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 Feb. 27- March 5, there were 362 traffic incidents, 21 traffic accidents, six DUIs, 33 general traffic incidents, 42 alarm calls, 14 abandoned vehicles, seven burglaries, 10 incidents of fraud, 15 civil incidents, three cases of harassment, 17 thefts, three vehicle prowls, two vehicle thefts, 11 warrants served, 13 noise complaints, six animal calls, 11 incidents of domestic violence, seven incidents of malicious mischief, six disturbances, four assaults, four hit and runs and 37 incidents involving at least one arrest.
March 5
Assault: 3:15 p.m., 13400 block of NE 133rd St. A 14-year-old girl shoved her 36-year-old mother and pulled her hair. Then when she came home from school she got upset and broke her mother’s bedroom door in half a put a hole in another door. She was arrested, booked into the King County Youth Center and charged with domestic violence and malicious mischief.
Assault: 4:25 p.m., 9800 block of NE 130th Pl. A 21-year-old woman got into a fight with her 56-year-old father at their residence. During the fight, she struck her father in the face. She was arrested and booked for domestic violence.
March 4
Assault: 4:35 p.m., 9700 block of 116th Ave NE. Police responded to calls of a disturbance at a residence. There, they found a 23-year-old woman, who claimed the 27-year-old man she lived with had thrown her to the ground twice during an argument and cut her hand when he took the phone away from her. The man was located several blocks away from the residence, taken into custody and booked in the Kirkland Jail.
Assault: 9:30 p.m., 10200 block of NE 132nd St. A 17-year-old boy attacked a 16-year-old boy. The suspect was charged through investigation.
Theft: 10:10 p.m., 14400 block of 124th Ave NE. A 15-year-old boy was caught stealing a bottle of liquor by Safeway loss prevention staff. He was placed under arrest and later released to his grandmother.
March 3
Warrant: 2:31 p.m., 12600 block of 120th Ave NE. A 61-year-old woman was arrested after she was reported to police on suspicion of selling back stolen guitars to a store. While police were unable to determine if those guitars specifically had been stolen, they discovered she had an outstanding warrant out of Lynwood for possessing stolen guitars. She was placed in custody and the guitars were held for safekeeping.
Obstruction: 12:01 a.m., 10000 block of NE 137th St. A 27-year-old man was arrested for making false statements.
March 1
Malicious mischief: 11 a.m., 12600 block of NE 144th St. A 23-year-old man was arrested for malicious mischief after police responded to a civil standby for a previous domestic violence assault incident. They learned the original person arrested, a 20-year-old woman, had owned a 60 inch TV that had been previously shattered by the man, after the woman provided documentation proving she was the TV’s sole owner and was making payments on it. The man’s mother confirmed to police that her son had thrown glass at the TV, causing it to break.
Assault: 10:11 a.m., 12600 block of NE 144th St. A 20-year-old was arrested for domestic violence after she got into an argument with her 23-year-old live-in boyfriend. The man was found to have scratches on the left side of his neck.
Drugs: 11:06 p.m., 600 Waverly Way. Two 16-year-old boys and a 17-year-old boy were found in the park after hours smoking marijuana in a vehicle. A parent for two of the boys arrived and took them home while police drove the other home. Charges were forwarded to the juvenile prosecutor.
Feb. 28
Reckless endangerment: 8:32 p.m., 13200 block of 119th Ave NE. A 47-year-old man reported hearing what seemed to be a gunshot which left a hole in his dining room window. Police determined the bullet had been fired from the northwest side of his house. The investigators later discovered his 76-year-old female neighbor had fired her .38 revolver from her balcony because “her neighbors are killing the raccoons, and thought someone was in her property.” However, the police were unable to find the revolver despite the woman’s permission. She was charged through investigation for reckless endangerment and her out-of-state family was notified of the incident.
Assault: 11 a.m., 13100 block of NE 124th St. A 19-year-old man was arrested for assault after he punched his 29-year-old former boss in the face because he owned him money.
Disorderly conduct: 1:40 p.m., 200 block of Central Way. A 25-year-old man punched and knocked out another 25-year-old man after a verbal argument in front of Time Out. The suspect decided to run after officers arrived on the scene, but after a short pursuit he was taken into custody. When the victim regained consciousness, he declined to press charges, but officers still arrested the suspect for disorderly conduct and obstruction.
Feb. 27
Assault: A 24-year-old man was arrested after his 28-year-old ex-girlfriend reported that he had assaulted her in her bedroom after he thought she was going through her cell phone. When he confronted her about it he was told to leave and responded by hitting her in the head. She attempted to defend herself and was knocked to the floor. The man is reportedly homeless and police were unable to locate him, so he was charged through investigation. The woman was taken to Evergreen Hospital and treated for injuries.
Weapons violation: 5:46 p.m., 11500 block of NE 124th St. A 33-year-old man was reported harassing staff at the Totem Lake 76 gas station and the manager requested he be removed. Police later found him in the 11500 block of NE 124th Street, where they discovered he had a warrant for his arrest out of Bellevue. While he was being taken into custody, they found a large dagger in a sheath concealed in a waistband on the inside of his pants. He was charged and booked for unlawfully carrying a weapon.
