It was a typical month number wise for September’s residential burglary totals but — as usual — many of the accounts of the crimes were anything but ordinary. Here’s a rundown of the month including a reported theft of a safe containing $35,000 in $100 bills, several reports of laptop, digital camera and electronics theft and one sad man who lost a partial box of Milky Way candy bars.

First, here’s the 10th Ave East incident in which the $35 grand was reported missing that is pretty much impossible to adequately summarize. Here’s the SPD report on the incident:

On listed date and time, R/O was dispatched to investigate a residential burglary at 3   10 Av.E. R/O responded and arrived at the location and met with the victim identified as V/   V/   stated that on 08-26-10, he arrived home and discovered that someone had stolen his personal safe from inside of his residence.

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He stated that the safe was hidden inside of a large wooden file cabinet in his living room, and that only someone who knew where he kept the safe would ever know that his safe was there. He stated that he did not locate any tampering or forced entry surrounding his residence. He stated that there are two key lock doors to gain entry into his residence, and that he is the only person who has possession of those keys. V/   stated that he does have a circle of close friends that have knowledge of where he stores his spare keys, and that they all have had opportunities to remove his keys, and make copies, and then return the keys without him knowing  they were ever missing. V/   then named his circle of friends that had access and opportunity to steal his safe as stated that he has spoken with each of the listed individuals and none of them have come forward with regards of involvement or the whereabouts of his missing safe.

V/   stated that while all of the listed individuals are his closest friends, he believes that they all potentially could be involved in the incident. V/   stated that he saw and entered his safe on 08-20-10 when he went inside of it and retrieved two one hundred dollar bills and gave then to his friend   to go and make change for an upcoming yard sale he was hosting the following weekend. He stated that on 08-26-10 when he discovered his safe was gone, he stated that he questioned his friend, who was there the night before cleaning his residence. V/    stated that   had relocated the file cabinet to a different area in the living room. V/   stated that when he questioned   about the whereabouts of his safe, he stated that   told him that he did not see the safe inside of the file cabinet when he moved it.

V/   stated that the only persons who had knowledge of his safe and its contents are his listde friends, unless one of them told one of their friends, and did not tell him that they allowed a stranger in his house.

V/   added that on Monday 08-23, he received a suspicious call from   who asked him to respond to his house in West Seattle to help get into his house as he had locked himself out. V/   stated that while enroute,   called him back and stated that he was no longer needed as he was able to get into his house. V/   stated that he was gone for acouple of hours. V/   stated that on the following Wednesday on 08-25, he received a strange phona call from   asking him to respond  to the   for a ride for him and some friends. He stated that he responded and left his residence for approximately forty minutes before he returned. V/   stated that on both occasions, he had no knowledge if his safe was still home or not, and that he did not discover it missing until the next day on 08-26. V/   stated that the contents of his safe was primarily private personal papers, but more importantly his life savings of $35,000.00 cash all in one hundred dollar bills. V/  explained that he had recently cashed in his IRA savings bond to relocate and purchase a new home. He stated that he did not want to leave his money in his bank, and assumed that his personal safe in his residence would be secure until he placed his money into another account. V/   stated that he is absolutely positive that this incident was an “inside” job, committed by one of his closest friends or associates. He request that this case be assigned and reviewed by a follow up unit, and stated he would assist with prosecution as needed. V/   stated that he is available for further statement and has more in depth personal information on all of his listed circle of friends if and when requested. A case number was given to V/   at the scene.

Below, you’ll find a selection of accounts from the September reported burglary files. The 24 or so reported burglaries on the Hill were pretty close to the recent three-month Hill average of 25.5 reported incidents. Here are some of the reports from north to south across the Hill:

September’s reported burglaries. View details at SeattleCrime

• Sept. 12, 2400 block East Federal: More than $600 worth of tools ripped off from empty residence being remodeled.
• Sept. 14, 2300 block East Federal: Victim said somebody entered house through unlocked door and stole a ring.
• Sept. 16, 2200 block East Federal: Victim said somebody entered home and ransacked her closet taking undisclosed items.
• Sept. 9, 1600 block Broadway East: Victim reported theft of $2,700 in wine (and $20 in quarters) from an apartment laundry area storage room.
• Sept. 24, 1000 block Belmont Ave East: Couple reported guitar, DVD player, camera and other items ripped off from their apartment. They reported seeing a suspicious man on cell phone waiting outside their building the morning of the theft but he kept his back turned to them so they were not able to provide a description.
• Sept. 20, 900 block 11th Ave East: A woman reported that she returned home after being away for 15 minutes to find the back door of the house open and that somebody had stolen her purse from the kitchen counter. Police found that the house had been rifled through but the homeowner said nothing else appeared to have been stolen. Given the short timeframe for the theft, police concluded that the burglar had been casing the home.
• Sept. 29, 1400 block East Prospect: A burglar alarm woke a couple up around 7 in the morning but they entered the code and went back to sleep. When they went downstairs at 9:30 AM, they found that somebody had broken out a glass panel from their door and opened it but that nothing had been stolen from a home. Officers were able to collect a blood sample from the broken glass.
• Sept. 15, 2500 block East Galer: A couple returned home to find their front door open, a bathroom window smashed out, and their two passports and a diamond ring missing.
• Sept. 10, 200 Belmont Ave East: A man went to bed with his front door unlocked for two friends that were supposed to be staying with him that night but had not yet arrived. When he awoke in the morning, the man found his laptop, and iPod, a digital camera and his watch had been stolen from his apartment while he slept. The report notes that the man said his friends never arrived.
• Sept 18, 700 block East Olive Street: A man lost his MacBook and an iPad when he fell asleep on his couch with the door to his residence open so his cat could get out. The man said he woke around 5 AM to find an unknown male in his living room grabbing the computers. The man chased as the burglar ran away but was unable to catch up.
• Sept. 15, 1400 Boylston Ave East: A man said a burglar stole his laptop and a checkbook and had since unsuccessfully tried to cash two $300 checks.
• Sept. 18, 1200 block East Union. A man said his apartment was burgled. From the report: 

His flat screen TV that he was not using and that he kept under his bed was missing.  A silver wrist chain and half a box of Milky Way candy bars were missing.  V/   gave no one permission to take these items.  He does not know who may have taken them.

• Sept. 19, 1400 block East Union: A man reported his Xbox and three controllers were stolen from his apartment while his brother slept.
• Sept. 17, 1400 block 15th Ave: A man reported that sometime between the 9th and the 17th, his residence had been burgled of a laptop and an old military medal keepsake.