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.
Nov. 14
THE EX: A man in the 22200 block of Southeast Fourth Street claimed his ex-wife had been texting and calling him. He said she claimed she could get him fired and that he could lose visitation rights with their children.
Nov. 15
MARIJUANA: A Sammamish police officer pulled a vehicle over for multiple moving violations in the 22000 block of Southeast 20th Street. The officer found marijuana in the driver’s possession; the driver, who had consented to the search, received a citation.
Nov. 16
DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE: A Sammamish officer stopped a vehicle for missing a tail light and found the driver had been driving with a revoked license in the third degree. The officer cited the driver but did not make an arrest.
Nov. 17
SHATTERED: The resident in the 1400 block of 242 Place Southeast reportedly found the front screen door shattered around 2 p.m.
STRANGER DANGER: A resident in the 20800 block of Northeast 11th Street reported that communication intended to be “a neighborly social gesture” was instead “interpreted as a stranger danger concern.”
Nov. 18
UNDERAGE: A 20-year-old was found in possession of marijuana along Issaquah-Pine Lake Road around 3 p.m.
WHAT A FIND: A caller reported finding a backpack containing a wallet, driver’s license, debit card and phone card in the 1600 West Beaver Lake Drive near Beaver Lake by an uprooted tree. The bag appeared to be there for a while. The owner had been identified.
Nov. 19
IDENTITY THEFT: An unknown person used another person’s debit card information to withdraw $200 at the BECU ATM in the 3000 block of 228th Avenue Southeast around 3 p.m.
Nov. 23
GRASSY KNOLL: An unknown person drove onto the grassy knoll at the intersection of Northeast 26th Street and 205th Place Northeast and left tire impressions.
BAT: Sammamish parents in the 1700 block of 216th Place Northeast called to report their “disruptive and threatening” son. Reportedly, the couple and their son got into a heated argument about a bat. There was no assault reported.
Nov. 25
CAR VS PEDESTRIAN: A pedestrian was crossing the roadway illegally in the 2900 block of 228th Avenue Southeast and was clipped by a car’s driver’s side mirror. The car also ran over the pedestrians left foot, leaving a mark.
SMASH: An unknown suspect smashed out the rear sliding door window in the 22600 block of Southeast 13th Street around 11 p.m. to gain access to the residence.
Nov. 27
DIGITAL CAMERA: An unknown person smashed out a vehicle parked at the end of a dead end in the 2000 block in 247th Place Northeast and stole a digital camera hanging from the rear view mirror. Nothing else was taken.
Nov. 28
XANAX: A woman was taken to Swedish Medical Center for evaluation after consuming upwards of 10 Xanax pills after drinking alcohol in the Saxony Apartments off 225th Lane Northeast around 6:15 p.m. She said she wanted to be with her recently deceased daughter, according to reports.
COOKIE SHEET: The son of a resident in the 22400 block of Northeast 25th Way reportedly tossed a cookie sheet out the glass pantry door. The son, back from college on holiday break, got angry, threw something at his brother, tossed the cookie sheet through the door and locked the house to prevent other family from entering.