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 24-30, there were 324 traffic incidents, 19 traffic accidents, 26 general traffic incidents, 38 alarm calls, five abandoned vehicles, eight burglaries, 10 incidents of fraud, 11 civil incidents, eight cases of harassment, nine thefts, 28 vehicle prowls, four vehicle thefts, eight warrants served, 16 noise complaints, six animal calls, 11 incidents of domestic violence, eight incidents of malicious mischief, 16 disturbances, four assaults, six hit and run and 23 incidents involving at least one arrest.
April 30
Assault: 3:10 p.m., 400 block of 7th Ave. Police were contacted after a 55-year-old woman claimed to have been hit by her 71-year-old partner/boyfriend. Though she was found to have multiple visible injuries, the man claimed she had tried to hang onto his vehicle as he was pulling out of the driveway and fell onto the street. He was arrested for domestic violence.
April 29
Assault: 3:40 p.m., 12600 block of NE 124th St. A 27-year-old man assaulted the 24-year-old mother of his infant children. He was arrested for assault, as well as violating the protection order the woman had against him. Police also found he had an outstanding warrant for driving with a suspended license.
April 27
Assault: 7:30 a.m., 12600 block of NE 124th St. S. A 21-year-old woman got into a physical fight with a 24-year-old man and slapped him. She also put holes in the bathroom. She was arrested for domestic violence and malicious mischief.
April 26
Assault: 8 a.m., 6000 block of 108th Ave NE. A 34-year-old man strangled and shoved his wife. He was arrested after he came to the police station for an interview.
April 25
Obstruction: 9 a.m., 300 block of 3rd Ave S. A 34-year-old man was doing drugs inside of a port-o-potty with a 32-year-old woman and 46-year-old woman when they were found by police and arrested for providing a false statement. The three claimed to be painting contractors at Marina Point Condos. He also had a warrant out of King County for domestic violence and harassment.
Disorderly conduct: 9:25 a.m., 9700 block of NE Juanita Drive. Police responded to Juanita Beach Park after a 37-year-old man confronted a family celebrating their child’s birthday and aggressively shouted profanities at them, as well as Nazi slurs. Arrested for disorderly conduct, police found two knives and a machete on him.
April 24
Protection order: 8:04 a.m., 10300 block of NE 68th St. A 24-year-old man was arrested for violation of a protection order after he was contacted less than 2,000 feet away from his father’s resident.
