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 April 8-14, the Kirkland Police Department reported 544 traffic violations (two DUIs), 20 alarm calls, 27 car accidents, 12 noise complaints, 11 thefts, nine car prowls, eight domestic violence calls, 12 calls for harassment, seven acts of fraud, three calls of a disturbance, seven calls for illegal substances and four calls of civil disturbance. At least 31 people were arrested.
April 14
Trespass: 10:33 p.m., 13000 block of N.E. 70th. A 31-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for criminal trespass after he went to the AM/PM in Bridle Trails and caused a disturbance.
Warrant arrest: 9:15 a.m., 12000 N.E. 65th Street. A 60-year-old Kirkland man was arrested on his King County assault warrant after a welfare check was completed. His doctors office had called the Kirkland Police after they had not heard from him for over a week and was not answering his phone.
April 13
Assault: 12:40 a.m., 400 Fourth Ave. S. Upon being driven home from the hospital for an injury she received from being in a physical altercation with her neighbor, a 37-year-old Kirkland woman got into a verbal argument with her boyfriend. He dropped her off on the side of the road and she walked the rest of the way home. When she returned home the argument continued. Her boyfriend was arrested for fourth degree assault after forcefully pushing the woman to the bed while trying to gather his things and leave. The woman’s son witnessed the incident and attempted to pull him off his mother, subsequently getting into an altercation with the man. The suspect received minor injuries to his side and face from being struck by the boy and woman.
Rape, sodomy: 10:34 a.m., 14100 block of 105th Ave. N.E. A 40-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for rape of a child in the first degree. No charges were filed.
April 12
Weapons: 8:45 a.m., 11500 N.E. 118th Street. A 28-year-old Kirkland man was arrested after he was found to have a loaded .22 in his belongings as he entered the Kirkland Municipal court.
April 10
Assault: 12:45 a.m., 11400 block of 99th Place N.E. A 43-year-old Bellevue man was arrested for punching his girlfriend in the head while arguing over relationship issues. The man became angry when he found other men’s phone numbers in the woman’s cell phone. The man received a scratched and bloody lip from the woman but they were determined to be defensive wounds.
Domestic: 2:47 a.m., 300 block of Second Ave. S. A 27-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for domestic violence.
April 9
DUI: 2 a.m., 11300 98th Ave. N.E. A 39-year-old Kirkland man ran his vehicle off the side of the road due to his intoxication. The man was too intoxicated to perform a field sobriety test but provided a blood alcohol reading of .259.
April 8
Minor, liquor violation: 6:41 p.m., 100 Third St. A 17-year-old Kirkland boy was arrested for possession of alcohol at the downtown transit center.
