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. 9-14, there were 266 traffic incidents, 14 traffic accidents, four DUIs, 15 general traffic incidents, 22 alarm calls, nine abandoned vehicles, four burglaries, seven incidents of fraud, 13 civil incidents, six cases of harassment, 14 thefts, 15 vehicle prowls, two vehicle thefts, 11 warrants served, seven noise complaints, two animal calls, 14 incidents of domestic violence, two incidents of malicious mischief, seven disturbances, four instances of trespassing, two assaults, four hit and run and 26 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Jan. 14
Assault: 8:50 p.m., 12000 block of 120th Pl NE. A 37-year-old woman assaulted her 37-year-old boyfriend at the Motel 6. When an officer observing the incident identified himself, both of them ran into their motel room. The woman’s 15-year-old son later came out and told police his mother was not inside. She was later found inside the room hiding underneath the bed. She was also found to have numerous outstanding warrants. The boy was arrested for obstruction and then released.
Jan. 13
Trespass: 2:25 a.m., 12200 block of NE 116th St. A 22-year-old man was arrested for criminal trespass for entering a 76 gas station and criminal trespass for being on the property of the Baymount Inn.
Jan. 12
Assault: 1:20 a.m., 14100 block of Juanita Dr NE. A 38-year-old man assaulted his 40-year-old girlfriend in a parking lot. He grabbed her neck and threw her down against her van. A struggled occurred and she was finally able to get away, but as she ran she heard one of her van tires pop. When she returned with friends they found her right rear tire had been slashed. The man was later arrested at another location.
Jan. 11
License suspended: 4:12 p.m., 12400 block of 116th Ave NE. A 35-year-old man passed out in the driver’s seat of his car while sitting at a 76 gas station. Police were called and by the time they arrived he was out of the vehicle and walking into the gas station. He was arrested after it was discovered he had a suspended drivers license, as well as a non-extradition warrant out of Everett for drug violations.
Assault: 5 p.m., 700 block of NE 120th St. A 50-year-old man was arrested after his 51-year-old live-in girlfriend came to Evergreen Hospital seeking treatment for injuries sustained during a physical altercation with him.
Jan. 9
Assault: 4:51 p.m., 1340 block of NE 133rd St. A 14-year-old girl assaulted her 36-year-old mother after she grabbed a Samsung tablet from her and struck her on the right eye. The girl has a long history of violence with her mother and siblings. She was arrested and referred to Youth Care Adolescents in Seattle.
Assault: 12:20 a.m., 11800 block of 93rd Ln NE. A 25-year-old woman was arrested for assault after she punched her 31-year-old husband in the face and then pepper-sprayed him. The two had been arguing after her discovered she had been cheating on him.
Assault: 9:55 a.m., 14300 block of 123rd Ave NE. A 23-year-old man was arrested for domestic violence after he grabbed his 21-year-old wife’s hair and pushed her down on the floor.
