Tourists visiting from Rhode Island were attacked and robbed near the downtown bus tunnel, prompting police to increase patrols in the area.
Seattle police have increased patrols around Third Avenue and Pine Street after three tourists were attacked and robbed Sunday night.
The visitors from Rhode Island were walking to the entrance of the downtown bus tunnel about 11 p.m. when they passed a group of men and women on the street, according to police. One of the women in the group accused the visitors of bumping into her, police said.
When one of the tourists apologized, a female in the group burned a 29-year-old man with a cigarette.
The group stole a cellphone and then struck the man in the head with a broken bottle, according to police. The group also attacked the two women tourists – ages 23 and 24 – and punched both in the face, police said. Most Read Stories
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Fired reporter kills 2 former co-workers on live TVThe attackers were gone by the time police arrived. However, officers arrested one man at the scene after he interfered with medics as they treated the victims, and told the victims they deserved to be beaten and robbed, police said. Police say they are investigating whether the man was also involved in the robbery. In April, Seattle police announced the start of a new “9 1/2-Block Strategy” to combat street crime in the area between First and Fourth avenues and Union and Stewart streets. The launch of the new effort coincided with the arrests of scores of people for drug dealing and other crimes.
Under the plan, bus stops were to be moved, alleys restricted and newspaper boxes used by drug dealers removed as part of the new “9½ Block Strategy,” which refers to the small section of downtown where much of the city’s crime is concentrated.
The strategy will also included coordinated outreach to help people living on the street and buying drugs downtown, along with a crackdown focused on gun-toting dealers who return to the same blocks day after day….
Tourists visiting from Rhode Island were attacked and robbed near the downtown bus tunnel, prompting police to increase patrols in the area.
Seattle police have increased patrols around Third Avenue and Pine Street after three tourists were attacked and robbed Sunday night.
The visitors from Rhode Island were walking to the entrance of the downtown bus tunnel about 11 p.m. when they passed a group of men and women on the street, according to police. One of the women in the group accused the visitors of bumping into her, police said.
When one of the tourists apologized, a female in the group burned a 29-year-old man with a cigarette.
The group stole a cellphone and then struck the man in the head with a broken bottle, according to police. The group also attacked the two women tourists – ages 23 and 24 – and punched both in the face, police said. Most Read Stories
Hold the applause for the $15 minimum-wage experiment Did Amazon really kill Seattle? Here be dragons: Creature lands at Seattle building site USC’s Sarkisian says he will explore treatment for alcohol use Fired reporter kills 2 former co-workers on live TVThe attackers were gone by the time police arrived. However, officers arrested one man at the scene after he interfered with medics as they treated the victims, and told the victims they deserved to be beaten and robbed, police said. Police say they are investigating whether the man was also involved in the robbery. In April, Seattle police announced the start of a new “9 1/2-Block Strategy” to combat street crime in the area between First and Fourth avenues and Union and Stewart streets. The launch of the new effort coincided with the arrests of scores of people for drug dealing and other crimes.
Under the plan, bus stops were to be moved, alleys restricted and newspaper boxes used by drug dealers removed as part of the new “9½ Block Strategy,” which refers to the small section of downtown where much of the city’s crime is concentrated.
The strategy will also included coordinated outreach to help people living on the street and buying drugs downtown, along with a crackdown focused on gun-toting dealers who return to the same blocks day after day.