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Bellevue Police Lt. Marcia Harnden, takes inventory of the guns, drugs, and ammunition allegedly destined for Eastside customers. They were seized Sept. 18, during a raid of two King County homes as part of a joint police effort.
Bellevue police seize 'largest volume of guns, drugs' in recent memory
BY BRYAN TRUDE AND JOSH STILTS REPORTER NEWSPAPERS
Bellevue police say a "significant" amount of heroin and guns is off the streets and out of the hands of felons after members of the department raided two homes in King County on Thursday. When police arrived at the two locations they found guns, five pounds of drugs, mostly heroin and a small amount of cocaine, vehicles, thousands of rounds of ammunition worth more than $400,000 along with roughly $9,000 in cash. "This is largest volume of guns and drugs we've recovered," one of the task force members told the Bellevue Reporter. Bellevue Police Lt. Marcia Harnden said the significance of seizing so many weapons and the approximately five pounds of heroin is "incredible" and commended the joint efforts of the Bellevue Police Department, Bellevue SWAT and Special Enforcement Team, along with detectives from the Eastside Narcotics Task Force (ENTF).
David Lindamood, 39, of Seattle, was arrested without shots being fired, at a residence in the 600 block of North 45th Street in the Fremont neighborhood. "We certainly had the element of surprise," Harnden said. Lindamood allegedly had enough weaponry to arm a small militia. In total, police recovered 24 firearms including 13 handguns, three shotguns, five high-powered hunting rifles, and three assault rifles. Dozens of ammunition magazines and "several thousand rounds of ammunition" were also taken from the two properties. Described as a "medium-sized" dealer providing product to low-level distributors on the Eastside, Lindamood was formally charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Additional charges are expected to follow as the investigation continues Harnden said. The seizures were the result of a fourmonth investigation led by the ENTF, which began after a patrol officer with the Bellevue Police Department started talking
to a confidential informant at the site of a recent heroin overdose. The CI's information led police to start investigating Lindamood as a potential supplier for dealers in the area. "Heroin continues to be the biggest problem on the Eastside," Harnden said. "It's a regular thing to go out with the fire department on a heroin overdose." She said the seizure of the drugs and guns will help curb at least some of the SEE GUNS, 16
Bellevue College will spend up to $200,000 in design improvements to keep King County Metro's Route 271 running through its campus. Route 271 is among a number of bus routes Metro will revise to cut transit hours due to a long-standing revenue shortfall, but Bellevue College is now taking steps to stay on its path through the city. "Metro proposed some infrastructure changes, mainly, and what we did was we took those proposed infrastructure changes and took them to our capital projects team," said Patrick Green, sustainability coordinator at Bellevue College. The college community was joined by the city in opposing the reroute earlier this year, which would have skirted the campus with a stop on 148th Avenue Southeast. Students told Metro high traffic, distance and poor pedestrian access made it an unsafe alternative. Green said Route 271 is still planned to stop traveling to Issaquah, but credits King County Councilmember Jane Hague for getting Metro to the bargaining table with the college on how to keep it running down Kelsey Creek Road. "She and her team were pretty important on representing the issue to council and to Metro, and were pretty critical to bringing people together to handle this issue," he said. Metro proposed traffic calming and pedestrian channeling improvements along the road, which is heavily used by motorists, Green said. The college has agreed to spend up to $200,000 for design improvements and is now reviewing project quotes and design alternatives. Those designs will be shared with Metro as the collaboration continues, Green said. "The college kind of had to find it to make it happen," he said of the funding. SEE COLLEGE, 15
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