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 March 28 and April 3, the Kirkland Police Department reported 517 traffic violations, six DUIs, 23 school zone traffic violations, two animal calls, 29 alarm calls, nine noise complaints, two juvenile crimes, five calls of disturbance, 16 thefts, 16 car prowls, seven car thefts, 21 traffic accidents, 18 calls of civil disturbance, six reported burglaries, eight domestic violence calls, nine calls for harassment, seven reports of illegal drugs, one alleged assault, 25 acts of fraud, seven malicious mischief reports, one sex offense and five suicide calls. At least 40 people were arrested.
April 3
Warrant: 8:43 a.m., 10400 block of 132nd Ave. NE. A 47-year-old man was taken into custody on his Renton DUI warrant.
April 2
2:25 p.m., 11500 block of NE 118th St. An 18-year-old man was arrested on an outstanding Redmond warrant for being a minor in possession.
April 1
DUI: 9:08 a.m., 14200 block of 100th Ave. NE. A 43-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence after causing a three-vehicle accident. He refused field sobriety tests but provided a preliminary breath test, which came out to 0.25. He also gave two separate blood alcohol content samples at the jail, which indicated a 0.318 and 0.321, and was taken to EvergreenHealth Medical center for further evaluation.
March 31
Warrant: 12:24 p.m., 12400 block of NE 131st Court. A 27-year-old man was taken into custody on a Shoreline warrant. A person reported the man as suspicious when they witnessed him hanging around the dumpster of an apartment building for more than an hour. As the reporting party approached police, the suspect took off running and was found in another apartment.
Stolen property: 11:44 p.m., 11200 block of NE 124th St. A 20-year-old man, a 26-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were arrested and cited for possessing a stolen car. Police noticed the license plate belonged to a Honda, which was confirmed to be stolen. The woman was also charged with possession of illegal drugs after police found a suspected heroin syringe and other paraphernalia.
March 30
Warrant: 4:12 p.m., 200 block of Third St. A 26-year-old man was arrested on his Bothell DUI warrant after police contacted him at a transit center. He later admitted to being downtown to “make money” and allegedly alluded to selling marijuana. Police later found a loaded syringe with meth upon searching him.
Mental: 2:30 p.m., 10700 block of NE 142nd St. A 17-year-old boy was involuntarily committed to EvergreenHealth Medical Center after ingesting 15 500-milligram Tylenol pills in an attempt to take his life. The boy was diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety. He stated that he was depressed after being expelled from school for attempting to sell his medication to other students.
March 29
Trespass: 8:45 p.m., 10800 block of NE 64th St. A 70-year-old man was arrested for trespassing his wife’s residence. He had received a warning letter about a domestic violence trespass but returned several hours later. The police report states he suffers from dementia but was lucid at the time of arrest. He allegedly remembered being trespassed and knew he was not supposed to be there.
DUI: 10:13 p.m., 10 block of Central Way. A 28-year-old woman was arrested for a DUI after she failed to yield at a stop sign. She provided police two breath samples, which were 0.137 and 0.130 and her car was impounded.
Malicious mischief: 12 p.m., 6500 block of 113th Ave. NE. A 19-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly went into a rage and destroyed the front of some desk drawers and the lock on his mother’s jewelry box.
March 28
Warrant: 7:50 p.m., 12300 block of southbound I-405. A 19-year-old man and a 28-year-old man were arrested on each of their outstanding warrants after they were stopped for not signaling a lane change.
