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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Crime Cocoa (or Coffee?) Clash

Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM

Although the Seattle Police Department supposedly broke up a big, dangerous pot dealing ring—which SPD claims was responsible for the recent crime wave in the University District—earlier this month, violent crime appears to be continuing unabated in the area.

On March 27th at about 9 pm, Seattle Police responded to a call about an assault on a motorist at NE 45th and University Way NE. According to a police report, a 25-year-old man stepped into traffic, crossed in front of a car—which had stopped for him—and threw a cup of hot coffee through the driver's open window, burning the man's arm.

What followed was a beautiful exchange between police and the jaywalker, which was documented by Officer Sarah Conley in her report:

"[The jaywalker] began his conversation with me by arguing the fact that he had hot cocoa in his cup, not coffee. When I informed him the flavor of his beverage was not the issue, he continued to argue and asked that I smell his drink. I declined. He did not deny that he was involved, he was just upset that we had assumed he was drinking coffee.

"After we got past the flavor issue," Officer Conley writes in her report, the jaywalker told officers that he had "tripped" and spilled his hot cocoa through the driver's window.

Police didn't buy the jaywalker's story, and he was arrested and booked into the King County Jail for assault and pedestrian interference.

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reminds me of camus somehow

Posted by matt! on April 1, 2009 at 2:36 PM

Well, as a recent article (today) in the UW Daily shows, chocolate is a wonder drug, far better for you than vegetables.

Posted by Will in DC (formerly Seattle) on April 1, 2009 at 2:36 PM

The jaywalker must be majoring in Semantics.

Posted by au gout on April 1, 2009 at 2:46 PM

@3, or a first-year law student. Through the window was stupid---cocoa across the windshield would have been more effective.

Posted by Toe Tag on April 1, 2009 at 3:07 PM

The jaywalker was clearly a mormon.
cocoa = wholesome
coffee = devil's piss
He didn't anyone to think he was a sinner.

Posted by Indy on April 1, 2009 at 3:12 PM

lenny, can you account for your whereabouts on the evening in question?

Posted by COMTE on April 1, 2009 at 3:29 PM

What a jackass.

Posted by Greg on April 1, 2009 at 3:48 PM

Funny that you report on this incident. A rather scarier thing happened the same day:

"On March 27, 2009, at approximately 2:35 p.m., a male UW student was walking near N.E. 41st Street and Brooklyn Ave N.E. talking on his I-phone, when he was approached by four male suspects and two female suspects who initially walked past the victim. Two of the male suspects then approached the victim from behind and one of them grabbed the victim's I-phone while the other began striking the victim in the face. After stealing the I-phone, the suspects ran northbound on Brooklyn Avenue then westbound on N.E. 42nd Street."

From one of those "Timely Warning Notification of Criminal Incident - Seattle Campus" emails sent out by campus police.

Posted by onion on April 2, 2009 at 1:00 AM