Below you will find some updates from the Bellevue Police Department. Please visit the Bellevue Beat Blog for the latest information on incidents and news by the agency.
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City aims to cut costly false alarms
In an effort to cut the number of false alarms in Bellevue, which cost more than $125,000 in police officer staff time last year, the city will begin requiring annual registration of all residential and commercial alarms in the city, starting Monday, July 6.
In 2014, Bellevue police officers…
Suspect arrested for February murder
On Monday, June 22, Bellevue Police arrested 35-year-old Justin Matthew Gray Bacani for the murder of 29-year-old Annalise Harrison.
On February 7, Bellevue Police and Fire responded to a vacant apartment in the 14100 block of Southeast Sixth Street, where they found Harrison's body (identified by…
Task force arrests Eastside heroin dealers
RENTON -- After an investigation lasting several months, the Eastside Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant on an apartment in the Renton Highlands. They arrested a man and woman suspected of selling heroin out of the apartment and at various locations on the Eastside.
Task…
Domestic-violence suspect wanted
Bellevue Police are looking for a man suspected of unlawful imprisonment, unlawful possession of a firearm and attempting to elude, all in connection to an incident involving his ex-girlfriend.
There is a $100,000 warrant for the suspect, Carlos Vasquez-Castillo. Vasquez-Castillo is 24, six feet…
Officer-involved shooting in Bellevue
On Friday, June 6, at approximately 6:22 p.m., Bellevue Police responded to a reported domestic disturbance in the 1200 block of 151st Avenue Southeast. Officers arrived at 6:33 p.m., and a short time later an officer advised dispatch that shots had been fired.
As other officers responded to the…
Wig-wearing amateur bathroom photographer arrested
On January 18, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Bellevue Police responded to a call at Bellevue College where a suspect was being detained by security. A female was in a restroom with her two friends when one observed an smart phone tipped towards her from underneath the adjoining bathroom stall.
The…
Police declare two properties chronic nuisances
First application of new code amendment puts property owners on notice
Police Chief Steve Mylett recently notified two businesses in the city that they were being declared "chronic nuisance" properties under a city code amendment passed by the City Council in April. Passed in…
Police looking for missing mother and child
The Bellevue Police are seeking the public's help with finding a mother and her 3-year-old daughter. Nichol Pappas-Haffie and her daughter Emilea Switzer are both considered endangered.
Mom and daughter were last seen Sunday, May 10, in a 1996 burgundy Chevrolet Blazer (Washington license…
Awards for officers on Police Week
On Wednesday, May 13, the Bellevue Police Department will recognize several officers and three citizens with awards at the department's annual awards ceremony. Four officers will receive the Commander's Award, four will receive the Life-Saving Award and the residents will be…
Car thief captured after Bellevue Police investigation
On Friday, May 8, members of the Bellevue Police Department's Special Enforcement Team (SET), with assistance from the Bellevue Police SWAT team and a Kirkland Police K-9 unit, arrested a suspected prolific Eastside car thief at his home in Seattle.
Bellevue SET Detectives, through a thorough…