Belligerent man pushes over motorcycle and then urinates on it | Kirkland Police Blotter

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.

By TJ Martinell • September 30, 2015 4:18 pm
Kirkland Police Department
Kirkland Police Department

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. 18-24, there were 285 traffic incidents, 21 traffic accidents, two DUIs, 35 general traffic incidents, 28 alarm calls, 17 abandoned vehicles, seven burglaries, four incidents of fraud, 19 civil incidents, four cases of harassment, 14 thefts, 16 vehicle prowls, eight warrants served, 10 noise complaints, three animal calls, 14 incidents of domestic violence, nine incidents of malicious mischief, 13 disturbances, two trespass, two sex offenses, four assaults, five hit and runs and 30 incidents involving at least one arrest.

Sept. 24

Malicious mischief: 12:15 a.m., 12900 block of 131st Ave NE. A 30-year-old man got drunk with his friends, became belligerent and started throwing bottles in the street. Someone told him to clean up the mess. From the upstairs window, several people saw the man push a person’s motorcycle over and then urinate on it. The man was arrested for domestic violence-related malicious mischief.

Sept. 22

Harassment/assault: 8:30 p.m., 700 block of Kirkland Cir. A 43-year-old man threatened to stab someone with a kitchen knife and then punched them instead. The man fled the scene before police arrived but was arrested by Washington State Patrol in Renton. The man had been suicidal and was contemplating a murder-suicide with the victim.

Sept. 21

Assault: 5 p.m., 10300 block of NE 126th Pl. A 38-year-old man was arrested for pushing a woman to the ground during an argument and slapping her buttocks.

Sept. 19

Assault: 7:30 a.m., 9900 block of NE 124th St. A 23-year-old man was arrested for assault after he started a fight with a female victim. He had been drinking the night prior and brought three people back to his apartment, where he became agitated when she asked about his friends.

Theft: 11:30 p.m., 12200 block of 120th Ave NE. A 27-year-old woman and 39-year-old man were arrested for shoplifting at the Fred Meyer. They were cited and released.

Sept. 18

Theft: 5:06 p.m., 9800 block of NE 132nd St. A 24-year-old woman and 21-year-old woman were arrested for shoplifting from Goodwill, though the store did not want a trespass warning issued because they were cooperative.