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 May 22-28, there were 323 traffic incidents, 24 traffic accidents, eight DUIs, 29 general traffic incidents, 34 alarm calls, 10 abandoned vehicles, seven burglaries, six incidents of fraud, eight civil incidents, seven cases of harassment, 15 thefts, nine vehicle prowls, four vehicle thefts, eight warrants served, 15 noise complaints, six animal calls, 12 incidents of domestic violence, five incidents of malicious mischief, one rape, 10 disturbances, one trespass, one sex offense, two acts of arson, three assaults, three hit and runs and 28 incidents involving at least one arrest.

May 27

Assault: 10:30 p.m., 1030 block of NE 137th Pl. A 17-year-old boy drew a knife on his parents when he discovered they had thrown out his marijuana pipe. He then walked out of the house with his father’s phone as a trade for his pipe. He then threatened to stab his father and threw the phone at him. The boy was arrested and booked into the King County Youth Center.

May 25

Assault: 5:24 a.m., 200 block of 5th Ave. A 49-year-old man was arrested when a woman claimed he touched her genitals twice after she told him to stop.

May 24

Theft: 7:20 p.m., 9800 block of NE 132nd St. A 40-year-old man was booked, cited and released after he attempted to shoplift from Goodwill.

License suspended: 1:47 a.m., 200 block of Parkplace Ctr. A 35-year-old man was stopped by a police officer for having a taillight out on his car. He refused to provide any form of identification and was placed under arrest. Once in custody and identified, police discovered he had a suspended license and is required to have an interlock on his vehicle. He was booked on several charges.

May 23

Assault: 1 a.m., 10800 block of 115th Ct NE. A 38-year-old man got into an argument with a 37-year-old woman after he showed up home late and drunk. He then punched her in the right side of her face. She reported the incident to police the next day, who observed the injuries on her face. The man was arrested for domestic violence and booked into jail.