The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.
Between Jan. 25-31, the Kirkland Police Department reported 551 traffic violations (eight DUIs), 20 school zone traffic violations, 25 alarm calls, 14 noise complaints, nine calls of disturbance, 10 thefts, 15 car prowls, 30 acts of traffic abandonment, 14 calls of civil disturbance, nine reported burglaries, three reports of juvenile crime, eight domestic violence calls, four calls for harassment, four reports of illegal drugs, two alleged assaults, five acts of fraud, four malicious mischief reports and one reported sex offense. At least 44 people were arrested.
Jan. 31
Theft: 3 p.m., 13300 block of 100th Ave. N.E. A 19-year-old man was caught steeling five packs of cigarettes from 7-11. Police found a glass pipe used for drugs and he was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
Domestic violence: 11:38 p.m., 12400 block of 110th Ln. N.E. A 22-year-old man was arrested for assaulting his 52-year-old father.
Jan. 30
Burglary: 1 a.m., 12000 block of N.E. 85th St. A 23-year-old man was taken into custody after he broke a Lover’s Package window and stole several sex toys. The man was still burglarizing the store as officers arrived. The suspect tried to flee but was caught shortly after.
Jan. 27
Domestic violence: 8 p.m., 400 block of 4th Ave. S. A 47-year-old man was arrested for pushing his ex-wife and taking her phone.
Jan. 26
Malicious mischief: 8:15 p.m., 10000 block of N.E. 137th St. A 28-year-old man was arrested for slashing his 42-year-old brother’s SUV tire after a verbal argument at the Juanita Safeway.
Domestic violence: 1 a.m., 12600 block of N.E. 124th St. A 27-year-old man was taken into custody after grabbing the glasses off the face of a 20-year-old woman and kicking her Volkswagen’s windshield during an argument.
Domestic violence: 4:40 p.m., 8500 block of 131st Ave. N.E. An 18-year-old man was arrested for punching his 20-year-old brother in the head during a verbal argument.
Jan. 25
Fugitive: 1:05 a.m., 10600 block of N.E. 68th St. A 32-year-old man was arrested on a probation warrant out of Oregon. Police found the man after a passerby reported people were smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol near a white van parked by the Metropolitan Market. When police arrived they found a naked woman sitting in the van among several other people.
