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 Oct. 30 through Nov. 5, there were 260 traffic incidents, 60 traffic accidents, one DUI, 33 general traffic incidents, alarm calls, 13 abandoned vehicles, 13 burglaries, 10 incidents of fraud, 17 civil incidents, nine cases of harassment, 11 thefts, 13 vehicle prowls, two vehicle thefts, 10 warrants served, 15 noise complaints, five animal calls, five incidents of domestic violence, seven incidents of malicious mischief, 13 disturbances, five trespasses, six assaults, seven hit and runs and 20 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Nov. 4
Assault: 1:40 p.m., 10200 block of NE 132nd St. A 36-year-old male patient at Fairfax Hospital was arrested after he grabbed a woman from behind and threw her to the ground, possibly because she did not take him to the gym that morning. She suffered a chipped tooth as well as pain to her neck and elbow. The incident was captured on video.
Nov. 3
Assault: 10:10 a.m., 11700 block of NE 118th St. A 19-year-old female assaulted a cellmate at the Kirkland Jail.
Nov. 2
Harassment: 10 p.m., 13200 block of NE 66th St. A 23-year-old man was arrested after his parents reported to police he had threatened to kill them with a knife. The suspect was contacted at the residence and taken into custody without incident. He will be charged with felony harassment and brandishing.
Oct. 31
Hit and run: 8:24 a.m., 7200 block of northbound I-405 NE. A 36-year-old man was arrested in Bellevue after getting into an accident in Kirkland and fleeing the scene.