People living near Dr. Jose Rizal Park in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood are upset after part of their beloved park was ripped up with a stolen excavator.
Brave homeowner fires at armed burglars pretending to be Seattle police: videoRenowned scholar who recently earned PhD was among Americans killed by Hamas in IsraelA Seattle man was arrested for allegedly using a stolen excavator to tear down part of a public park while claiming to have permission to build himself a cabin.
“It’s scary seeing someone with a big excavator going through the park, and it could have been a lot worse of a situation,” sheSteven Irwin, 41, was accused of stealing this excavator and using it to tear through a Seattle park Saturday night.When police did respond, they found Irwin still inside the machinery, which is thought to have been stolen from a nearby construction site, the reports said.“He was compliant,” Andrea Suarez of community clean-up group “We Heart Seattle” told Fox 13.
Suarez, the “We Heart Seattle” executive director, also said the situation should serve as a wake-up call to local leaders in the crime-ridden city.
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