The police blotter represents officers’ account of crimes and incidents in Issaquah. All arrested persons are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
Feb. 13
WHEN NATURE CALLS: Shortly before 9 a.m., a complainant told an officer she had seen a female climb over a fence on the 100 block of Northeast Gilman Boulevard while a male stood by. The female then began to urinate. The complainant told them to leave, which they did.
iPROWL: A laptop was reported stolen from a Honda Civic parked on the 100 block of Cougar Ridge Road Northwest.
DOMESTIC: An officer responded to a possible domestic violence incident on the 900 block of Northeast High Street. The incident was verbal only.
CLEAR OUT: An officer contacted the resident of a transient camp found by city public works employees near the corner of Renton-Issaquah Road Southeast and Northwest Talus Drive. The man said he stayed in the camp with one other person. The officer warned him about the city’s ordinance against camping and told him to clear out and leave.
NOT SO FAST, NOR SO FURIOUS: Responding to a report of reckless driving, an officer contacted a man behind a building on the 5100 block of 220th Avenue Southeast. The man explained he had been trying to drift his car. He said he would never do it again and he left the area.
Feb. 14
ASSAULT: A 21-year-old man was arrested for domestic violence near the 300 block of Northwest Dogwood Street. He was taken in for assault in the fourth degree and malicious mischief in the third for causing $100 of damage to a door.
ONE OF THESE DAYS: An officer responded to a car illegally stopped and unattended in the roadway of the 2600 block of Northeast Park Drive. The owner came out of a nearby business and said she was late for work and planned to move the vehicle. The officer gave her a warning.
HEY!: An officer searched unsuccessfully for a driver seen taking newspapers out of mailboxes on Capella Drive Northwest.
Feb. 15
DIFFICULT: A 46-year-old man was arrested for assault and obstruction on the 1300 block of Northwest Mall Street.
WALLET: A wallet was reported stolen from a location on the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard, at a total loss of $125.
Feb. 16
BBQ: A citizen reported their concern that someone was burning trash in a 55-gallon drum on the 300 block of Front Street South. The officer contacted the alleged trash burner, who was actually burning sticks in his homemade barbecue.
BLUE PLATE SPECIAL: A license plate was reported stolen from a car on the 22900 block of Southeast Black Nugget Road.
SMASH: A vehicle prowl on Southeast 79th Street resulted in an $850 loss from a damaged window and stolen pocketbook.
Feb. 17
CAN YOU FIND ME NOW?: A cellphone was reported stolen, at a total loss of $500, from a location on the 6100 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast.
SANDBOX, NOT LITTERBOX: The director of a daycare on the 100 block of Northeast Gilman Boulevard informed police that people had been sleeping on the playground and urinating on the property.
BREATHING: An officer contacted a complainant regarding a harassing call. The person recorded a voice mail from Sight Connection, a vision loss charity, which consisted of several minutes of heavy breathing.
Feb. 18
LIBRARY: A caller reported persons sleeping behind the Issaquah King County Library next to the dumpster.
OVERPASS: Two people were asked to move along after an officer found them sleeping under the overpass for Interstate 90’s East Sunset Way exit.
Feb. 19
NOWHERE TO GO: An officer responded to an accident with no injuries near the intersection of Northwest Talus Drive and Timber Ridge Way Northwest. The reporting person said he and a dump truck were merging right to avoid construction when another car sped up behind him.
