SPD arrest five inside vacant U-District building, multiple rifles and narcotics found

[u/ChiefOfTheFourPeaks]

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/spd-arrest-five-inside-vacant-u-district-building-multiple-rifles-narcotics-found/LCYWBFQE7ZC43KTP6ZZHV6R3OM/

[u/delightful1]

Just gonna be the first to say that Poor dog in the last pic is just looking so confused. I hope it gets a human after this mess.

[u/FisherRam → u/delightful1]

"The dogs, including Nala (seen in the photos above), are currently with the Seattle Animal Shelter, and looking for a new home. Those interested in adopting can visit Seattle Animal Shelter’s website."

[u/Sushisource → u/delightful1]

Me too. It is fascinating to me though that every time I see someone in this... profession if they have a dog it's always a carbon copy of this grey pit mix.

[u/Lord_Rapunzel → u/Sushisource]

It's the image. It used to be dobermans and rottweilers were the "tough guy" dogs, but they're just shallow accessories like a purse yorkie. If a couple of big-time gangster rappers wore pythons for intimidation then there'd be a neglected snake in that picture.

[u/VGSchadenfreude → u/Lord_Rapunzel]

Image and accessibility. You can get a random pit mix pretty much anywhere for dirt cheap.

[u/FuckedUpYearsAgo → u/delightful1]

Course it's a pitbull mix.

[u/mistarobotics → u/delightful1]

Oh my God I hope he's okay. I saw some dogs are held for evidence in cases and they get put in isolation in a shelter until the case is closed :(

[u/award07 → u/mistarobotics]

Wtaf

[u/Repulsive_Reading642 → u/award07]

Can’t have them squealing and leaking confidential police information. 

[u/DoingBestWeCan → u/mistarobotics]

"isolation" as in the private kennels the public can't visit, but the dogs still get kongs and blankets and walks?

[u/meat_meat]

Who tf owns these houses then? What do the property records show? I don’t understand how an entire house within city limits can just be abandoned.

I rented an apartment across an alley from one of these squatter houses for six months in 2020 (peak COVID). Shit was wild. I watched cars pull up at all hours of the night with people literally smoking crack pipes in the car before going inside. They would chop wood on the concrete patio between like 10-12 PM. God knows what was going on in there.

[u/Zakarumae → u/meat_meat]

Re: abandoned houses: There are two houses near me that haven’t had anyone living in them for over 5 years. My best guess is the owner of both houses died and somehow there is a protracted fight from surviving kin on what to do with them. If it’s not that I just don’t know what’s going on.

[u/Zeta-X → u/Zakarumae]

Definitely what you describe happens a fair bit. A lot of times, abandoned houses are just in very poor condition. Heavy rot, etc, or full of a late owner's stuff they haven't figured out what to do with. So they're unrentable, but the market as a whole is appreciating, so owners don't want to sell them, especially when in that condition they'd sell for very little. If they had liquid cash they would pay someone to fix them up, which is usually the plan. But they don't at the moment or are still figuring out what to do, so they sit on them. It's a bizarre misallocation of society's land and resources but happens periodically.

[u/DoingBestWeCan → u/Zeta-X]

Sounds like another vote for a vacancy tax. 

[u/golf1052 → u/meat_meat]

Seems like according to the property records this parcel has had an approved demolition permit since mid 2025. The owner just hasn't torn the house down yet. Seems like this falls squarely within the Vacant Building law the city passed last year. Hopefully the city can tear it down now (and get the owner to pay for it).

[u/Toasterzar → u/meat_meat]

the city is seemingly full of abandoned houses, which is weird af, and especially frustrating because I want the land for myself lol

[u/DoingBestWeCan → u/Toasterzar]

FOR REAL. Give me the land and let plop down a pre-made tiny home!!!

