After recent assaults on women in South Seattle, West Seattle and, most recently, an assault of a female jogger in Fremont, SPD has released information about an attack early last Monday on Capitol Hill that was thwarted when the 19-year-old woman yelled and said she was calling 911.
Suspect arrested after assaulting 19-year-old woman
On January 24th at approximately 3:28 a.m. a 19-year-old female victim was walking in the 800 block of East Pine Street when an unknown adult male suspect walked up behind her. The suspect grabbed her and placed his hand over her eyes and mouth and told her to keep quiet. The victim yelled that she was calling 911 at which point the suspect struck her on the face above her right eye, causing injury. The suspect then ran off westbound.
Responding officers contacted the victim, who provided them with a suspect description. As officers searched the area the suspect was spotted and subsequently ran off and jumped several fences.
Containment was set up around Cal Anderson Park based on the officers’ belief that the suspect ran into the park. The suspect was located hiding in some thick bushes behind a barbed-wire fence. Due to the extraordinary effort on the part of the canine unit the 25-year-old male suspect was subsequently taken into custody without further incident and booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Assault.
CHS was aware of the arrest which caused a commotion in the Pike/Pine neighborhood as the suspect was finally apprehended but we had not yet gathered details of the incident that led to the chase. We will update when we know more about the suspect.
Nice work. Now throw the bastard in jail!!
I don’t believe in the death penalty but I’d be willing to look at it for assaults on women. Especially after what happened in Monroe. Best wishes.
i’m a 19 year old girl who occasionally has to be out in the early morning hours because of my job. I walk past that exact place on my way to work. I know this is all a part of living in the city, but I don’t think I should have to fear for my life while walking to work every day…
And why do we only hear about it one week later?
Perhaps all the bars/restaurants who are making a killing on Cap Hill now can pitch in and pay for some sort of system to make sure people get around safely if they have to be out in the early AM. Maybe taxis can offer discounts ..
SPD now saying the attack on the late-night Fremont jogger did not happen.
http://fremont.komonews.com/content/police-attack-late-night
I would really recommend waiting until all of the facts have been gathered before coming to any conclusions about this blog’s crime reports.
There seems to be a pattern of bad things happening to people at a time and place where there is a considerable amount of drug activity. Hmmm…
So before you get all worked up over bands of marauding black guys,blood thirsty muggers, or serial assaults, find out what the whole story is.