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. 14-22, the Kirkland Police Department reported 609 traffic violations (seven DUIs), 38 alarm calls, 30 car accidents, 20 noise complaints, 10 thefts, 17 car prowls, 14 domestic violence calls, 11 calls for harassment, four acts of fraud, 27 calls of a disturbance, two calls for illegal substances and 32 calls of civil disturbance. At least 37 people were arrested.

Jan. 22

Assault: 2:29 a.m., 100 block of Kirkland Ave. A 36-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for assault and disorderly conduct after starting a fight downtown by the Central Pub. He punched at least two people in the face and he was clearly intoxicated.

Jan. 21

Burglary: 7 a.m., 11100 block of 112th Ave. N.E. A Kirkland resident contacted police after he came home and noticed that his front door had been broken and his home had been entered. The man reported that a laptop was missing.

Jan. 19

Burglary: 5:50 a.m., 12400 block of N.E. 124th Street. The manager of the Jiffy Lube stated that the back door was ajar and had been pried open when he arrived at the business. He noticed that a 2012 Buick Lacrosse rented from Hertz was missing, along with the floor safe that contained $180 and $20 in a drawer was also taken. All the office employees’ lockers had been gone through. There was also a garage door that was pried open and looked to be the suspect’s exit. The shop was also missing an OTC oil light reset with an estimated value of $300.

Theft: 10:28 p.m., 400 block of Fourth Ave. S. Police were called to the scene where two males had stolen a vehicle and two juvenile females from that vehicle broke into a house.

Disorderly conduct: 1:54 a.m., 12400 block of 100th Ave. N.E. A 39-year-old Kirkland man stepped out in front of three City of Kirkland snowplows and intentionally blocked them driving while shouting and cursing. The man was observed walking out of the street and was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Jan. 18

Trespass: 8:25 p.m., 11800 block of N.E. 85th Street. A 32-year-old Redmond man was arrested for trespass at the 76 gas station.

Domestic: 2:22 p.m., 12600 block of N.E. 87th Street. A Kirkland woman called police after her husband pushed her down onto a couch during an argument about their children going out to play in the snow. As the woman attempted to call police her husband pulled cables out from a computer in an attempt to disrupt the call. The woman told officers that the phone required an internet connection to work.