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 800 per week.
Between Jan. 7-13 the Kirkland Police Department reported 567 traffic violations (seven DUIs), 19 traffic accidents, one assault, nine noise complaints, 11 thefts, seven domestic violence calls, 18 alarm calls, three car prowls, 10 cases of civil disturbances, four burglaries, four disturbances, seven cases of fraud and eight harassment calls. At least 34 people were arrested.
Jan. 13
Illegal substance: 2:10 p.m., 9000 132nd Ave. N.E. A 55-year-old Redmond man was stopped on a traffic violation and admitted to having narcotics in his vehicle. The man signed consent to have his vehicle searched and methadone was found. The man was arrested and transported to the Kirkland Police Department.
Illegal substance: 4:09 p.m., 11700 block of 100th Street. A 17-year-old and 20-year-old men were contacted at Spinney Homestead for smoking marijuana. Both were arrested.
Jan. 12
Order violation: 10 a.m., 500 block of Slater Street S. Kirkland police responded to a civil matter between two men. One of the men had a restraining order against the other.
Harassment: 12:01 p.m., 10601 N.E. 132nd Street. A 19-year-old male student at Juanita High School threatened to stab a female classmate with a knife and then assaulted her in the hallway. The man, who was found to have a black folding knife on him, was arrested and booked into jail.
Jan. 9
Assist: 8:57 a.m., 123 5th Ave. A 34-year-old Kirkland man came into the Kirkland Police Station to turn himself in on several misdemeanor warrants and a felony warrant out of Seattle. The man was arrested and transported to Seattle police.
Burglary: 11:55 a.m., 10000 block of N.E. 130th Lane. Three juveniles and two adults were arrested for residential burglary. A neighbor called to report eight or nine individuals entering and exiting a vacant townhome. A witness gave positive identification on five of the individuals. The suspects were also charged with possession of marijuana, stolen property and malicious mischief.
Trespass: 3:30 a.m., 220 Kirkland Ave. A 34-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for criminal trespass at the Heathman Hotel.
Jan. 8
Domestic: 1 a.m., 9500 block of N.E. 120th Street. A married couple got into an argument when the wife hit the husband and threw her cellphone at him.
Disorderly conduct: 1:36 a.m., 100 Kirkland Ave. An officer observed two males start a physical altercation outside of Tiki Joes. Both were arrested.
Assault: 7:50 p.m., 12700 N.E. 116th Street. Police responded to a report of a domestic violence altercation. A 44-year-old man was contacted and he told police that he and his wife had been in a verbal dispute. During the argument the woman struck her husband with a tree branch, causing minor visible injuries. The woman was arrested for assault.
Jan. 7
Theft: 12 p.m., 12200 block of N.E. 92nd Street. A 44-year-old Kirkland woman reported that several items including a silver ring with single pearl, two iPod Nanos and heart shaped earrings with white gold and a ruby, were stolen.
