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 Jan. 16-22, there were 305 traffic incidents, 27 traffic accidents, six DUIs, 27 general traffic incidents, 40 alarm calls, eight abandoned vehicles, eight burglaries, five incidents of fraud, 13 civil incidents, eight cases of harassment, 17 thefts, 10 vehicle prowls, five vehicle thefts, 15 warrants served, 15 noise complaints, three animal calls, nine incidents of domestic violence, five incidents of malicious mischief, 18 disturbances, three trespass, two sex offenses, three assaults, 12 hit and runs and 40 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Jan. 20
Malicious mischief: 8:13 p.m., 12600 block of NE 144th St. A 31-year-old woman with a history of meth addiction and mental illness broke her 56-year-old father’s closet door mirror, causing $300 in damage. According to the father, she lives with him twice a week and does not pay rent. He told police he wanted to press charges and he fears for his own safety. She was arrested and charged with malicious mischief.
Driving with suspended license: 1:23 a.m., 12200 block of NE 116th St. An officer observed a 31-year-old man with a suspended license driving his truck around the Baymount Inn. The officer also found he had an ignition lock required. The man was arrested and cited for both violations.
Jan. 19
Warrant: 9:16 a.m., 4500 block of 110th Ave NE. A 47-year-old man was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Kenmore after he was found in a sleeping bag in Watershed Park.
Disorderly conduct: 1:43 a.m., 100 block of Kirkland Ave. A 24-year-old man threw a bottle into a crowd that was fighting at Tiki Joe’s Bar. The reporting party had him removed from the property and police arrested the man for disorderly conduct.
Jan. 18
Weapons: 4 p.m., 11500 block of 124th Ave NE. A 36-year-old man got into an argument with the manager at the Dub Pub when he wasn’t allowed back inside. The man then pulled out a folding knife and threatened to stab the manager and the bartender. He was arrested by police and booked into the Kirkland Jail for two counts of displaying a weapon likely to produce bodily injury.
Assault: 12:27 p.m., 6100 block of 122nd Ave NE. A 28-year-old man got into a physical altercation with his 66-year-old father at his father’s house, which ended with damage to the property and minor injury. The man also kept his father from calling the police by pulling the phone out of the wall socket. He was arrested for assault and interference with reporting a crime.
Reckless driving: 12:22 a.m., 13200 block of Juanita Dr NE. A 20-year-old man failed to pull over for an officer attempting to stop him for speeding and also entering the opposite traffic lanes. The driver eventually ditched his vehicle and fled on foot, where he was tracked down by a K9 unit nearly three hours later. After he was read his rights, the driver admitted to eluding police because he thought his license was suspended and he knew he had been speeding.
Jan. 16
Assault: 8 a.m., 10400 block of NE 116th St. A 30-year-old man punched a 20-year-old woman in the face and stomach over a $2 overdraft on a bank account. When he was later arrested and booked by police for assault he was carrying a .44 caliber black powder revolver.
Assault: 12:45 p.m., 6000 block of Lakeview Dr. A 37-year-old man was arrested for assault after he pepper sprayed a 48-year-old man in the face. The 37-year-old man, who lives on the floor below the other man, kept banging the ceiling of his apartment to complain about a 32-year-old mother and her crying baby, who was in the 48-year-old man’s apartment. The mother went downstairs to speak to the man, who became confrontational. The 48-year-old man decided to try and talk to the man, but when the 37-year-old man opened the door again he sprayed him in the face.