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Community Members Step Up to Stop Drug Addiction Thefts at Bellevue QFC

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Crime, Law, and Order
Street Report

Under Siege

Bellevue is under siege. A steady flow of criminals from outside the city are targeting local stores.

In many instances homeless drug addicts get around using the bus, ransack businesses, then sell the items for pennies on the dollar in Seattle to purchase fentanyl. This has been going on for years.

But community watch members now say it’s getting worse. Here is one of several incidents Monday evening at the QFC grocery store in the Crossroads neighborhood.

Good Samaritans stepped in and forced an alleged crook to return stolen items.

After being confronted, this Black woman kept saying, “I’m a n*gger. I’m a n*igger.”

Some may call this vigilante justice. But there is limited security and not enough officers on the streets to go after low-level retail theft.

So volunteers say unless they intervene, public safety deteriorates and the cycle continues.

Btw, cops were called but never showed up.

Be On the Lookout

Be on the look out for this woman. She allegedly ransacked the QFC in Bellevue’s Crossroads hood.

Attempted Theft of Beer

Earlier this month, another unhinged drug addict tried to steal a case of beer from the Bellevue Crossroads QFC. This time cops showed up and arrested the suspect.

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.