Neighbor Tiffany sent us the following warning:
“I thought I would warn my fellow Beacon Hill neighbors about the recent incidents that have occurred at my house (on 14th Ave. S. and S. Hanford) in the last 3 days. First our BBQ was stolen out of our backyard (in broad daylight mind you, around 3 or 4 p.m. on Monday, 8/15), then last night (8/18) between 2–6 a.m., one of our cars was stolen from in front of our house. I have lived on Beacon Hill for the past 2+ years (my family—dad, aunts, uncles, grandparents—have lived on Beacon Hill for 40+ years) and have never had any problems like this so close together (besides two of our cars’ tires getting punctured when everyone else’s did a few months ago).
“So in an effort to warn everyone, I wanted to advise that people chain down their BBQs and set the alarms on their cars, so that no one else has to go through this.”
Thank you for this information. I live near 23rd avenue and Stevens St and today my house was visited by two middle-aged men with white hair, one black, one white, carrying briefcases. I have a No Soliciting sign up but they rang my doorbell anyway. I could see that in spite of their suits the white man had a prison tattoo visible above his collar on the back of his neck. I have a feeling they were “scoping the joint” if anyone knows who they are let me know. I will not let anyone in given the recent news of this: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Beacon-Hill-man-beaten-robbed-in-home-invasion-2123336.php