Lake Forest Park Police Blotter 1-3 to 1-9-2011 - who are we?

Photo by Steven H. Robinson

by Diane Hettrick - categories are mine - reports are police - who could make this stuff up?

We love our dogs

01-03...185xx 37 NE. Found dog. Wearing tags. Called owner, owner picked up.

01-03...47xx NE 178. Caller worried about dogs left alone in neighbor's house. Neighbor is moving, is "between houses" but comes every day to take care of dogs.

We have a hard time punching in phone numbers and alarm codes

01-03...32xx NE 204. 911 hang-up. Trying for Info.

01-04...189xx 37 NE. Alarm. Owner provided correct codes.

01-08...172xx Brookside Blvd. Alarm. Husband was resetting the panel.

01-08...204xx 33 NE. Alarm. Exterior secure, dog barking inside.

01-09...187xx 37 NE. Alarm. Exterior secure. No one home.

01-09...185xx 53 NE. 911. Teenaged girl calling for Harry Potter exhibit tickets.

We get scared when someone knocks on the door or steps in our yards

01-04...26xx NE 185. Caller says someone is banging at the back door and windows.

01-09...54xx NE 200 Pl. Caller saw man cutting through yards.

01-09...147xx 35 NE. Caller saw subject in back yard of abandoned house. Signs of occupancy.

01-09...28xx NE 178. Caller coming home and saw two men in neighbor's yard. Police did not locate them.

We are grateful when we can drive on Bothell Way and get home safely

01-04...Ballinger/Bothell Wy. Driving with suspended license, no insurance, expired tabs.

01-05...155xx Bothell Wy. Driving wrong direction in one-way turn lane.

01-05...17171 Bothell Wy. Driving with suspended license.

01/07...Bothell Wy/NE 145. Bus / Nissan accident. Info exchange only.

01-08...153xx Bothell. Driving with suspended license, no tabs, no insurance.

Some of us are a little unstable

01-04...174xx Ballinger. Guy sitting in his car by patrol vehicles. When approached, said "he wasn't stealing anything" and he wasn't a "terrorist or an insurgent." Told several stories about why he was there. Cops checked his ID and he has a felony theft conviction, a protection order against him, and a mental incident on file. Told him to move on.

01-07...147xx Bothell Wy. Stickers on stop sign.

01-08...35xx Ne 148. Caller's roommate is drunk, emotionally erratic. Threatening violence toward people in apartment.

Some of us have trouble with our families

01-04...36xx NE 1155. Caller visiting a friend. From next apartment hears furniture breaking and a woman saying "Don't hit me." Police found a domestic incident between mother and daughter. Left domestic violence info for both of them.

01-06...45xx NE 170. Runaway juvenile male left from friend's house last night and has not come home. Has a history of running.

01-07...190xx 30 NE. Graffitti on fence and power pole.

01-07...30xx NE 185. Graffitti. Pen and ink on street sign.

01-09...33xx NE 204. Man reports wife missing since 6 pm last night. She went to see friends, took the bus, no wallet, no ID. At 11:15 pm she returned home.

Bad people like our mail

01/07...191xx 30 NE. Big pile of wet mail near caller's property. All from nearby residences.

And good people keep knocking down our cable lines

01-07...168xx 37 NE. Garbage truck hit a Comcast cable.

We don't like scenes in public

01-05...17191 Bothell Wy, Chase Bank. Bank is being picketed by carpenters regarding Chase using a company that pays carpenters sub-standard wages. They are handing out flyers and the manager wants them to leave. They agreed to leave.

We try to do the right thing

01-06...Ballinger/Bothell Wy. Caller saw a person down on the street. Aid called. Subject had seizure while waiting for a bus.

01-08...Station. Man tried to turn himself in to serve his 24 hour sentence for a DUI a year ago. He tried King County but they told him to go to LFP. He was supposed to turn himself in between Dec. 15 and Jan. 9 but he was busy during the holidays. No record of warrant so told him to contact the court on Monday.

01-09...174xx Ballinger. Citizen came to the station with a man he found shivering and walking around in Mountlake Terrace. Man said he was looking for a house his grandmother gave him. Police researched story, then contacted the group home where the man lives and took him home.

And some of us are soooo lucky that we didn't get blown away by the police

01-05...145xx Bothell Wy. Two guys in bullet-proof vests, carrying assault rifles and running across Bothell Way. Seattle Police are after them and LFP Police saw and joined in. The guys had air-soft rifles. Told them to take them home.