*Wedgwood Residential Burglaries April 2006

The following is a burglary summary for the Wedgwood area provided by Diane Horswill, SPD North Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator. For details contact Diane at (206) 684-7711 or diane.horswill@seattle.gov

Census Tract 21: NE 85th to NE 100th / Lake City Wy to 35th NE

04/13 9400blk 23rd Ave NE called in at 11:51PM, resident says her apartment unit was entered she believes by her ex-boyfriend's sister, resident left for the night and when she returned the following morning she found a window broken and beer bottles thrown inside her apt.

Census Tract 22: NE 85th to NE 105th / 35th to Sand Point Wy

None

Census Tract 24: NE 75th to NE 85th / 30th NE to 40th NE

04/14 7500blk 36th Ave NE called in at 12:38AM, suspect overturned a swimming pool and tried to break into the house through a window, did not make entry

Census Tract 25: NE 75th to NE 85th / 20th NE to 30th NE

None

*Unofficial data

Also reported by a Wedgwood resident:
Our car was stolen from the Meadowbrook pool after someone had rifled through a swimbag and took the car keys. The car was immediately driven to Everett, completely searched and documents with our names and address were removed. I imagine these documents were taken to attempt identity theft. We immediately changed the house keys, put a fraud alert on our credit cards and ran a free credit check (available via the web). The Everett police recovered the vehicle about 5 days after the theft. There was no significant damage but we lost an enormous amount of time sorting this out. My lesson from this is that even a well-trafficed public space such as the pool is still vulnerable to thieves - and thieves are very resourceful!