Police & Fire
March 6, 2012
Credit is due
A person in the 23200 block of Southeast 58th Street said someone made fraudulent charges to his or her credit card before 9:03 a.m. Feb. 24. The estimated loss is $5,000.
Police Blotter
February 28, 2012
Stalled
Police responded to a traffic hazard at Interstate 90 and Highlands Drive Northeast after a bus broke down along the road at 6:34 p.m. Feb. 14. City Public Works Engineering Operations crews provided emergency lighting until a tow truck arrived. In the meantime, another bus arrived to pick up the passengers.
Police & Fire
February 21, 2012
Rough ride
Police arrested a 28-year-old Seattle man for possession of stolen property — a stolen car — along Interstate 90 at 1:59 a.m. Feb. 8.
Location unknown
A window was damaged on, and a GPS unit was stolen from, a vehicle parked at West Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast and 192nd Avenue Southeast before 3:28 p.m. Feb. 8. The estimated loss is $220.
Police Blotter
February 14, 2012
Rotten Apple
Employees at Radio Shack, 653 228th Ave. N.E., said a 32-gigabyte iPod was stolen at about 10:45 a.m. Jan. 26. Employees removed the iPod from a case for a customer. The customer then said she wanted to purchase a camera. Then, as a store employee went to the back of the store to retrieve the camera, he or she heard the front door close. The iPod and the customer were gone.
Assault
Police arrested a 41-year-old Sammamish man for assault after a dispute between the man and his adult son Feb. 1. Police said the man broke into the son’s bedroom and started arguing about the volume of the son’s radio. The dispute turned physical. Police said the man grabbed his son around the neck and choked him until he had trouble breathing.
Halted
Police cited and released a 28-year-old Issaquah man for driving with a suspended license in the 2400 block of Northeast Park Drive at 4:17 p.m. Feb. 2.
Police Blotter
February 7, 2012
Light up
Police responded to suspicious activity in the 23400 block of Southeast Black Nugget Road at 10:12 p.m. Jan. 24 after a man reported someone shining a flashlight into his bedroom window. He also told police he heard someone pushing against the window. The man turned on the bedroom light and the flashlight beam disappeared.
Speed demon
Police stopped a 16-year-old Sammamish boy for reckless driving after he drove 70 mph in a 35 mph zone in the 23500 block of Southeast 24th Street at about 6:40 p.m. Jan. 25. Police contacted the boy’s mother, and she told the officer her son needed to re-attend a driver’s education class and pay for the class himself.
Pot or not
Police disposed of about 3 grams of marijuana after stopping a Bellevue man in the 800 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast on Jan. 26. The man had a medical marijuana card, but the license expired in November, so the officer confiscated the marijuana.
Police Blotter
January 31, 2012
Uninvited
Police contacted a Kent man handing out fliers door to door for a tree service company in a Sammamish neighborhood Jan. 10. The officer advised the man to obtain a city license before soliciting in the city.
Slasher on the loose
Tires were slashed on a vehicle parked in the 3500 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast before Jan. 14.
Lost
A window was damaged on, and a GPS unit was stolen from, a vehicle parked in the 1200 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast before Jan. 14.
Driving under the influence
Police arrested a 30-year-old Bellevue man for driving under the influence in the 1800 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast at about 11:30 p.m. Jan. 14.
Police & Fire
January 24, 2012
Unfriend
Police responded to threats in the 2100 block of Northeast Newton Lane at 2:19 p.m. Dec. 20 after a caller said a 17-year-old former friend badmouthed her on Facebook. The caller also said the girl and her friends intended to find her and beat her up.
Recipe for disaster
A kitchen mixer, guitar and guitar stand, and trading cards were stolen in the 22500 block of Southeast 56th Street before 5:51 p.m. Dec. 30. The estimated loss is $530.
Hungry? Why wait?
Police arrested a 35-year-old Seattle man for stealing food in the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard at 10:12 p.m. Dec. 30. The estimated loss is $23.60.
Police Blotter
January 17, 2012
Criminal mind
Police arrested a 43-year-old Sammamish woman for shoplifting from Rite Aid, 3066 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road S.E., Dec. 27 after officers viewed surveillance footage of the woman walking out of the store with a cartful of items. Police later arrested the woman at her home, and allowed her to remain at home because she was already under house arrest for a previous crime.
Posted
A resident in the 3300 block of 216th Place Southeast said someone threw a wooden signpost through the back window of his vehicle overnight Dec. 28. The signpost was taken from the corner of Southeast 34th Street and 216th Place Southeast.
Unsupported
Police cited a 41-year-old Sammamish man for driving with a suspended license after officers stopped his vehicle near the corner of Southeast Klahanie Boulevard and Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Southeast at about 12:30 a.m. Dec. 30. The man told police his license had been improperly suspended due to child support issues.
Police & Fire
January 10, 2012
Into the woods
A resident in the 20500 block of Southeast 19th Street said a vandal or vandals cut down about 12 large trees on her property in the past several months and then left the fallen trees on the ground at the site, rather than cutting them up for firewood.
Tool time
Tools were stolen from a vehicle parked in the 19700 block of Southeast 23rd Street before Dec. 22.
Christmas caper
Mail was stolen in the 4100 block of 229th Avenue Southeast on Dec. 22. The resident reported the incident to police after a Christmas card she was expecting failed to arrive.
Police Blotter
January 3, 2012
Driving under the influence
Police arrested a 20-year-old Sammamish man for driving under the influence at about 3:30 a.m. Dec. 18, after the officer recorded the man driving at about 75 mph in a 30 mph zone near the corner of Northeast Eighth Street and 244th Avenue Northeast.
Supermarket sweep
A man left Safeway, 630 228th Ave. N.E., without paying for a basket of groceries at about 4 p.m. Dec. 18.
Window-dressing
A window was damaged in a burglary attempt on a residence in the 1800 block of West Beaver Lake Drive before 10 p.m. Dec. 18. The suspect removed a window screen and then broke a window, but did not steal any items from the home.
War on Christmas
Vandals tore Christmas lights from trees and a wreath from a front door in the 1900 block of 263rd Place Southeast early Dec. 19.