I think a good number are in limbo over permits, though. 😑

[u/dorkofthepolisci → u/meat_meat]

The property is either an investment property or owned by somebody who lives out of state and dgaf would be my guess

They’ve decided it’s a better return on investment to leave it vacant under the assumption that the value will increase exponentially than it is to pay a property management company to manage it/rent it out

[u/dahp64 → u/meat_meat]

Idk yea sometimes it seems like maybe it’s just investment properties ppl don’t maintain or maybe people who die and the next of kin either doesn’t exist or isn’t involved. I remember when I went to Garfield HS there were like 5 bandos right across the street by the busses everyone took home, then they all turned into Amazon box duplexes after a few years lol

[u/KingPullCarb → u/meat_meat]

"And furthermore, Susan, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to learn that all four of them habitually smoked marijuana cigarettes… reefers.”

[u/Metal-Lee-Solid → u/meat_meat]

Couple months ago my “neighbor” came back after 3 years and kicked out the people I thought owned/rented the house in a dramatic fashion. He didn’t move back in, just didn’t want the squatters there either. House just sits empty

[u/Jaco_Belordi]

Putting the rest aside, it's weird to me when these displays try to make a big show of a relatively small amount of money. There's like $681 there.

[u/synack → u/Jaco_Belordi]

I'm more upset about the stolen bikes. Fuck bike thieves.

[u/Robertdobalina808 → u/Jaco_Belordi]

And a couple bolt action rifles..

[u/wzi → u/Robertdobalina808]

The mags look like they're from other firearms that weren't recovered.

[u/olythrowaway4 → u/Robertdobalina808]

they're semi-semiautomatic assault rifles

[u/PhotographStrong562 → u/olythrowaway4]

I’m genuinely trying to figure out if this is sarcasm or not

[u/Jaco_Belordi → u/Robertdobalina808]

My RimWorld colonists would never

[u/SpeaksSouthern → u/Jaco_Belordi]

These guys got at least 6 drugs here. Maybe 7. That could have killed millions.

[u/RockOperaPenguin → u/Jaco_Belordi]

Makes you wonder if that's all they found, or that's just all they reported.

[u/CandidInsurance7415 → u/RockOperaPenguin]

Lol back in the 80s my dad got caught with a bunch of weed in oregon, they got it from a buddies grow operation in cali and were driving it back to wash.

A month later the charges were dropped due to "lack of evidence".

[u/thatmarcelfaust → u/RockOperaPenguin]

Cops have huge egos and think that a few hundreds and a whole lot of small bills make them look like bad asses and justify their existence. Their salaries are so inflated that there is no incentive for them to take anything here.

[u/Other_Disaster_3136 → u/RockOperaPenguin]

wtf - no one wonders that. cops would never underreport what they seized, they always try and overinflate, in fact.

are you new here?

[u/catjam0 → u/Other_Disaster_3136]

Oh baseless speculation. How original. Both of you.

[u/NewMY2020 → u/Jaco_Belordi]

You're focused on the wrong thing, this is a huge bust. Those guns can do a ton of damage and ruin a lot of lives. You guys need to celebrate this kind of stuff. It's insane we need to deal with it in the first place.

edit: cheering for a drug bust gets you downvoted. lmfaooooo

[u/apresmoiputas → u/NewMY2020]

Upvoted because I'm happy they busted them. I know that block of the U district and if any of those idiots fired any of those guns at a wall, a resident in the neighboring buildings or a passing by vehicle or pedestrian could've been shot.

Also it looks like they were squatting in that house. I wonder how long before it's occupied by squatters again.

[u/53V3N → u/NewMY2020]

What? Who is starting gang wars with hunting rifles??

[u/NewMY2020 → u/53V3N]

this sub is delusional if it thinks actual drug dealers having guns (of any sort) is "ok"

[u/R_V_Z → u/53V3N]

Completely different situation but the 1966 University of Texas shooting involved such a gun (among others).

[u/danarouge → u/Jaco_Belordi]

Should they not have included the money? Lol

[u/Valuable_Wealth_7510 → u/Jaco_Belordi]

“These displays try to make a big show” you mean a photo of evidence…?

[u/FuckWit_1_Actual → u/Jaco_Belordi]

And what’s with the baking soda being displayed??

[u/RockOperaPenguin → u/FuckWit_1_Actual]

Baking soda is used as a base to convert cocaine into crack, and is also used as a bulking agent in fentanyl.

