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 Aug. 31 and Sept. 6 the Kirkland Police Department reported 781 traffic violations (four DUIs), 40 alarm calls, 25 noise complaints, 23 traffic violations in school zones, 18 calls of disturbance, 21 thefts, eight car prowls, 13 acts of traffic abandonment, 11 calls of civil disturbance, seven reported burglaries, 12 domestic violence calls, eight calls for harassment, one assault and five acts of fraud. At least 28 people were arrested.
Sept. 5
Domestic violence: 12:02 a.m., 7711 N.E. 142nd Place. An 18-year-old man and his roommate got into an argument about the man’s marijuana use. He threw a glass lampshade and cut his roommate’s arm. The roommate punched the man and took him out of the house. The 18-year-old was arrested because police determined him as the “primary aggressor.”
Order violation: 3:01 p.m., 12505 N.E. 117th Place. A 57-year-old man was arrested for violating domestic violence no contact order with a 64-year-old woman.
Sept. 1
Theft: 4:50 p.m., 211 ParkPlace Center. A 25-year-old woman was arrested for shoplifting grocery items and alcohol.
Aug. 31
Weapon violation: 10:45 p.m., 6625 132nd Avenue N.E. A 28-year-old man and his common law wife, a 26-year-old woman, were arrested for harassment. The man was also arrested for unlawfuly carrying or handling weapons.