Crime: Strong-Arm Rape, Hit and Runs, Multiple Aggravated Assaults Reported in LS area

A torrent of serious crime hit the Lake Stevens area over last two weeks; LS Mayor joins LEs in criticizing anti-pursuit legislation...anti-pursuit bill linked to increase in car theft

A visual representation of crime in the greater Lake Stevens area since Sept. 20. The J425 only tracks events which receive a report number from a responding agency.

Since our last report, a series of serious incidents has swept across the greater Lake Stevens area, perhaps indicative of what one Snohomish County Sheriff’s Deputy labeled a “shocking increase” in serious crime.

We’ll detail the 35+ incidents we’ve tracked over the last two weeks, including a strong-arm rape in an upscale area housing development and a spate of hit and runs, assaults and thefts.

Additionally, we’ve got a couple notebook items detailing area leaders coming together to criticize anti-pursuit legislation, which state law enforcement leaders are linking to an increase in stolen cars.

The J425 has embarked on subscriber-sponsored effort to track crime across multiple agencies in a closer to real-time fashion. Our data sources allow us to report on incidents that occurred as recently as yesterday. By comparison, the Lake Stevens Police Department hasn’t updated their monthly crime dashboard since June.

In our last J425 crime report, which relies on proprietary data sources to aggregate criminal event occurring throughout the greater Lake Stevens area (think school district boundaries), we highlighted an increase of car thefts, as five cars were stolen mainly from the Frontier Village area in the first part of September.

Since that report, there’s been an uptick in even more serious crime. Including: