DUI DRIVER SNAPS
A 36-year-old Sammamish man was arrested for DUI on March 9 after an officer observed him swerving into oncoming traffic shortly after 8:30 p.m. on 244th Avenue Northeast.
The man started crying and told officers, “This is going to be my fifth DUI.” He said he was stupid and shouldn’t have been messing with his phone while driving because that’s what led him to swerve.
The man was cooperative until he reached Harborview to get his blood tested. He allegedly heard the word “felony” and started making physical threats to medical staff and officers.
Officers later discovered he didn’t have the maximum number of DUIs required to charge a felony.
DRUNK PASSENGERS
Police arrested a 34-year-old Sammamish woman and a 32-year-old Redmond woman March 9 after they interfered with a DUI investigation in the 700 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway.
The women, both passengers in the car, refused to get back in the vehicle at the officer’s request. The suspects were eventually arrested for obstruction after making contact with the officer. One of the women pleaded to officers saying, “I will do anything, I will pay you money.”
SUSPICIOUS MEN
A Sammamish woman contacted police March 6 to report a group of six suspicious men walking around her neighborhood. She said the men appeared older than most solicitors and that they were in their 40s, 50s and 60s.
The caller was concerned about recent break-ins in the 2100 block of 223rd Place Northeast and was concerned they might be casing homes.
GRANDPARENT SCAM
A 76-year-old Sammamish woman called police March 5 to report she was a victim of a telephone scam.
The woman reported receiving a call five days earlier from a man claiming to be her grandson, who was arrested in Mexico for drunk driving. The woman wired $1,600 to Mexico City only to find out it was not her grandson.
DANGEROUS GAME
Police responded to a call of juveniles pushing each other into the street March 1 near a bus stop on Issaquah Pine Lake Road Southeast and Issaquah Fall City Road Southeast.
Passing motorists were concerned someone would get hurt. Police were unable to locate the kids when they arrived.
EGGING
An Issaquah resident saw four juveniles run past his home March 1 and throw an egg at his front door. The victim saw the kids get in an unknown vehicle and leave the 1600 block of 30th Avenue Northeast.
STRANGE MAN
A man contacted Sammamish police March 6 reporting that a strange male came to his door asking his juvenile daughter for money.
The subject told the girl he saw her parents leave. The caller was concerned because his home is well off the roadway on 218th Avenue Northeast.
