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 May 29 to June 4, the Kirkland Police Department reported 451 traffic violations (11 DUIs), 34 alarm calls, 18 car accidents, 23 noise complaints, 14 thefts, 11 car prowls, 11 domestic violence calls, three calls for harassment, eight acts of fraud, 19 calls of a disturbance, eight calls for illegal substances and 15 calls of civil disturbance. At least 57 people were arrested.
June 3
Order violation: 1:17 p.m., 12400 block of N.E. 85th Street. A 26-year-old man was contacted in a vehicle with a person who has a no-contact order against him out of Seattle. The man was arrested at the scene.
Assault: 7 p.m., 12200 block of N.E. 85th Street. A 34-year-old Mukilteo woman was arrested after she punched her ex-husband in the stomach.
Malicious mischief: 12:30 a.m., 12300 block of 120th Ave. N.E. A 23-year-old Lynnwood man was arrested after smashing out the window of his ex-girlfriend’s car.
June 2
Theft: 12:47 p.m., 11300 block of N.E. 124th Street. A 32-year-old Bellevue man was arrested after he stole an iPad from an AT&T store and a PSP Go from Play N’ Trade.
Assault: 11:20 p.m., 12200 block of N.E. 105th Street. A 28-year-old Kirkland woman called police to report that she had been assaulted by her stepfather. The woman was contacted walking down the street from her residence, extremely intoxicated and had a difficult time restating what had happened. The stepfather was contacted and it was revealed to police that he had driven the woman home from a bar. She had attempted to bite the man in the car and then tried to hit him and his wife at the residence. The woman was transported to Evergreen Hospital for her intoxication and charged with assault.
May 30
Domestic: 9:30 p.m., 10100 block of N.E. 134th Lane. A 28-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for head-butting his roommate.
Domestic: 10:50 p.m., 12500 block of 80th Place N.E. During a discussion between roommates about a back door that was left open, a 28-year-old Kirkland man became angry. The suspect tackled his roommate on the stairs injuring his head, nose, wrist and fingernails. The man has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was not taking his medication at the time of the incident. The man has a history of making threats or injuring people.
Assault: A 44-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for assault after a physical confrontation with an acquaintance. Multiple witnesses identified the man as the primary aggressor.