Dispatches from Ravenna, a neighborhood in Northeast Seattle
Looking for a new way to decorate your yard with jack-o-lanterns this year? Things are looking up!
We took these photos back in 2010, in the vicinity of NE 68th St and 31st Ave NE.
Eat your heart out, Martha Stewart.
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Hose trailing from one of the engines responding to Sunday night’s call.
Seattle Fire Department units responded to a “fire in single family residence” call at 7:23 PM Sunday night on the 7500 block of 24th Ave NE.
Home where the fire occurred and Engine 40 from Wedgwood.
The fire was confined to a dryer. The tenant of home sustained minor injuries while attempting to put the fire out, and he was treated at the scene.
Tenant of the home being treated by fire department staff for his minor injuries.
Scene incident chief and a fire fighter checking out the washer/dryer unit after it was removed from the home.
The home was aired out with fans and was ruled safe for the tenant to reenter. Good results all around.
Two gentlemen from Fire Station 16 in Green Lake were kind enough to pause for a picture before their engine headed back into service.
I can’t quite recall the cross streets where this guy lives — it’s NE 60th St and 3somethingth Ave NE. And I’m not sure how legal he is — painted city fire hydrant and all. But he is quite, quite cute.
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Via the Seattle Police Department twitter feed:
15th Avenue Bridge closed in Ravenna as ABS investigates possible explosive devices found in the area. More info on the Blotter shortly.
The helicopter that can be heard in our area is over the scene.
More updates here when we get them.
UPDATE (12:11 PM): Police have determined the the suspected explosive devices are harmless. Via twitter:
Suspected pipe bombs deemed harmless. Everything on 15th should be back to normal shortly.
UPDATE (12:15 PM):SeattlePI.com’s Casey McNerthney has the story from police:
The suspicious devices were found shortly after 10 a.m. near the 15th Avenue Northeast bridge, which was closed for more than 2 hours as detectives investigated. The devices, made with capped PVC pipes, were also found near a regular homeless encampment, detective Renee Witt said.
Read the full story on SeattlePI.com’s Seattle 911 blog.
Prosecutors today filed first degree murder charges against Dinh Bowman, suspect in the shooting death of Yancy Noll on Friday, August 31.
Bowman was arrested on Friday, September 21 at his home, and appeared in court for the first time on Saturday, where bail was denied.
Today’s statement from the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s office:
A charge of Murder in the First Degree was filed today against ThomasDinh Bowman, who is accused in the August 31 slaying of Yancy Noll in Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood. Bowman, 29, pulled up in his BMW convertible and allegedly fired several shots at Noll, who was in his car stopped at a red light at 15th and N.E. 75th Avenue. The murder charge includes a firearm sentencing enhancement. If convicted as charged, the sentence range is 25 to 31 years in prison. Arraignment is scheduled for October 8 at 8:30 a.m. at the King County Courthouse, courtroom 1201. Bowman is being held without bail.
Capitol Hill Seattle has the charging documents available for reading here.
This afternoon, the suspect in the August 31 shooting death of Yancy Noll made his first appearance before a judge.
Bowman, right, appearing before a judge in a King County Jail courtroom on Saturday / Image courtesy capitolhillseattle.com
Dinh Bowman, 29, was arrested at his home in Ravenna on Friday morning. His car, a silver BMW Z4 convertible, was towed out of his garage shortly after.
Fellow Seattle Times Newspartner, Capitol Hill Seattle (CHS), was there in the courtroom today:
Judge Kara Murphy agreed with a request for no bail in the hearing as the prosecutor outlined evidence police detectives say they have already collected including proof of the “sophistication” of Bowman’s effort to repair and conceal his Z4 convertible BMW and an online video reportedly showing Bowman progressing rapidly through a target course while firing one-handedly firing a .45 caliber handgun in a shooting competition.
According to CHS, police began watching Bowman’s home on September 12, after an anonymous female caller alerted them to the home. It was during this time (between the night of the shooting and Friday’s raid on the home) that Bowman was witnessed behaving like someone going to “great lengths to conceal possible evidence of the crime” (Seattle Times article about today’s court appearance). These behaviors included:
These and other details of the incriminating behavior that SPD investigators used to justify Bowman’s arrest can be found in the CHS post and this probable cause statement obtained by CHS (Flickr link).
Prosecutors are expected to file charges of either first degree murder or second degree road rage murder against Bowman by Tuesday, September 25, says CHS.
UPDATE (6:32 PM): Here’s KING 5’s story on today’s courtroom appearance.
UPDATE (Sunday, September 23): And here’s KIRO 7’s story on the courtoom appearance.
So you buy a house on a hill. And no one can see it clearly from the street. And your friends can never find the place. (And neither could ambulances or the police, if it came to that.) So what is a home owner to do?
Well done, 5744.
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Picardo dahlia
This election season, Ravenna Blog endorses this pumpkin ale, and this bolognese sauce recipe.
Friday morning, September 21, Seattle Police Department homicide detectives arrested a man suspected of the road rage shooting death of Yancy Noll on August 31.
From the SPD Blotter:
Acting on a tip, SWAT officers and Homicide detectives served a warrant at a home in north Seattle early Friday morning—less than a mile from where Noll was shot and killed—and arrested a 30 year old suspect in the shooting.
The post goes on to say that detectives are withholding the suspect’s name until his first appearance in court.
Thank you to Adam Merrill for the heads-up.
UPDATE (2:48 PM): Capitol Hill Seattle has a few more details about the arrest and the suspect.
UPDATE (4:22 PM): We drove by the area where the suspect was arrested, and took the following pictures:
More news vans parked along 25th Ave NE, south of the suspect’s home.
More news vans parked across the street from the suspect’s home.
Camera equipment set up in front of the suspect’s home.
UPDATE (4:34 PM): A friend of Yancy Noll’s, whom we happened to meet at the scene, emailed us a link to KIRO 7’s story about the arrest. Within the article is a picture of a BMW Z4 convertible being removed from the suspect’s house.
Screenshot of KIRO 7’s page on the arrest of the suspect. Click to visit the site.
UPDATE (5:05 PM): The Seattle Times names the suspect, and provides more details about the investigation.
UPDATE (Saturday, September 22, 10:27 PM): The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s office webpage posted yesterday that the suspect will make his first court appearance today, as early as 1 PM, in Courtroom 1 of the King County Jail. He is being held without bail.
The group of crafters last seen at Boulevard Grocery are bringing their wares to Roosevelt’s Wayward Coffeehouse (6417 Roosevelt Way NE #104) TODAY, September 20, and again on October 18, from 9 AM – noon.
Nicole, of Frankie Says handmade jewelry, sent along the crafter line-up for the upcoming shows:
Susan (This Charming Candy) – Gourmet Lollipops “This Charming Candy is Seattle’s luxury lollipop boutique specializing in sophisticated flavors, bright colors and elegant packaging.”
Shino (Uzura) – Eco-friendly Organic and Hemp Products
Marin – Vintage Jewelry
Amy – Paper Goods
Nicole (Frankie Says) – Gold & Silver Gemstone Jewelry
Stephanie – Paper Goods/ Art/ Face Painting
Seiko – T-shirts/ BagsFor the October Show we will have two additional crafters:
Yuko (Sazanka Design) – Jewelry made from vintage kimono remnants
Sydney (Chavas Garden) – Watercolor Vegetable Portraits
Charming Candy’s Greatest Hits flavors / photo by Heather Immoor
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