October 27
Candy cravings: An officer responded to a male causing a disturbance at the Chevron station, where employees reported he stole a candy bar. The suspect apparently couldn’t wait for Halloween.
Bad husband #1: The suspect punched the pregnant victim several times during a domestic dispute. When police arrived, the victim was uncooperative and lied about the suspect being in the apartment and would not allow officers inside. However, police entered the apartment to check the welfare of the victim’s six-year-old son, who witnessed the fight. The suspect was located inside and booked him into jail for assault.
October 29
Anti-semetic sentiments: The victim works at the Glendale Country Club and stated that three separate voicemails were left on their message service that were derogatory towards Jewish people. They appeared to be left by the same person, but were not threatening.
He knows the drill: An officer was in the area on patrol when he recognized the wanted subject walking down the street. Immediately upon contact, the suspect laid on the ground without direction from police.
‘Screwy’ driver: An officer conducted a traffic stop for an equipment violation on Southeast 24th Street. The driver used a large screwdriver to turn the vehicle off. A records check showed the driver had a suspended license, and the license plate on the vehicle appeared to have been tampered with. A consent search under the hood yielded a different VIN number that returned on a stolen vehicle out of Renton. A search of the vehicle later yielded a number of prowl tools, stolen cell phones, iPods, a sizable quantity of meth and additional victim information. The suspect was arrested.
October 30
Disappearing act?: Employees at the Tully’s in Eastgate called 911 to report that a female was in their restroom and was refusing to come out. They said that she entered the restroom about 45 minutes prior. After extensive verbal commands failed to get the subject to exit the locked restroom, a decision was made to use a battering ram to make entry. Upon entry, no one was located inside and it appears that the door had inadvertently remained locked behind its’ last occupant.
False identity: The elderly victim received a call from a female pretending to be her granddaughter. The suspect said she was in jail in Canada and needed bail money, and the victim wired $600 to the suspect.
October 31
Masked marauder: The suspect refused to remove his Halloween mask while inside Lucky Strike in Lincoln Square. This was a violation of the Lucky Strike Halloween dress code, so he was asked to leave. The suspect refused, pushed a security officer, and held onto the exit door. Officers were eventually able to remove the suspect from the premises, and he spent the remainder of his birthday in SCORE jail, without his mask.
‘Getting bounced’ is what tiggers do best: Kemper Security Officer was assaulted by the suspect while attempting to break up a fight between two females. Suspect was wearing a Tigger costume from Winnie the Pooh and bounced his way to SCORE jail.
Halloween haunting: The suspect was trespassed in Bellevue Square earlier in the night after she participated in a mutual brawl on the skybridge. The very intoxicated suspect initially refused to leave after she spoke to several officers, but was eventually escorted outside. An hour later, the suspect returned to use the restroom, where she refused to come out. After officers removed her from the restroom, she went limp and had to be carried to the police van, and was then booked into SCORE jail.
Bad husband #2: The suspect punched and strangled his wife after he discovered she had cheated on him. He then fled to a Medina residence, where he was house-sitting. Officers surrounded the house in preparation for a barricaded subject. An officer used her hostage negotiation skills to talk the suspect out of the house, and he was booked into King County Jail.
November 1
Not so happy hour: The suspect assaulted the victim in front of Sideline Sports Bar and fled on foot, then assaulted another victim at the Honda Dealership. An employee at Honda Dealership got into a physical altercation with the suspect, who also damaged another person’s vehicle. The suspect was tackled by an officer and taken into custody.