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 Sept. 5-12, there were 314 traffic incidents, 25 traffic accidents, 32 general traffic incidents, 31 alarm calls, 13 abandoned vehicles, eight burglaries, 13 incidents of fraud, 13 civil incidents, 10 cases of harassment, 14 thefts, nine vehicle prowls, four vehicle thefts, seven warrants served, 26 noise complaints, 12 animal calls, 10 incidents of domestic violence, four incidents of malicious mischief, four assault, 14 disturbances, one sex offense and 20 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Sept. 10
Lewd: 4:24 p.m., 200 block of 3rd St. A 29-year-old man was arrested after exposing himself while sitting on the grass lawn between a teen center and a children’s play area. The person who reported the incident declined to provide a statement.
Sept. 9
Assault: 9 a.m., 12500 block of NE 85th St. A 43-year-old homeless man was arrested after he got into a fight with his 40-year-old girlfriend of six years after discovering she had cheated on him. He pinned her to the ground and struck her face. She was eventually able to get away and run to the nearby Safeway.
Sept. 6
Assault: 11:35 p.m., 140 block of Lake Street S. A 39-year-old man was arrested after got drunk at an establishment and tried to goad people into fighting with him. When he was asked to leave the establishment, he assaulted his 45-year-old girlfriend while she was trying to calm him down.
Sept. 5
Assault: 6:30 a.m., 1200 block of NE 124th St. A 38-year-old woman was arrested after she punched and scratched her 37-year-old ex-boyfriend during an argument at the residence where they still lived together.
Assault: 2:26 p.m., 11200 block of NE 94th St. An 83-year-old woman was arrested after she assaulted her 82-year-old husband when he refused to leave the house. She pushed him to the ground and pulled his hair and kicked him.
Assault: 10:06 p.m., 1400 block of Simonds Rd NE. A 45-year-old man was arrested when he and his 46-year-old wife got into an argument. She slapped him when he said unkind words to her, to which he grabbed her arm. When she tried to pull her arm away from him he left a long scratch on her arm. The man was determined to be the primary aggressor and arrested.
