On Campus
Someone stole a student’s tools from the automotive shop. According to the student, his toolbox had been on campus for about a month with $2,500 worth of tools in it. When he next saw his toolbox on May 27, it was sans the tools and the locks.

On May 23, someone broke into a vehicle parked in the RSB visitors lot and stole a violin, an iPod and Metro bus vouchers. The owner parked her car at approximately 12:30 p.m. and discovered the theft at 2:30 p.m. when she returned to it.

A student left her backpack unattended in either the MAST lab or the cafeteria for approximately 15 minutes May 19, and it was stolen. The thief took her laptop, a personal check and a credit card.

While he was working in the aviation hangar May 14, a student’s multimeter was stolen from his locker. The student left his locker unlocked, as is his daily habit, and sometime between 8 and 9:15 a.m. the deed was done.

Two culinary arts students were involved in a verbal confrontation in the cafeteria May 6. They were instructed to meet with the vice president of student services the following day.

While he was driving on campus in his vehicle at 10 a.m. May 5, an instructor’s vehicle was struck by a rock propelled from a campus lawnmower. The instructor was given instructions on how to file a claim for damages.

Three young people were asked to leave the library because they were making what was termed “deliberate” noise in the computer lab area. Refusing to do so, security was called. The three ultimately departed the library.

A student’s computer use is being reviewed after he was observed allegedly looking at pornography on a library computer. When contacted by security, the student initially denied the allegation. After being informed that the college could track his viewing history, he admitted looking at pornography. The student was informed his computer activity would be reviewed and that the appropriate authorities would be contacting him. He was released from the scene.

Off Campus
Someone stole $5,000 worth of copper from a storage yard on Benton Place Southwest sometime between midnight and 6 a.m. May 15. The burglar cut a padlock to enter the property and take the 200 feet of power cable.

On May 19, someone broke the window of a West Seattle elementary school. The custodian told police when she walked by the window at 7:50 p.m. she saw it broken and the brick that did it. The resultant opening was too small for anyone to get into the building. Police took photos to serve as evidence.

While investigating a disturbance in the 900 block of Delridge Way Southwest at 9:31 p.m. May 23, a police officer found marijuana on one of the suspects. The marijuana, weighing in at fewer than 40 grams was placed into evidence. The man was questioned at the police station and released.

A man, somewhere between 40 and 50 years old, stole a teen’s skateboard at 6:17 p.m. May 23. The boy and his friend were hanging out in parking lot in the 4700 block of California Avenue Southwest, and the skateboard was set against the wall of a building. The driver of a black Honda came upon the skateboard, opened the door and scooped up the skateboard. The boy ran after the vehicle, even grabbing onto the rear wind deflector in an attempt to reach inside the vehicle to retrieve his skateboard, To no avail. The driver accelerated northbound on 44th Avenue Southwest, turning east on Southwest Alaska Street and out of sight.

On May 21, police investigated a harassment incident with regard to a business on Harborview Avenue Southwest. Apparently, the harasser and the targets of the harassment were involved in a business deal, and the targets now targets, however, are unable to pay, and the harasser threatened to burn down the building. building. Police advised the targets to consider seeking a court order against the harasser.

On May 26 at 2:30 a.m. police responded to a disturbance in which youths were reportedly fighting. The person who called in the report also said the youths were handling a gun that they had removed from a red Honda parked in the driveway. Officers searched the vehicle and recovered the handgun though no one at the scene claimed ownership. One of the youths told police his mother owned the vehicle. All suspects were questioned at the scene and released.

A group of boys was causing a disturbance outside a bookstore in the 2600 block of Southwest Barton Street at 7:55 p.m. May 24 so the security guard called police. Responding officers told the boys they had to leave the property, which they commenced to do. While they were leaving two of the boys began a wrestling match that led to them bouncing off the hood of a parked car. The two were then taken to the police station. The boys were released to the custody of one of the boy’s mothers. The vehicle sustained no damage.