apartment building around 7:30 PM. Inside the lobby, an emergency crew was working to stabilize a fallen white male. He was rushed to a waiting ambulance and transported to the hospital just after 8 PM. We'll continue to update this story as we learn more.

The SPD Blotter has this report of a strong arm robbery near Pike and Boren in the early hours of Tuesday morning:

On May 25th at approximately 3:45 AM, a man was walking in the area of Pike Street and Boren Avenue when an unknown male approached him and said “What’s up with you?”  The victim said nothing so the suspect swung a fist at him.  The victim ran westbound on Pike Street with the suspect chasing him.  The suspect caught up to the victim and grabbed at his backpack.  The victim was able to wrestle the suspect to the ground but when the suspect stated that he was “sorry” the victim let the suspect get up.  The suspect then grabbed the victim’s backpack again and ripped it open, spilling the contents onto the street.  The victim was able to retain his cell phone and call 911.  The victim saw the officers arrive and went back to retrieve his stuff.  The officers had stopped the suspect a short distance away and recovered several...

A couple of recent crime incidents on First Hill (note that certain portions of these have been redacted by the SPD).

A woman returned to her apartment on 5/4/10 around 9 pm near 1200 Seneca Street and noticed that things were askew in this burglary incident:

I met with the victim who stated that she left her apartmentat approximately 1700 hours today and returned at approximately 2100 hours to discover her front door unlocked. She always her door whenleaving, however cannot remember specifically if she   it when she left today. She entered the apartment and discovered a crumbled empty packof Pall Mall cigarettes and a small piece of a hand rolled joint on her coffee table. She also noticed that the toilet seat was in the up position. Upon further inspection, she noticed that a jar containing approximately $50 in random coin and cash was missing from on top of her refrigerator. I looked at the door for any evidence of forced entry. Scratches were observed over approximately 18 inches of the...

This just in from the SPD Blotter about an assault Monday night on Madison near Terry.  According to Dana Vander Houwen, the Seattle Fire Department spokesperson, the victim was a 50 year old male.

On 05-10-2010, at approximately 9:22 p.m., the complainant, an employee of a Security Company, observed a white male suspect assaulting the victim on the north side of Madison Street near Terry Ave. 

The complainant stated that there were two white males in their 40’s watching while another white male was assaulting the victim.   The suspect was described as a white male, 40’s,  long dirty blonde hair, white T-shirt and faded blue jeans.

The complainant stated that he did not know what had started the incident but he observed the suspect kick the victim, who was lying on the ground at least two times in the ribs and once in the head.

The complainant immediately called 911 and yelled out at the suspect.  As the compl. approached...

The latest from the streets of First Hill and the great nearby. You can find the latest SPD police reports and 911 calls for the First Hill area on the SeattleCrime.com map.

• This went down below I-5 but let it be a lesson to you on your next walk home from Cowgirls:

• A Broadway medical office suffered a break-in and unsuccessful attempt to rip off narcotics:

• A burglary was reported in the 1100 block of 8th Ave:

• A cabbie claimed a man tried to rob him in this early April incident:

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The SPD Blotter just announced that they received a tip yesterday that led to the arrest of a sex offender, who appeared on the "Washington's Most Wanted" television show.  Here is the information from the Blotter:

On May 3rd, at approximately 1:30 PM, Crime Stoppers received a tip that a suspected sex offender profiled on Washington’s Most Wanted television show was in the area of Broadway and Jefferson Street.  That tip resulted in a 911 call to Seattle Police and officers checked out the area.  The tip provided a clothing description of the suspect, but he was not immediately located.  At about 3:00 PM,  the suspect was seen in the same area.  Officers responded and observed the suspect walking westbound on James Court near Broadway.  The suspect then turned onto Broadway and began walking southbound.  Officers approached him and told him to stop.  At that point, the suspect took off at a sprint.  An off-duty officer who...

Last Monday, a woman and her companion were walking through the Convention Center and out to Freeway Park, when two assailants surrounded them and attempted to wrest the woman's purse away from her.  Our partner SeattleCrime.com has the full story:

At about 4:00pm on April 12th, the victim and her companion were walking through the Washington State Convention Center when they noticed two men following them.

As the victims walked through the convention center and out in to Freeway Park, the two suspects walked up on either side of them, surrounding them.

One of the suspects grabbed the victim's purse and attempted to rip it from her arm. The Woman was pulled to the ground and "dragged" by the suspects, the police report says, leaving her with cuts on her hands and forearms, and bruises on her shoulder.

The woman was able to hold on to her purse, and the robbers eventually fled.

A witness followed the suspects to 6th Ave, but lost sight of them. Police also did an area search but were unable to find...

Can anybody else confirm receiving this?

Crime Fax
The East Precinct recently faxed out a crime report alert for the area to major hospitals about the increase in muggings. They seem to occur most frequently between 6:00 pm to 6:00 am or so according to their fax and the targets were often asked for the time or directions and vulnerable people were also targets.

Be safe everyone! Remember, no headphones or chatting on iPhones while walking alone.

According to our partners at the Central District News, police were called after a patient being treated in the emergency room at Swedish for an unknown condition was attacked inside the facility Friday afternoon. Police responded to the hospital around 12:50 PM according to CDN after the person had been escorted from the facility by security. No word on an arrest in the incident.