Lake Forest Park Police Blotter June 20 to 26, 2011 - Burke Gilman Trail detour and prolific tagger

By Diane Hettrick - categories are mine - reports are police

LFP loves dogs

6-20 Citizen at 189xx Ballinger, trying to catch a German Shepherd in the roadway. Officer got dog into patrol car, called phone number on dog's tag, and delivered to owner in Shoreline at 27xx NE 205.

Car prowl

6-22 40xx NE 174.

Malicious mischief

6-20 192xx 40 Pl NE. Rock through window of parked car belonging to 17 year old boy.

6-25 195xx 40 Pl NE. Vehicle tires slashed on two cars.

Hey - it's free

6-20 Starbucks employee suspicious of man who sits all day in his car behind the building. PD - he's using the free wi-fi.

Third Place is the heart of the community

6-20 LFP 80 year old woman with memory issues walked away from home and didn't come back. Reported at 2:35pm Police notified everyone to be on the lookout. At 4:20pm, manager of Third Place Books called to say they had her at the bookstore.

The Burke-Gilman Trail detour will take some getting used to

6-21 NE 165/37 NE. Driver stopped at intersection, started to pull forward when a cyclist ran the stop sign. Almost ran info cyclist, who yelled at him, claiming the driver was supposed to yield. 6-25 NE 165/37 NE. Citizen complained about bicyclist running the light. 6-25 Officer monitored the intersection. Saw 20 bicyclists either stop or rolling stop and one roll through. 6-25 46xx NE 175. Stopped one bicyclist for failure to stop at sign, use turn signal or wear a helmet. 6-25 162xx 37 NE Bicyclist failed to stop. 6-25 after dark, Bothell Way. Bicyclist rides across highway with no helmet or headlamp. 6-26 145xx Bothell Way. Bicyclist turned left on red arrow.

Bicycle thefts

6-23 170xx 28 NE. Two bicycles stolen.

Scam

6-21 Curves employee loaned $65 to unknown male so he could get to his mother's funeral. He never returned to pay her back.

I hear music

6-21 Complaints about loud music from 26xx NE 195 and 35xx NE 148. 6-25 Loud party complaints from 180xx 25 NE and 194xx 37 NE.

City Light ? (read our story on the subject)

6-24 16xx NE 195 Caller's mother let two male subjects into the house who said they were from City Light with free light bulbs. Their only visible identification was a door hanger, which they asked to keep, and a magnetic sign on the car. Caller tried to verify they were legit but got put on hold at City Light and gave up. Said they couldn't change the lights because of size and wattage.

Group Homes

34xx NE 190. Disturbance.

Tagger - Anonymous tip line for graffiti 1-800-222-TIPS

6-25 Tagger "BASK" hit street signs at 35xx NE 153, 157xx 37 NE, 157xx 38 NE, 3800 NE 160.  6-26 158xx 35 NE, 35xx NE 156, 155xx 35 NE.