police blotter

Oct. 21

Gun in a box: At 7:43 a.m. in the 300 block of 118th Avenue Southeast, someone came across a box near a leasing office. It contained a firearm. The rifle may have belonged to a convicted felon, police determined.

Head-butted and punched: At 8:18 p.m. in the 2300 block of 140 Avenue Northeast, someone reported that they were assaulted by two people. He was bleeding from the face, after being punched and head-butted by two men. Guns and knives were pulled.

Oct. 24

You can’t make this stuff up: At 11:57 a.m. in the 1600 block of 140th Avenue Northeast, as officers were investigating a stolen car they recovered, someone walked past officers, got into the recovered stolen car and took a phone charger. An officer noticed that a phone in the suspect’s possession was flashing “Where’s my I-Phone.” Police were able to locate the phone’s true owner, who was the victim of a car prowl.

Oct. 25

Wake up: At 6:29 a.m. in the 15900 block of Northeast 1st Street, someone called 911 because a car was blocking his driveway. The car had two people in it who were sleeping. The officers arrived to wake the subjects up and found multiple large knives on the floorboard. One of the two passengers was sitting on a revolver. It was a stolen firearm.

Oct. 27

Armed robbery: At 8 a.m. in the 1300 block of 156th Avenue Northeast, there was an armed robbery in the Crossroads area. The suspect had an automatic pistol and forced two employees at gunpoint to a safe and forced them to open it. The suspect fled out the back door with cash. A K-9 track led officers to an empty parking stall behind Dick’s Sporting Goods.