LFP Police Blotter July 4-10, 2011 - Wonder why the police don't crack down on fireworks? Read this

By Diane Hettrick - categories are mine - reports are police

Business losses

7-4 Albertson's. Teen-aged boy stole beer.

4th of July fireworks

7-4 171xx 28 NE. Unable to locate.

7-4 190xx Lago Pl NE. Unable to locate.

7-4 Lago Pl NE /20 NE. Called to assist Shoreline unit.

7-4 19xx 18 NE, behind school. Warned.

7-4 190xx Lago Pl NE 8:35 pm Police found no one out. Heard one firework discharge, unknown location.

7-4 190xx Lago Pl NE 9:08 pm. Contacted homeowner who said her kids have been shooting off fireworks but they're done for the night.

7-5 Onouri church. 12:08 am. Alarm. Think it was set off by fireworks.

7-5 155xx Bothell Wy. Fireworks set off car alarm. Parking lot clear.

7-5 165xx Bothell Way. Watermelons left in intersection. Some blown up.

7-6 153xx Bothell Way. Report of shirtless male shooting bottle rockets across Bothell Way. Police observed nothing happening. Saw man who fit description walking across street but couldn't turn around in time to detain him.

7-8 52xx NE 184. Found fireworks under son's vehicle. Probably left over from the 4th and got caught in car's grill fender.

7-9 40xx NE 197. Shots heard. 14 rounds. Thinks it was near 190th. Police found all quiet in the area.

Ducks don't have traffic training

7-4 Ducklings on 522. Mother duck trying to get babies across street. Mother is in bus lane. Citizens captured ducklings and took them to the lake.

Mental meltdown

7-4 Towne Centre. Barefoot woman in front of Baskin and Robbins. Had been asking for money at bus stop, now sitting in PT Cruiser. Located owner of car at Starbucks and he doesn't know her. She gave police her name. Reported as Missing/Endangered from Puyallup. She says she walked from I-5. She sent a suicide not to a friend last night. Friend says she has "gone off the deep end". No money, no ID, no idea how to get home, seems confused by simple questions. Sent to Evergreen for evaluation. Puyallup PD will contact family.

Why does this happen so much?

7-4 29xx NE 182. Comcast lines hanging five feet over roadway.

A little strange

7-5 Towne Centre, Bothell Way. Citizen trying to catch a stray dog and a possibly intoxicated man was chasing her car and making weird gestures. Police picked up male and gave him a ride out of town.

It wasn't coyotes

7-7 177xx 28 NE. Six chickens missing from fully secured back yard cage. The two turkeys were in the yard near the cage.

It was coyotes

7-10 193xx 47 NE. Coyote suspected to have killed a pet cat.

Signs of summer

7-5 Towne Centre. Juveniles placed a stop sign near Starbucks and ran.

7-6 195xx 55 NE. Teenaged girls watched a scary movie, then found the front door open and called 911. Mom left it open before going to bed because it was warm in the house.

Zero tolerance for noise

7-6 187xx Ballinger. Complaint of loud music like a band playing at residence. Police heard nothing upon arrival. House in question had both garage doors up and cars being worked on.

7-6 187xx Ballinger. Complaint of band playing loudly. Police contacted two men at the home who were loading equipment. Said they were done for the day. They have been practicing at that location for a year but today had the window open.

Burke-Gilman trail detour

7-6 162xx 37 NE. Stopped cyclist who ran the stop sign. Cyclist was apologetic and said he would pass the word. Issued a warning.

7-9 170xx BG Trail. Fence open a couple of feet.

DUI / Bad driving / WUI / SUI

7-6 40 Pl NE / Ballinger. Two soldiers from Joint Base Lewis McChord were drunk and driving north bound on Ballinger. Driver lost control of car and ran over dirt embankment. Driver fled. Police contacted unit sergeant and arranged for a ride for the subject who remained with car. Impounded car since there was no one sober to drive it.

7-8 145xx Bothell Way. 2:28 am. Driver ticketed for driving on the wrong side of road.

7-6 177xx Beach Dr. Kenmore man slept it off on Beach Drive.

More than bad driving

7-8 NE 178 / 33 NE. Asphalt worker reported that a vehicle sped through the area where he was working and swerved to hit him. Knocked something out of his hand. A passerby got the license and was going to call it in, but hasn't yet.

Car prowls

7-7 168xx Shore Dr NE. Glock, radar detector.

Creepy

7-9 29xx NE 178. Women encountered a male and said she did not want his services. She came home that evening and found his business card on her kitchen counter.

Be on the look out - description of taggers

7-6 170xx Brookside Blvd NE. Officer nearly caught a couple of taggers. RUKUS, AAUM. White males, around 18-20 years old. Got away on skateboards. Wearing dark colored hoodie.