Armed Man Arrested for Felony Warrant, Knife, Machete Recovered – SPD Blotter

Seattle cops arrested a 42-year-old man, armed with a knife and machete, after he reduce by way of the wires on a phone pole within the Chinatown-Worldwide District.

At about 9:40 a.m., patrol officers responded to studies of an erratic, stumbling man slicing a cellphone cable on a utility pole with a machete close to the Yesler Method overpass over Interstate 5.

Officers approached the suspect, but he refused to drop the weapon. They deployed a taser to take him into custody for Illegal use of weapons. Police additionally discovered the suspect to have a $30,000 felony warrant for Housebreaking.

Officers booked the suspect to the King County Jail. Police recovered the knife and machete as proof.

Incident Quantity: 2026-48130

Seattle cops recuperate a knife and machete as proof of against the law.