Have you seen this man in Fife?

Chances are, if you were home last weekend, you saw Santa and his elves visiting neighborhoods in Fife spreading Christmas cheer! The Fife PD and Tacoma Fire Department Station 12 held their annual "Santa Run" through the south half of the city on December 8th and 9th and will continue tomorrow, December 15th, in the neighborhoods North of I-5. The run will begin at 10:00am. Be on the lookout for the man dressed in red!

Weekly update

 Calls for service for the previous week: 358

There were 59 case reports with 89 incidents.

 

 

Speeding semi spins car into building

At approximately 10:31am officers were  dispatched to a collision at the intersection of 54th Ave. E. and 12th St E.     A semi travelling southbound on 54th Ave. E. struck a passenger vehicle, spinning the rear of it into a building and injuring the two occupants of the vehicle. A woman and young girl were both transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The semi also struck a power pole which knocked out power to surrounding areas. Tacoma Public Utilities continues to work on restoring power and says it may take several hours until all customers regain service. The driver of the semi was arrested for reckless driving.

Weekly update

 

Prostitutes arrested

On December 6, 2012, Fife Police Detectives conducted a prostitution operation in the 5200 block of 20^th St E.  Detectives were notified of a large volume of women posting adds on backpage.com under the adult-escort section that were sexual in nature.  The adds indicated that the women were conducting business in and around the City of Fife.  Undercover detectives were able to contact these females who agreed to come to the location and exchange sexual acts for money.  Five women and one male were arrested and booked into jail for prostitution and felony drug crimes.      

Warrant arrest and drug/money seizure

On December 5^th at approximately 1600 hours; Fife Police Officers were on a patrol call in the 2400 block of 62^nd Ave E.  As part of their investigation, officers discovered a vehicle that was registered to a male with a felony warrant for his arrest for a residential burglary in King County.  Officers went to a nearby apartment to attempt to locate the suspect and spoke with a female resident who allowed them to check inside her apartment to verify that the warrant suspect was not there.  While looking in the apartment for the suspect, the officers saw what they recognized was drug paraphernalia and heroin on a nightstand in a bedroom.  The officers detained five people inside the apartment and a search warrant was applied for by Fife Police Detectives.  The warrant was granted and during a search of the apartment, detectives located over eight ounces of heroin, methamphetamine, and approximately $33,000 in US currency.  None of the suspects claimed ownership of the drugs or the money.  All five were booked into the Pierce County Jail for felony drug charges.