November 2009

Maurice Clemmons, the man police are seeking for the shooting death of four police officers in Parkland, had a Queen Anne address.

Police records show Clemmons lived in an apartment at 800 Queen Anne Ave. N., in May, 2002.

You can follow along with the police search in real time by listening to the live scanner here.

Relax. The closed circuit cameras SDOT will be installing at the intersections of Queen Anne Ave N. and N. Mercer St and 1st Ave and Denny Way are not the kind that take pictures when you run red lights.

Workers in the city’s Traffic Management Center will use the cameras to monitor traffic and adjust the timing of traffic signals in order to keep freight and passenger vehicles moving smoothly. SDOT is adding 57 such cameras throughout the city to their existing stable.

SDOT is also adding 11 electronic message signs and its Traveler’s Information Map will soon be available on handheld devices.

The equipment will be tested first and should be up and running in early 2010.

From 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Nov. 25) SDOT will close the northbound curb lane on Elliott Ave. W. just south of West Prospect Street to do spot paving, weather permitting.

They're going to grind off the old surface and lay new asphalt. The sidewalk will be open and police will assist with traffic.

A man was injured early Sunday morning when he was beaten and robbed at a motel near Aurora and McGraw.

Police were called to the scene just before 2 a.m.  The person who called led police to the victim, was in a room with the caller and a woman.

The victim had stepped outside to have a cigarette when he was confronted by two men, one with a gun.  The armed man struck the victim several times with the gun.

The robbers then took from the victim a licensed gun, his wallet, keys, a cell phone and magazines.  Once the victim got back into the caller's room, the robbers tried to force their way in, but were not successful.  They were gone by time police arrived.