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.

April 25

BLUE SMOKE BOMB: A resident in the 600 block of 235th Avenue Northeast heard a loud bang when someone set off a blue smoke bomb on her front porch, causing damage to the door frame and staining part of the porch blue. There are no suspects, however neighbors reportedly saw four underage males running away from the house.

April 26

NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT: Police met with a male who said he is being blackmailed by a female he met on Facebook. If he does not pay her $1,000 she is threatening to post a video on the Internet of the victim masterbating. The victim told police the female lives close to the him in the 24000 block of 200 Avenue Southeast.

April 27

CLEANING THEM OUT: An unknown suspect with a handgun robbed Andre’s Dry Cleaners located at 3310 East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE shortly before 9 a.m. The robber took cash, asked about surveillance and had the employee go in the back prior to fleeing the scene. The incident is still under investigation.

April 28

DEEP IN CONVERSATION: The driver of a small blue Toyota truck with a broken taillight failed to pullover after a police officer activated his overhead lights. After several minutes with the emergency siren on, the driver eventually pulled over at the intersection of Southeast Duthie Hill Road and 273rd Avenue Southeast. The Burien woman driving the car said she was in deep conversation with the passenger and did not see or hear the officer’s attempt to pull her over. She had a misdemeanor warrant out of Island County for driving with a suspended or revoked license. Island County declined to have the woman arrested, due to the lack of available space in the jail. She will receive an infraction in the mail for the defective taillight, failure to yield to an officer and for driving without insurance. The driver and passenger were released on scene.

May 1

DUI: A 25-year-old Issaquah man was arrested in the 3900 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast after voluntarily participating in standard field sobriety test; his blood alcohol content test came back with a 0.081 reading. This was the driver’s second DUI within the last 10 years; he was transported to and booked at the Issaquah jail.

May 2

TEARING IT UP AT BEAVER LAKE: Sammamish parks staff called police after discovering someone had caused an estimated $1,000 in damage to the Beaver Lake Park lawn, located 2526 244th Ave SE, after driving on the grass.