What do your children come across on your side walks?

Everywhere you look the signs are evident. Walgreen's Drug Store, had purchased time release safes, in order to control the loss of opiate based drug thefts. Police presence has always been high in specific areas. One might say that would tell you how good the neighborhood was, or wasn't. What are the best signs to detect trouble in your neighborhood?

You do not always see the addict on the corner, or the dealer in the alley. In the last year; I have been forced to walk a lot of places. During my journeys I have came a cross a good amount of filth on the streets of Everett. From April to July in the area of 19th and 100th street se, the ground is littered with aluminum foil that was used for smoking pills, and baggies from heroin. Have you paid attention to the debris on your streets? If so; How well?

Paraphernalia (tools and equipment used for the purpose of consuming drugs) liters the streets of Everett in a bad way. To the un-exposed eye, it all just looks like lose garbage. but to anyone who has seen it said or done; Can help others see the trouble in the area.


During my walks I have come across:
1. Used foil with pill tracks
2. Burt foil with heroin tracks
3. busted Meth (shard) pipes
4. Crack pipes
5. shopping bags ( typical heroin package)
6. Dope bags with residue
7. actual bag of shard (glass, Meth, crank)
8. actual bag of heroin
9. washed dope baggies ( typical for shooters or IV needle users)
10. Melted cellophane with opiate pills in it
11. spoons with burn on them ( cooking heroin)
12. signs of stolen goods, broken goods, and more)

Everybody will tell you that the Everett, Country club apartments are dirty, or that casino road has had multiple drug related murders. But lets look at the evidence.

No more than a week ago, I had a guy ask me too hook him up with some crack. It wasn't his story, his Volvo, or the car seats that made me answer him like I did. at some point you have to look at your surroundings to know what you are up against.

The Albertson's on 128th offers free samples of aluminum foil. This was brought on by a constant attempt of people helping themselves to the foil on the shelves.


Lets start with the Everett parks. While taking the dog to the park every day, I have been paying attention to the debris.


Grand Avenue Park 1800 Grand avenue
I have found that the Grand avenue park has always been clean and safe for the kids and dog. This is really just a sitting and picnic park, as there are no child based toys


Clark Park 2400 Lombard (24rd - 25th )


This has tennis courts, a gazebo, a large grassy picnic area and a small playground are for the children,

Most of the time the place is very clean. The grassy area has never shown me any signs of drug use, but the church on the north side host AA/NA meetings Every week day at noon, and is very popular

At 2604 Rockefeller Ave there were found 2 hypodermic needles along 26th st.

At 2401 Oakes ave CLARK PARK found 1 hypodermic needle in the spectator dugout.

At 2532 Rucker Ave along 26th st found one broken Meth pipe on sidewalk.

At 1309 Everett Ave just off sidewalk found 1 broken Meth pipe

At 2614 Grand ave in gutter area along curb found 1 loaded Meth pipe

At 2604 Grand ave along 26th st found 0.4 grams of methamphetamine in a baggie

At 2317 Alfy's pizza found hypodermic IV needle in trees north of parking area

At 1715 Broadway Safeway @ bus stop on edge of shrubs found 2 hypodermic IV needles

At 2801 Rucker ave Walt's auto care center , near clothes donation box 1 IV needle

At 2331 Hoyt ave Everett High School found plastic bag melted heroin aprox 1 gram
(and burnt foil)

At 2000-2046 13th st Waits motel found extreme amounts of foil and baggies

At 1205 Broadway back alley of motel extreme amounts of foil and baggies




Observed use of foil smoking in public

26th and Rucker
26th and Colby
Safeway on Broadway
26th and Colby




Offered purchase or sale / Asked to buy or sell

METH @ Wilson's grocery
Weed @ Garfield park
PILLS @ AM/PM 19th Ave se