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Bellevue Police to promote two officers
The Bellevue Police Department is pleased to announce the promotions of:
Corporal Rob Spingler to Lieutenant, Patrol Division;
Officer Casey Hiam to Corporal, Patrol Division.
The ceremony will take place on Thursday,
January 22, at 3 p.m., in the Bellevue City Hall Council Chambers, 450…
Applications now accepted for Community Police Academy
The Bellevue Police Department is now accepting applications for the 2015 spring Community Police Academy, a 12-week program for Bellevue residents and those who work in Bellevue to become acquainted with how their police department operates.
On completion of the academy, graduates will have…
Detectives seek suspect in nationwide theft ring
Detectives with the Bellevue Police Department continue to combat identity theft, and they need the public's assistance in locating a suspect allegedly involved in a nationwide theft operation. On December 4, 2013, the suspect, Hector Segundo Molina-Escobar and an accomplice used credit cards…
Identity theft investigations result in lengthy prison sentences
Two suspects were recently sentenced for numerous counts of Identity Theft after separate investigations by Bellevue Police detectives and others. The suspects, Patrick McCabe and Paul Bauer, were sentenced earlier this month in King County Superior Court.
Bauer received 100 months in prison after…
City to add 4 photo enforcement cameras in January
The City of Bellevue will activate three additional red light photo enforcement cameras on January 1, as well as one additional school zone speed camera later in January.
In March, the Police Department recommended to the City Council the additional cameras to improve safety at two more major…
Police investigate crash that caused serious injury
On Monday, December 15, at approximately 12:31 a.m., Bellevue Police responded to a report of a car crash on the 15400 block of Lake Hills Boulevard. Officers arrived and located two involved vehicles.
Investigating officers arrested one of the drivers, a 25-year-old Bellevue resident,…
Police investigating fatal collision
On Monday, December 1, at approximately 6:05 a.m., Bellevue Police
responded to a report of a traffic crash near the intersection of 150th
Avenue Southeast and Southeast 38th Street. Officers arrived and found a
77-year-old woman who had been struck and fatally injured by a vehicle
in the roadway…
City manager to launch new recruitment for police chief
Today (Monday, November 17) City Manager Brad Miyake announced that the city will go back out for a targeted recruitment for the city's next police chief.
On October 22 and 23, the city invited five police chief candidates to meet with city employees, City Council, community leaders and the…
Police still seeking help on 3-year-old missing child case
Today marks the three-year anniversary of the day that two-year-old Sky Metawala was reported missing, and investigators are still asking for the public's help in this case.
Bellevue Police detectives are still assigned to the case. To date, they have pursued more than 2,500 tips and leads in…
Police looking for missing Newport Hills man
Bellevue Police are looking for a 44-year-old man last seen by friends or family on September 26. His father reported him missing on October 11, after he didn't show up for a meeting.
Michael W. Bennett is a white man, balding,with brown hair, brown eyes, 5-11, 185 pounds. He lives in the…