Drunk Sammamish teen driver surprised at arrest | Police blotter

An 18-year-old Sammamish resident was pulled over Feb. 9 after police witnessed him driving 14 mph over the posted limit and swerving over the fog line on northbound 216th Avenue Northeast.

The following information was compiled from City of Sammamish police reports:

An 18-year-old Sammamish resident was pulled over Feb. 9 after police witnessed him driving 14 mph over the posted limit and swerving over the fog line on northbound 216th Avenue Northeast.

The driver admitted to drinking beers earlier in the evening and smoking two bowls of marijuana.

When police got him back to the station, the driver, who was now two hours past curfew, said he should call his mom, but didn’t know what to say. Police advised him he should tell her the truth that he had been arrested for DUI. He responded with, “I’ve been arrested?”

DRUNK PARENTS

Sammamish police responded to a welfare check Feb. 10, involving a 12-year-old boy, who was unable to wake his parents.

The boy’s uncle called police after the concerned boy called him. When police arrived at the home in the 4300 block of Issaquah Pine Lake Road Southeast, they were overwhelmed by the smell of alcohol.

They found a man and a woman unresponsive and an almost empty half gallon of vodka. Police contacted medics who took the parents to the hospital.

Child Protective Services were contacted and the boy was released into the custody of his grandparents.

MATTRESS FIRE

A 59-year-old Sammamish man called police Feb. 3 to report an arson at an apartment complex in the 22000 block of Northeast Eighth Street.

The man said an unknown white male juvenile set fire to a box spring at the apartment building’s dumpster enclosure.

BATHROOM BREAK-IN

A Sammamish woman called police Feb. 8 to report the theft of $3,300 items from her home.

Thieves entered the home in the 200 block of 221st Avenue Northeast through a small bathroom window, above the shower.

The woman discovered her home was broken into after finding her dog locked in the bathroom. Thieves took cash, a ring and a new laptop computer.