Mid Beacon Hill Down One Grow House

From the P-I:

Seattle police raided a suspected marijuana grow operation early Wednesday morning at a Beacon Hill home, where they seized 244 plants.

Just off Beacon on Graham Street.

Finally

From today's P-I website:

Seattle police say they have suspect in groping cases
P-I STAFF

Seattle police detectives were looking Wednesday for a man they have identified as a suspect in the groping of more than 20 Asian women in South Seattle during the past two years, including another attack this week.

"We think we know who this guy is, and we think we're close to an arrest," police spokeswoman Renee Witt said.

A man who witnessed the latest attack Monday picked out the possible suspect's photo in a montage, which detectives were checking out. Witnesses also saw the attacker's 1994 Jeep Cherokee, which has provided a lead, Witt said.

UPDATE from the P-I:

Police arrest suspected groper
By SCOTT GUTIERREZ
P-I REPORTER

Seattle police have arrested a man they suspect groped a woman last week in South Seattle and may be responsible for some of the similar attacks on more than 20 women during the last two years.

At a news conference Thursday, police announced the arrest of the suspect, identified in court documents as Darin Boler. They said the assaults on the women may have been committed by more than one suspect.

The King County Prosecutor's Office said it had charged Boler with second-degree robbery and fourth-degree assault in the incident on Saturday, when a man was seen putting his hand under a woman's buttocks. She screamed and fled.

She remains unidentified. The robbery charge stems from a witness, whose cell phone Boler is accused of taking.

Court documents say Bolar is a registered sex offender with a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for robbery and rape of a child. Prosecutors said they want him held on $500,000 bond.

"Beacon Hill" "Groper" Strikes Again

This time down by the Othello Playground at 10 o'clock in the morning.

From Mark Solomon, community liaison at the South Precinct of the SPD:

There has been another assault by “the Groper.” The incident happened Saturday, May 17th at approximately 10am on the 7500 Block of Renton Ave S. An Asian female was walking northbound on Renton Ave S with a young child, approximately two-years of age. The suspect approached the adult woman from behind. The suspect was seen groping the woman’s buttocks. The suspect backed away when the woman screamed. The scream drew the attention of several witnesses in the area. The female victim was seen running northbound with the child along Renton Ave S.

The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 40 years of age, 5-10, flesh colored shaving bumps on left side of face. Suspect vehicle is a 1994 green Jeep Cherokee.

The adult female victim has not yet come forward to speak with police about the incident. We very much need to speak with this woman. She is described as an adult Asian female, possibly in her 40’s-50’s, wearing a white top and black pants. She was walking with a 2-year-old child on Renton Ave S at about 10am on Saturday May 17th, 2008. If you know this woman, please encourage her to come forward. It is extremely important that detectives speak with her. Please contact our Sexual Assault unit at 206.684.5575.

Update: The Seattle Times is reporting that one of the witnesses took a cell phone photo of the suspect's getaway car and license plate, but the suspect stole the phone from him. I saw on the news this morning that the car is described as a green 1994 Jeep Cherokee. If you see anyone matching the suspect's description and driving that type of car, I'm guessing the police would appreciate a phone call.

New Coffeehouse on Beacon Hill

From hot tipper and my close neighbor Angela comes a report of a new coffeehouse on Beacon Hill, near the grody intersection of Beacon and Columbian Way. They even have a website:

http://grownfolkscoffeehouse.com/

Angela says:

I stopped by this place yesterday and met the owner. He seems like a great guy. ... I'm overjoyed!

Me too!

Letter to the P-I About Beacon Hill Misidentification

Looks like someone wrote in to complain about the P-I's misidentification of 14th and Ferdinand as "Rainier Valley":

If you check your map, you will find that the shooting reported on May 7 occurred near 14th and Ferdinand, clearly on Beacon Hill, nowhere near Rainier Valley. In case you're still geographically challenged, 14th Avenue is about 10 blocks west of Beacon Avenue, and much closer to the Duwamish Valley than Rainier Valley. While all our South End neighborhoods often get lumped together as "South Seattle," we would appreciate accuracy as to the specific neighborhood of these unfortunate events.

Tristin Pagenkopf
Seattle
(Hillman City)

Thanks, Tristin!

Murals: Georgetown -1, Beacon Hill +1

I wrote a few days ago about how it looks like the Georgetown Graffiti Wall is being painted over to make way for a Pabst advertisement.



Well, today a Beacon Hill resident e-mailed me to let me know that the Kusina Filipina people at Beacon and Hanford have commissioned a new mural. He posted photos of it on his remodel blog.

I drove by today and took a look at this work in progress. Pretty!

Corson Building Progress

Cute back patio.



New stairs.



Beautiful planters.



Here's another cool planter, outside Revival Home.



And some Great Stuff.