The following information was compiled from city of Sammamish police reports:
A 77-year-old Sammamish woman was scammed out of $2,250 after a fake sweepstakes company called her with a promise for $450,000 on Nov. 8.
The scammers left a message on her phone saying she won and that the money was tax free, but that she had to pay money to cover the insurance, and told her to wire it to them from her bank.
The next day they called and told her that they had made a mistake, and that they actually needed another $3,300 more in order for her to receive her winnings. They instructed her to go to a different branch to send the money, and when she did, the bank declined her, because it was too much money to send in one day.
The scammers then called again, and said they made another mistake, and that her winnings were actually $4.5 million, and that they needed another $20,000 to give her the money.
She then suspected she was being scammed, and talked to a friend who had her call the police.
Assault by wine glass
A woman smashed a wine glass over her live-in boyfriend’s head after he slapped her Nov. 10 on the 500 block of 225th Lane Northeast, Sammamish.
They had been drinking and the girlfriend had been smoking marijuana, when they got into an argument. She told police that the boyfriend slapped her. In response, she threw her wine glass on his head, causing deep lacerations.
An aid car arrived before police. The man went out to meet them, but declined help. Holding a white towel up to his head, he told police that he didn’t want to be the victim, and said the wound had mostly stopped bleeding.
The officer thought he would need stitches. The woman invited police into the home, where she told them the story and said she was “OK” with being arrested.
Burglars hit game store
The night after a game store had been burglarized someone tried to make entry again, but without success.
Two suspects, dressed in black with gloves and masks, entered through the back door at about 3 a.m. Nov. 12 and made off with several boxes of unopened merchandise.
Police showed up to check on the business shortly after the alarm sounded. The building appeared secured, but when the manager came the next morning, he discovered the padlocks on the back door were unlocked and sitting on a back shelf.
Only three other employees had keys to open the door, and the manager didn’t recognize the two suspects as any of them. He had worked everyday for the passed week, and didn’t notice the padlocks were unsecured at the building on the 22800 block of Northeast Eighth Street.
TV ripped from wall
Ripping a chain and lock from the wall, a suspect made off with a plasma TV, which was mounted on a wall, from an apartment complex on the 22600 block of Northeast Inglewood Hill Road on Nov. 7.
Several screens had been cut in the fitness room windows, but there were so many cut, the officer couldn’t for sure determine if that was how the burglar entered the facility. Total loss was estimated to be about $2,000.