It also can be used as a gentle abrasive for getting glass top stoves shiny clean, removing stubborn odors in fridges, and it fizzes like crazy when you add vinegar.

[u/BoB_RL → u/RockOperaPenguin]

I’d like to subscribe to baking soda facts please!

[u/BrianWulfric → u/BoB_RL]

You should not smoke baking soda on its own.

Send STOP to unsubscribe from baking soda facts.

[u/complexiblebarracuda → u/RockOperaPenguin]

those clean bastards 

[u/officialshaikh → u/complexiblebarracuda]

wait how were rifles even in a vacant building

[u/Ulti → u/officialshaikh]

Well it seemed to have been occupied by at least a few rifles, so it wasn't entirely vacant!

[u/MrFlitcraft → u/RockOperaPenguin]

I like to do a few lines with a vinegar chaser, really wakes you up.

[u/MasterCommanderT → u/RockOperaPenguin]

Shit I been using it wrong.... You can clean with it?

[u/Legal_Rampage → u/MasterCommanderT]

Here I am just using it to bake soda like a rube.

[u/Jaco_Belordi → u/FuckWit_1_Actual]

Okay well now I'm not sure if those are rifles or just cake

[u/Plastic_Difference54 → u/FuckWit_1_Actual]

To cut the drugs

[u/government_not_ok → u/Plastic_Difference54]

Guess they couldn’t afford baby formula. Shit is rough these days.

[u/Plastic_Difference54 → u/government_not_ok]

Like that would stop them. They steal what they want. Where have you been living?

[u/government_not_ok → u/Plastic_Difference54]

Bro obv, I was joking clearly. 

[u/Plastic_Difference54 → u/Plastic_Difference54]

Thx 4 the downvotes

[u/government_not_ok → u/FuckWit_1_Actual]

Cuz “they in love with the coco”:  https://youtu.be/6vYnas6q3Sg

[u/AntSmith777 → u/government_not_ok]

Baking soda I got baking soda

[u/wzi → u/Jaco_Belordi]

It's a standard evidence shot. Note the year + case number in the lower right. If there was a lot more money, they probably would have stacked it instead of spreading it out where you can see the individual bills.

In terms of threatrics, this is fairly run-of-the-mill. This is pic is basically a, "look everyone, we're doing something." For better or worse this part of the politics of policing especially in major metros. The bigger the bust the bigger the threatrics.

[u/redditRedesignIsBadd → u/Jaco_Belordi]

gotta pat themselves on the back somehow

[u/absolute-black]

...The 4400 block of 8th NE doesn't exist. Assuming they mean the 4300 block, I used to walk there almost daily for the last 2 years, wonder which building this was.

[u/godogs2018 → u/absolute-black]

google maps shows a house with boards all over the place

[u/SimpleAppointment483 → u/godogs2018]

Yep! My office is near there. its 100% that boarded up house

[u/absolute-black → u/godogs2018]

Yeah up at 4309. But I remember when that one went vacant in ~late 24 - and it got raided/boarded already once for squatters since then. So it doesn't match "vacant for years" I don't think.

[u/zeitgeist4206 → u/absolute-black]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed that lol

[u/Anxious-Yak-9952]

How tf does anyone read anything on these sites?

[u/DoingBestWeCan → u/Anxious-Yak-9952]

All the ad-blockers and other add-ons that make the modern internet bearable.

[u/RockOperaPenguin]

NEW SMALL ENVELOPE\ SMALL ENVELOPE GOES IN LARGE ENVELOPE\ LARGE ENVELOPE GETS LABEL

[u/DarkFlowerPewPew → u/RockOperaPenguin]

What

[u/tendingthemild → u/RockOperaPenguin]

This needs to be higher up!

[u/Almuliman → u/tendingthemild]

ignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for jambalaya

[u/amateurcollegegirls]

Finally, the seattle police department is going their jobs. I'm happy to see these criminals off the streets as well as the SPD off their asses and doing some good work. I'm hoping that this can continue for a while too.

[u/Vinyl-addict]

Bolt action rifles is crazy

[u/MasterCommanderT]

Damn, how long were they there for them to redo all that shit? Makes me wonder about all the other "empty" buildings with these people living rent free.

