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 Nov. 7-13, there were 259 traffic incidents, 32 traffic accidents, five DUIs, 25 general traffic incidents, 36 alarm calls, 11 abandoned vehicles, nine burglaries, 14 incidents of fraud, 16 civil incidents, five cases of harassment, 10 thefts, six vehicle prowls, six vehicle thefts, 14 warrants served, eight noise complaints, three animal calls, 18 incidents of domestic violence, one incident of malicious mischief, seven disturbances, one assault and 31 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Nov. 13
Assault: 11:30 a.m., 12000 block of 103rd Ave NE. A 16-year-old girl was arrested after assaulting her 17-year-old boyfriend of two years during an argument, leaving lacerations on his face.
Trespass: 12:30 p.m., 12000 block of 120th Pl NE. A 58-year-old man was arrested at a Motel 6 after he refused to leave during checkout time when asked by the management. He also refused to leave when told by police officers, stating he planned to stay another night and demanded a refund from the management. Ultimately, officers had to physically remove him from the room.
Nov. 11
Theft: 3:21 p.m., 200 block of Central Way. A 33-year-old man was arrested for shoplifting, where he had a brief struggle with the store owner. He was attempting to flee when he was escorted back into the store. The suspect later passed out while in custody and had to be taken to the hospital. Charges were forwarded to the prosecutor’s office.
Theft: 8:45 a.m., 11400 block of NE 124th St. A 20-year-old man was arrested after he stole money from the tip jar at the Totem Lake Starbucks, despite being told not to by the employees. “Apparently that wasn’t a good enough warning,” the officers report reads.
Nov. 9
Warrant: 5:34 p.m., 200 block of Parkplace Ctr. A 20-year-old man was arrested at the downtown Kirkland Transit Center for an outstanding felony warrant for forgery. He was booked into the King County Jail.
Assault: 12:55 p.m., 11600 block of 100th Ave NE. A 30-year-old woman was arrested after she got into a fight with her 38-year-old husband. The husband was found by officers to have scratches on his body and his shirt was ripped.
DUI: 12:48 a.m., 11700 block of NE 80th St. A 22-year-old woman was arrested after an off-duty officer called in to report her bad driving. She performed poorly on a field sobriety test and was taken into custody for driving under the influence. At the police station she provided a blood alcohol content percentage of .176 and .183.
Nov. 7
Warrant: 8:49 p.m., 9700 block of Ne Juanita Dr. A 26-year-old woman was arrested on a felony warrant for forgery and a misdemeanor warrant for theft after she attempted to steal pens out of a store along with two other women. Officers found the suspect with two other women in a vehicle that matched a description provided by witnesses. The pens were not found in the vehicle, however, but the store owner wanted them trespassed from the property. All three admitted to being heroin addicts.
Nov. 5
Warrant: 4:11 a.m., 12200 block of NE 124th St. A 29-year-old man was arrested for felony eluding after he was observed sitting in front of a gas station pump for two hours. One of the gas station attendants reported he was drunk and walked away from a bike. The officer contacted the registered owner of the bike who said he had sold it two months ago. The owner also told officers he had been contacted by Burlington Police because the bike had been involved in a pursuit.
