The following information was compiled from city of Issaquah and Sammamish police reports
A 32-year-old Sammamish man was arrested March 12 after allegedly waving a handgun at another driver at the intersection of Northeast Inglewood Hill Road and East Lake Sammamish Parkway. The reporting party said he was next to the man in the right lane, headed up the hill. The other driver was in the left lane.
The reporting party said he merged in behind the suspect, who then waved a hand gun in the rear view mirror. After the suspect turned, the reporting party said the man stuck his gun out the window. When police contacted the suspect he said he had the gun in the seat next to him and was just holstering it.
NOISES
A 72-year-old Issaquah woman called police March 6 to report someone was living under her house in the 400 block of Southwest Forest Place. Nothing was found after checking the area.
CARDBOARD CAR
Issaquah police were dispatched to the park and ride off of Newport Way and State Route 900 March 2 after getting a report of teens wrapping a vehicle in cardboard. The owner of the car was involved and stated he was making a movie for the Issaquah High School wrestling team.
LEAF BLOWER HIT
Issaquah police responded to a call of a man being hit by a car March 6 after walking into the roadway while using a leaf blower. The mirror on the car allegedly struck the machine, which was strapped to the man’s back. The contact caused him to fall to the ground but he was unhurt and was not struck by the vehicle. The driver said she could not see while turning a corner because a landscape truck was parked on the road and the bed of the truck was full of branches.
RUDE COMMENTS
Police responded to a call March 5 of a man sitting in a truck parked near Julius Boehm Pool, making rude comments about a female’s behind.
Police found the man, who said the person he was talking to was his lawyer from a recent DUI arrest. Asked if he was making rude comments about his lawyer that were in a sexual nature, he replied “Uh, maybe. I don’t know.”
MYSTERY FINGER
Issaquah police responded to a call of an elderly male flipping his daughter the middle finger March 3, then summoning her to come back over to their vehicle. When contacted, the two said there was no problem, they were just trying to get their vehicle started.
FOLLOWED?
A Bellevue woman called Issaquah police March 2 after she believed a man was following her through town after exiting the freeway. She believed he turned the other way after he saw her put her phone to her ear.
CURSED
Issaquah police responded to a call March 8 of two men inside a truck cursing out of the window in the 1100 block of Northeast Park Drive.
HARASSMENT
A Sammamish couple reported receiving calls from someone claiming to be the husband’s ex girlfriend from 23 years ago. The woman was making odd comments about her past with the man. On March 15, the couple received a letter claiming the man was a “pedophile” and had inappropriate relations with her during her “formative years.” The California woman also made statements about retaining an attorney and knowing that the couple has “financial resources.”
SUSPICIOUS MAN
Sammamish police responded to a call of a suspicious man sleeping in his sports car in the 2100 block of Southeast 16th Street. When police contacted the 28-year-old Issaquah man, he said he, his mother and sister were driving back from visiting his daughter and his car ran out of gas. He said his mother and sister left in a separate vehicle and he wanted to stay with his car. When police contacted the mother she said she had no idea what he was talking about.
FRAUD
A Sammamish woman called police March 16 to report that she was concerned someone is using her vacant home for criminal activity.
The home, which is in the 1300 block of 230th Avenue Southeast, recently had packages returned to it from three different people in there different states.
