The blotter consists of Sammamish police officers’ accounts of crimes and other incidents in the city. Persons arrested are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
Oct. 30
GO SPEED RACER, GO: Sammamish police arrested two people at 228th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Fourth Street for street racing around 10 p.m.
Nov. 1
NOT NECESSARILY STOLEN: A caller reported to the Sammamish Police Department that a bike in the 1900 block of 205th Place Northeast had been stored in the same place for a couple of days. The caller suspected the bike was stolen, though police dismissed this upon further investigation.
DON’T TAKE IT OUT ON THE SIGN: An unknown driver in a Jeep went off the road and struck a solar panel message board, which the city owns, on the 2400 block of 228th Avenue Northeast. Police found the vehicle unoccupied and locked. The driver did not leave a note and the vehicle was impounded.
Nov. 2
ON THE MOVE: Someone turned over three boxes of ammunition, black powder and primers — used to make re-loads — for disposal at the Sammamish Police Department, 801 228th Ave. S.E. The person is moving out of the country to Russia and wants these materials destroyed.
Nov. 3
SUPER RUDE: Two unidentified male suspects took a wallet left on the customer service counter inside Safeway at 630 228th Ave. N.E. around 5 p.m.
SURE, JUST COME ON IN: A male walked into a residence on the 21200 block of Northeast 10th Place around 5:40 p.m. The first time the man trespassed he asked for an unknown person and left. The second time he had a dog with him and began yelling at the owner of the house. Sammamish police removed him from the property.
Nov. 4
LOUD NOISES: Sammamish police observed construction workers begin work at the corner of Southeast Fourth Street and 228th Avenue Southeast before 7 a.m., the beginning of the allowable time for construction under the city’s noise ordinance. They contacted the foreman, who stopped the crews from working before the appropriate work hours.
Nov. 5
HOUSE SITTER WITH A VENGEANCE: Sammamish police contacted a suspect, who had been a house sitter in the 800 block of 2111 Place Northeast, after reportedly entering the house without knocking and yelling at the homeowner inside. The suspect also threw a rock at the homeowner’s vehicle, shattering the rear passenger window, before leaving the property.
Nov. 6
ARREST: Sammamish police arrested a 15-year old who reportedly has drug dependency issues for fourth-degree assault around 9 p.m. When his father and mother confronted their son, he attacked them in the 24100 block of Northeast First Place.
Nov. 7
THE PERFECT GETAWAY CAR: Caller reported an unknown male left Safeway, located at 630 228th Avenue Northeast, without paying for alcohol and food. The suspect left the store with another person in a green Honda Civic with Oregon plates.