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 March 11-17, the Kirkland Police Department reported 602 traffic violations (seven DUIs), 18 alarm calls, 18 car accidents, 11 noise complaints, nine thefts, five car prowls, five domestic violence calls, nine calls for harassment, four acts of fraud, seven calls of a disturbance, three calls for illegal substances and 11 calls of civil disturbance. At least 52 people were arrested.
March 17
Warrant arrest: 11:58 a.m., 11414 N.E. 128th Street. A 21-year-old Kirkland man was contacted and found to have a minor in possession warrant out of King County.
March 14
Obstructing: 5:38 p.m., 12800 Totem Lake Boulevard N.E. A 45-year-old Vashon Island man was arrested for obstruction and resisting arrest after he engaged in a physical confrontation with the officer. The man had been stopped when he began to walk across the street against the light. The man had an open can of “Four Loko” when he was contacted and had a DUI warrant out of California.
Assault: 8:55 p.m., 100 block of Fifth Ave. The victim reported that she was assaulted by her husband and sustained a small bump and soreness to her forehead.
Domestic violence follow-up: 2:43 p.m., 123 fifth Ave. A 28-year-old Kirkland man was arrested in the lobby of the KPD on probable cause of domestic violence. The man was served with a temporary protection order and prohibited from contacting his wife and daughter.
March 13
DUI: 12:39 a.m., 12000 124th Ave. N.E. A 26-year-old Kirkland man was stopped for driving without headlights on and performed poorly on the field sobriety test and submitted a blood alcohol level of .139.
March 12
Domestic: 8:07 p.m., 12600 block of 94th Way. A 32-year-old Kirkland man struck his wife in the face causing redness to the left side of her face. The man was arrested for assault and domestic violence.
DUI: 9:05 p.m., 200 Central Way. Traffic stop resulted in the DUI arrest of a 33-year-old Issaquah man.
Theft: 5:56 p.m., 12510 120th Ave. N.E. An employee of O’Riely Auto Parts reported that a female attempted to walk out of the store with unpaid items. The 18-year-old Kirkland woman admitted to officers that she had taken a bottle of wiper washer fluid and a bottle of oil.
Domestic: 12 p.m., 600 block of 14th place. A 16-year-old Kirkland boy was arrested after throwing a glass plate at his sister during a fight. The conflict began as part of a disagreement over an iPod docking station. The sister cut her toe on the glass.
March 11
Minor, liquor violation: 10:40 p.m., 100 Lake Street. A 17-year-old Renton female was found with a fifth of vodka in the back of her car as she was heading to K-Town. She submitted a .039 blood alcohol level and was cited and released.
