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.
Between Feb. 23-March 1, there were 813 total incidents, including 135 traffic incidents, 35 traffic accidents, seven DUIs, 33 general traffic incidents, four incidents involving illegal drugs, 48 alarm calls, nine abandoned vehicles, four burglaries, five incidents of fraud, 16 civil incidents, seven cases of harassment, 10 thefts, four vehicle prowls, seven vehicle theft, nine warrants served, nine noise complaints, three animal calls, 15 incidents of domestic violence, no fireworks complaints, eight disturbances, one sex offense, five hit and runs and 29 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Feb. 23
DUI: 2:23 a.m., 13400 block of 124th Ave. NE; A 43-year-old man was stopped in his 2001 Mitsubishi Mirage and arrested for DUI. He provided a breath sample of .312 at KPD.
Drugs: 4:33 p.m., 12400 block of NE 140th St.; A 46-year-old woman was arrested after admitting to selling meth and using meth with minors. The case involved a 14-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy.
Warrants: 10:55 p.m., 10200 block of NE 132nd St.; Law enforcement contacted a 47-year-old Seattle man outside of Fairfax Hospital and arrested him on his Seattle assault warrant.
Feb. 24
Warrants: 12:20 a.m., 11900 block of NE 128th Ave.; A 50-year-old man was arrested on his misdemeanor warrant out of Lake Forest Park.
Traffic: 1:15 a.m., 12400 block of Totem Lake Boulevard; Law enforcement attempted to stop a 30-year-old woman after an officer noticed she wasn’t wearing a seat belt. The woman failed to yield and took the NE 128th street on-ramp to northbound I-405 at a high rate of speed. The officer did not pursue, but the woman was charged with failure to obey an officer.
Feb. 25
Warrants: 8:48 p.m., 12200 block of NE Totem Lake Way; A 28-year-old Redmond man was arrested near Totem Lake Motel on a felony no-bail warrant for residential burglary in Everett. The man was taken into custody without incident and transported to King County Jail.
Domestic: 3:30 p.m., 12600 block of 82nd Ave.; A 28-year-old man attacked his 58-year-old father as he did yard work. The man was arrested for 4th-degree domestic violence assault and obstructing a law enforcement officer.
Domestic: 5:35 p.m., 11700 block of 97th Lane NE; A 37-year-old man and his 28-year-old wife got into an argument, and the man threatened and assaulted his wife. He also destroyed her cell phone, and was arrested and booked for 4th-degree assault, malicious mischief and harassment — all carrying the domestic violence tag.
Feb. 26
Theft: 12:50 p.m., 9800 block of NE 132nd St.; A 59-year-old woman was arrested for shoplifting two hats, a scarf, gloves, two purses, a rain jacket and a blanket from Goodwill.
Domestic: 5:47 p.m., 13400 block of NE 133rd St.; A 29-year-old Woodinville man punched a TV belonging to a 33-year-old Kirkland woman, and was arrested for 3rd degree malicious mischief.
Warrants: 11:06 p.m., 12000 block of 120th Place NE; A 40-year-old Seattle woman was contacted at Motel 6 after being part of a group of individuals who were wrongly staying in a room. The group included two homeless men and a homeless 70-year-old woman. The Seattle woman initially lied about her name, but it was discovered that she had multiple warrants. She was booked into King County Jail on a felony Department of Corrections warrant.
Feb. 27
Domestic: 3:08 p.m., 12100 block of NE 142nd St.; A 29-year-old man got into a physical altercation with his soon-to-be brother-in-law, a 42-year-old man, at their residence. During the fight, the suspect punched the victim 10-12 times in the face, head, back, arms and legs. Witnesses on scene confirmed the fight, which put the victim in the hospital suffering from a possible concussion. The suspect was arrested for 4th-degree domestic violence assault.
Theft: 5:06 p.m., 12200 block of NE 70th St.; A 39-year-old woman called to report her dog had been stolen. While an officer was taking a written statement from the woman, she received a call from a Good Samaritan saying her dog had been found alive in a dumpster in Bellevue. The dog was returned to the woman, and upon further investigation, the officer developed probable cause to arrest the woman’s ex-boyfriend, a 41-year-old Bellevue man, for theft of the dog.
Warrants: 10:28 p.m., 13200 block of 135th Ave. NE; A 35-year-old woman was arrested on a 1st-degree criminal trespass warrant.
Feb. 28
Warrants: 2:25 p.m., 12200 block of 120th Ave. NE; A 27-year-old man was contacted at Fred Meyer. The man had a Lynnwood contempt of court warrant, worth $2,500, and was arrested and transported to King County Jail.
DUI: 10:29 p.m., 100 block of 5th Ave.; A 41-year-old man passed out behind the wheel of his Chevrolet Colorado, which was still running, after backing over a cub and a grass divider separating 5th avenue and a City Hall parking lot. The man had hit a parked city vehicle. The man refused field tests and was arrested for DUI.
March 1
Domestic: 1:30 a.m., 12700 block of NE 144th St.; An intoxicated 25-year-old Mercer Island woman called 911 because her boyfriend, a 25-year-old Oregon man, would not give her the keys to her vehicle. Investigation revealed the woman had assaulted her boyfriend, and the woman was placed under arrest for 4th-degree domestic violence assault and booked into SCORE.
Robbery: 12:46 p.m., 11400 block of NE 124th St.; A 59-year-old Kent man entered the GNC supplement store and took several items without paying. As he was leaving, the female clerk told him to stop. He hit her on the left side of her head with a gallon-sized container of supplement powder, causing her to fall to the ground. The incident was caught on surveillance, and the man was later arrested for 1st-degree robbery.