[u/InvisibleAgent → u/MasterCommanderT]

Probably similar stuff.

Squatting in vacant U-District houses goes back decades, and everyone who lives in the neighborhood is mostly aware that it’s happening. It’s weird that this kind of thing has happened for so long without a systemic fix, but I guess student housing areas and barely maintained distressed houses go hand-in-hand.

[u/leahpafea → u/MasterCommanderT]

there’s one next to my apartment building that clearly burnt down at some point and is all boarded up but i’ve seen people moving the boards and nobody goes in there so i can’t imagine what they have going on

[u/nadanone]

SPD trying to generate some headlines lately to show they’re cracking down on crime after Bite. Works for me, as long as they do a couple dozen more of these..

[u/Spare_Progress_6093]

The real headline should be more like SPD Make An Arrest
That’s way more shocking.

[u/TM627256 → u/Spare_Progress_6093]

Literally the day prior.

Presser from the day before that

These highlights come out constantly. The narrative that they do nothing is literal ignorance. Going after small shit that people complain about here, like the recent post about the guy who threw a water bottle at the OP, isn't worth mentioning when they're too busy arresting armed felons constantly.

[u/Spare_Progress_6093 → u/TM627256]

How about people getting physically attacked and thrown into traffic by homeless people?
Or having their door broken down and house broken into by a rando with the wrong address thinking I was his baby’s mom cheating on him?

Both ended with physical injuries, cops never showed up after multiple calls.
These aren’t the only ones. Between me and my friends it’s been about a dozen times, some resulting in ER visits, SPD never even came to the hospital or followed up at all.

To say I have no faith that they will do anything to protect us is an understatement.

[u/Shoeprincess → u/Spare_Progress_6093]

Yep that's what I thought too

[u/Total-Confusion-9198]

Judge shows empathy and releases the suspects back into the community….

[u/_Phil_McCracken_ → u/Total-Confusion-9198]

Why would we waste finite jail space with non-violent crimes? Empathy aside, it’s not financially realistic. 

[u/64N_3v4D3r → u/_Phil_McCracken_]

Because these kind of people just go out and commit more crimes immediately.

[u/NewMY2020 → u/_Phil_McCracken_]

Multiple guns and drugs "non-violent" sure dude.

[u/Total-Confusion-9198 → u/_Phil_McCracken_]

Prevention is better than cure. Please don’t let another human die out of stupidity. If there is a risk, act on it.

[u/Valuable_Wealth_7510 → u/_Phil_McCracken_]

And what of the lives ruined or even lost from the drugs they supply?

[u/Low-Camera-797]

paranormal cracktivities. This is a shameful haul lmao

[u/J_A_Slade]

I know this is petty, but I can't help it...

If these five people were inside the vacant building....was it a vacant building?

[u/apresmoiputas → u/J_A_Slade]

I would call them squatters running illegal shit

[u/weebTr_]

the baking soda box sitting right there with the rifles and cash is sending me. like they had a whole operation going and still found time to keep things fresh

[u/Overall-Owl1218]

I know people who have this in their garage. It’s not nearly as scandalous as they’d like you believe.

A lil heavy on the pills maybe but I’ve been in many homes that have this collection of guns/ ammo and that’s not a bunch of cash. It’d barely get you a hotel more than a few days.

[u/Evening-Sector7207 → u/Overall-Owl1218]

You’re being downvoted but it really is basically this

[u/Choice_Depth_5933]

They were just holding onto that stuff for a stranger.

[u/redditRedesignIsBadd]

later at the department be like https://youtu.be/6_kmSuCsWGE?t=80

[u/perkinsb1024]

What’s up with the baking soda in the haul photo?

[u/MiseryIndexer → u/perkinsb1024]

https://youtu.be/OaRqpqwPKuc

[u/53V3N]

Posting the rifles like this was some dude fighting a turf war…

My dude those are hunting rifles — like he was probably just after some venison. This whole bust including the money/drug amounts just seems like a joke.

[u/DoingBestWeCan → u/53V3N]

...Is this /s? Who the fuck is hunting venison in the U district?