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Friday, November 27, 2009

Crime Threatened With a Kitchen Knife

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:10 PM

Posted by news intern Jon Brock

On the afternoon of November 19, a man was driving from Renton to North Seattle on his way to apply for a job. On 3rd Ave NW near Holman Road NW, he "hit a pothole, flattening his right front tire," says a Seattle Police report. After pulling off to the side of the road, he went to his trunk to get a can of that stuff you spray into flat tires to temporarily fix them when he noticed a "large sidewall hole" on the flat tire. Then the man reported feeling a blow to the back of the head, but initially thought he hit his head on the car's side-view mirror. But the victim turned to notice an unidentified assailant standing over him holding a kitchen knife—"possible black handled steak knife, stainless blade, with a copper colored cap where the blade joins handle," the police says—pointed at the man's neck from five inches away. The knife-wielding person (who was not identified by gender) took the man's cash, tossed his wallet on the ground, and fled on foot.

The report concludes that the "victim thought about driving after the suspect but then recalled that his tire was flat."

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It reads like a Hitchcock film.

Posted by Vince on November 27, 2009 at 12:37 PM

Well, that's what he gets for going to North Seattle.

Posted by Judah

on November 27, 2009 at 1:32 PM

Impossible. Nothing criminal ever happens north of the ship canal except for merry Fraternity pranks.

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay

on November 27, 2009 at 3:59 PM

sounds like the same guy who stabbed that girl on NW Holmanon the 22nd

Posted by wecame on November 27, 2009 at 4:10 PM

*Holman

Posted by wecame on November 27, 2009 at 4:11 PM

North of 85th=badlands.

Posted by tiktok on November 27, 2009 at 8:53 PM

@6 Oh yes, I am sure scared shitless of all the seniors that live near me by Bitter Lake. I must say it is truly terrifying to witness them cruising the hood at night, rolling in their drop top jazzies with their thugged out min-pins snarling and frothing as they ride by. Its absolutely frightening.

Posted by NumberOne on November 28, 2009 at 10:07 AM

That is a wonderfully vivid synopsis. The detailed description of the knife, paired with absolutely no description of the assailant, conjures an image of the victim, transfixed wide-eyed on the weapon, and only the weapon. Nice word painting.

I hope said victim is ok.

Posted by Christy O on November 29, 2009 at 7:32 AM