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. 21-27 the Kirkland Police Department reported 514 traffic violations (three DUIs), 25 school zone traffic violations, 27 alarm calls, 18 noise complaints, 13 calls of disturbance, 21 thefts, 23 car prowls, 17 acts of traffic abandonment, seven animal calls, 16 calls of civil disturbance, seven reported burglaries, nine domestic violence calls, five calls for harassment, three reports of illegal drugs, five alleged assaults and nine acts of fraud. At least 35 people were arrested.
Sept. 26
Car prowl: 2:30 a.m., 8621 N.E. Juanita Drive. A 17- and 18-year-old were seen prowling a Ford Explorer. The 18-year-old was seen inside the vehicle and both suspects were taken into custody.
Sept. 25
Assault: 4:50 a.m., 12015 100th Avenue N.E. A 17-year-old had an argument with his mother’s 44-year-old boyfriend over the possibility of her having an affair. The boy punched and strangled the boyfriend. The man then went to his room and the boy followed and stabbed him in the left calf.
Assault: 10:04 p.m., 12120 N.E. 85th Street. An Outback Steakhouse employee reported another employee from a different restaurant came to the Kirkland Outback. The suspect confronted the employee about a lady friend and punched him. The suspect left and the victim did not press charges.
Sept. 23
Theft: 9:10 a.m., 10611 N.E. 68th Street. A 22-year-old man allegedly stole Brutt Prestige and Sofia Blanc De Blancs bottles of alcohol at the Metropolitan Market. He was caught blocks from the store.
Sept. 22
Illegal drugs: 12:10 a.m., 200 block of Central Way. A 28-year-old homeless man was arrested for possession of marijuana and Zig Zag rolling paper.
Trespass: 9:42 a.m., 8127 128th Avenue N.E. A 33-year-old was arrested for trespassing and malicious mischief after he was seen hopping fences and running through yards. Six inches of fence were damaged.
Sept. 21
Domestic violence: 3:32 p.m., 1708 8th Street W. A 24-year-old was arrested for repeatedly poking her 64-year-old father in the chest and kicking him in the groin.