Murder suspect caught with meth while climbing an open Seattle drawbridge
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“Murder suspect caught with meth while climbing an open Seattle drawbridge”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about a murder suspect with meth on a Seattle drawbridge.
“Seattle police stumbled upon a murder suspect when they spotted a man dangerously scaling a drawbridge while it was opening”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about Seattle police encountering a suspect on an opening drawbridge.
“The man... was reported attempting to cross the century-old Ballard Bridge while it was being raised to allow boats to pass through the waterway”
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Wikipedia confirms the Ballard Bridge is a bascule bridge that opens for boats, but no evidence directly confirms the suspect's actions or the specific incident described.
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— Ballard is a neighborhood in northwestern Seattle, Washington, United States. Formerly an independent city, the City of Seattle's official boundaries define it as bounded to the north by Crown Hill (N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard,_Seattle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard,_Seattle
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— The Ballard Bridge, also known as the 15th Avenue Bridge, is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle, Washington. It carries 15th Avenue NW over Seattle's Salmon Bay between Ballard to the north and I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_Bridge
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— The Ballard Link Extension is a planned light rail project to be built by Sound Transit in Seattle, Washington, United States. It would extend the 1 Line of the Link light rail system north by 7.7 mil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_Link_Extension
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_Link_Extension
“When officers asked the man for his name, he allegedly offered up a fake identity that 'happened to have a felony arrest warrant for assault'”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the suspect providing a fake identity with a felony warrant.
“The frazzled suspect then denied being that person”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the suspect denying his identity.
“He was eventually taken into custody by police while on the bridge”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the suspect being taken into custody on the bridge.
“The suspect then tried to run while officers were handcuffing him, but he didn’t make it far”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the suspect fleeing while being handcuffed.
“Cops also claimed they found a bag of methamphetamine and a matching meth pipe when they were patting him down”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about methamphetamine and a pipe being found during the pat-down.
“The department later used a mobile fingerprint reader to determine the suspect’s real identity”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about police using a mobile fingerprint reader.
“His prints linked to a second-degree murder warrant out for a suspect who allegedly escaped community custody after '[absconding] from house arrest'”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the suspect's fingerprints linking to a murder warrant.
“He was booked into the SCORE jail in Des Moines, Washington”
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“It’s not clear if he will face any additional charges for attempting to flee, his stunt on the bridge, or for the meth”
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