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 800 per week.
Between Dec. 17 to Jan. 2, the Kirkland Police Department reported 1,073 traffic violations (nine DUIs), 41 traffic accidents, nine assaults, 30 noise complaints, 23 thefts, 17 domestic violence calls, 57 alarm calls, 17 motor vehicle prowls, 24 cases of civil disturbances, 15 burglaries, 23 disturbances, 18 cases of fraud and 15 harassment calls. At least 115 people were arrested.
Dec. 31
Theft: 10:40 p.m., 600 block of 14th Place. A woman called 911 to report that several known, but unwanted juveniles were intoxicated inside her residence. The juveniles stole several items from one of her son’s bedroom and damaged her property. One of the juveniles was caught a short time later and arrested.
Assault: 12:47 a.m., 10800 block of Forbes Creek Drive. A 27-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for domestic violence after pushing his girlfriend into some sticker bushes and down a five-foot embankment.
Dec. 30
Warrant arrest: 12:23 a.m., 11605 132nd Ave. N.E. A 31-year-old Kirkland man was contacted at Lake Washington Technical College for an outstanding warrant out of Federal Way.
Assault: 11:21 p.m., 100 block of Lake Street. A 35-year-old Montlake Terrace man was arrested after he assaulted a man inside Hector’s and was then chased down on foot by police.
Dec. 29
Trespass: 1:45 a.m., 10600 block of 129th Place N.E. A Kirkland man called police to report that his 33-year-old son was attempting to gain entry to his home unlawfully. When police arrived they found the son in the kitchen with a screwdriver and he was arrested for trespass.
Assault: 9:45 p.m., 12100 block of N.E. 108th Place. A 53-year-old man was found to have hit his wife several times in the back and ground his fist into her cheek.
Dec. 26
Assault: 10:50 p.m., 11000 block of N.E. 125th Lane. A 50-year-old Kirkland woman was assaulted by her boyfriend. The boyfriend then assaulted the arresting officer.
Dec. 25
Domestic: 8:30 a.m., 100 block of N.E. 130th Lane. A 36-year-old Kirkland woman was arrested for striking her son and shoving her ex-husband during an argument over Christmas presents. The woman was arrested for domestic violence.
Dec. 24
Hit-and-run: 9:20 p.m., 12400 116th Ave. N.E. A 20-year-old King County resident was at fault in a hit-and-run. He was arrested after a witness followed him and then saw him destroy a mailbox rack containing five mailboxes with his car. He was apprehended a short time later.
Dec. 19
Domestic: 1 p.m., 9900 block of N.E. 126th Street. A 21-year-old homeless woman got into a verbal altercation with her grandmother after asking for food and to see her daughter. No crime occurred.
