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 Oct. 25-31, the Kirkland Police Department reported 379 traffic violations, seven DUIs, 14 school zone traffic violations, seven animal calls, 29 alarm calls, 20 noise complaints, three juvenile crimes, 11 calls of disturbance, 11 thefts, 35 car prowls, two car thefts, 27 traffic accidents, 10 calls of civil disturbance, nine reported burglaries, 14 domestic violence calls, 11 calls for harassment, five reports of illegal drugs, three alleged assaults, 14 acts of fraud, six malicious mischief reports, one alleged arson, one call for vice and two suicide calls. At least 32 people were arrested.
Oct. 30
Domestic violence: 6:30 p.m., 100 block of Lake St. A 22-year-old suspect allegedly slapped, kicked and kneed his 33-year-old male roommate in the groin after his roommate served him a temporary order of protection while at Starbucks. Several people witnessed the event.
Domestic violence: 9 p.m., 12000 block of NE 85th St. A 33-year-old woman was arrested for punching her 34-year-old boyfriend in the mouth at Taco Time. Police found the woman intoxicated and hostile.
Oct. 29
Warrant: 11:15 p.m., 10000 block of NE 137th St. A 22-year-old man was arrested on a Seattle driving while license suspended warrant at the Juanita Safeway.
Oct. 28
Warrant: 4:38 p.m., 12600 block of NE 119th Court. A 27-year-old man was arrested on a Bellevue misdemeanor warrant after he called police to report that he was getting harassing phone calls from a blocked phone number. Police advised he change his phone number and then discovered the warrant.
Domestic violence: 2:10 a.m., 10100 block of NE 143rd St. A 31-year-old man got into a “domestic disturbance” with his 23-year-old wife and was arrested for assault in the fourth degree. A 21-year-old woman witnessed the encounter.
Oct. 26
Assault: 12:15 p.m., 13000 block of 132nd Lane NE. A 44-year-old man assaulted a 37-year-old woman over “child issues” concerning a 10-year-old boy.
Assault: 3:50 p.m., Northeast 124th Street and 100th Avenue Northeast. A 44-year-old man was arrested after knocking a bicyclist off of his bicycle. The man was driving and suddenly pulled over to open his car door so a bicyclist could not pass him. But when the bicyclist went around the other side the man opened the other car door, knocking the bicyclist off of his bicycle.
Domestic violence: 8:33 p.m., 300 block of Fifth Ave. S. A highly intoxicated 56-year-old man was arrested for shoving his 52-year-old wife to the ground and then standing over her with his fist clenched, threatening to strike. The man is reportedly a former Secret Service agent who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and was in a basement with three handguns upon police arrival. The guns and ammunition were taken for safe keeping.
Oct. 25
Domestic violence: 6:49 p.m., 13100 block of 119th Place NE. A 43-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly jumped on the back of her 43-year-old boyfriend of seven years and put him in a headlock. Her boyfriend had refused to give his intoxicated girlfriend more of her prescription pills. There were “significant” marks on the boyfriend’s face and neck.
Disorderly conduct: 5:43 p.m., 25 Lakeshore Plaza. A 33-year-old man was arrested after he blocked traffic as he walked up Park Lane. He was also yelling and threatening others. Upon contacting the man, police learned he has mental and emotional issues and had just been released from Snohomish County Jail where he had been in custody for a previous Kirkland incident.
