Man stabbed in abdomen by wife, husband arrested | Kirkland Police Blotter

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.

By TJ Martinell • October 29, 2014 8:42 pm
Kirkland Police Department
Kirkland Police Department

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 Oct. 17-24, there were 264 traffic incidents, 39 traffic accidents, two DUIs, 36 general traffic incidents, 28 alarm calls, 15 abandoned vehicles, 10 burglaries, 12 incidents of fraud, 13 civil incidents, 14 cases of harassment, 14 thefts, 16 vehicle prowls, six vehicle thefts, 26 warrants served, 16 noise complaints, seven animal calls, seven incidents of domestic violence, three incidents of malicious mischief, 11 disturbances, three assaults, three sex offenses and 19 incidents involving at least one arrest.

Oct. 22

Violation of order: 7 p.m., 12200 block of 112th Way NE. A 49-year-old man was arrested for violating a protection order filed against him by his 51-year-old wife. He had previously been arrested for assaulting her in front of their 14-year-old son.

Assault: 11:04 a.m., 10200 block of NE 132nd St. A 26-year-old man was arrested after sucker-punching a 22-year-old man. The victim was knocked unconscious and suffered a skull fracture after hitting the ground. Both were patients at Fairfax Hospital.

Violation of order: 12:34 p.m., 600 block of 12th Ave. A 21-year-old man was arrested for violating a domestic violence no-contact order between him and a 19-year-old woman.

Oct. 19

Assault: 5:30 p.m., 12200 block of 112th Way NE. A 49-year-old man was arrested after he got into a fight with his 51-year-old wife over disciplining their 14-year-old son, who witnessed the incident. She told police she stabbed him with a knife and the man was found to have a superficial abdomen wound. However, officers determined him to be the primary aggressor after the wife and son said they were afraid of being assaulted by him.

Oct. 18

Assault: 6 p.m., 11400 block of NE 132nd St. A 29-year-old man was arrested after grabbing the neck of a 25-year-old woman. He also scratched her neck and broke her cell phone. The two live together have a three-year-old child, who witnessed the incident.

Oct. 17

Assault: 11:39 p.m., 13000 block of NE 70th Pl. A 26-year-old man and 27-year-old man were arrested for assaulting a 40-year-old security guard after he asked them to smoke away from the building.