The blotter consists of officers’ accounts of crimes and other incidents in the city of Issaquah. Persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
May 5
SIX GEESE-A-LAYING, FIVE SMALL KNIVES: A resident reported seeing a man walk into the Qdoba in the 6100 block of E. Lake Sammamish Parkway SE at 4 p.m. carrying five small knives. Police arrived at the Mexican restaurant and spoke with employees and customers, but no one reported anything suspicious.
CHEECH AND CHONG: A subject was reported to be smoking marijuana at 6:16 p.m. in a parked car in a parking lot of the 6600 block of 230th Ave. SE. Police spoke to the man and he admitted that he had been smoking. He said he had been driving all day and he had pulled over to watch a movie on his phone and rest. Police told him not to smoke marijuana in a private parking lot and not to drive while impaired.
May 7
NEED A KEY: A suspicious person was reported to be possibly trying to get into Key Bank, located in the 400 block of NW Gilman Blvd., at 8:26 a.m. Police contacted the person. He said he was waiting for the bank to open.
May 8
SOMEBODY’S BANGING AT YOUR DOOR: A male was banging on the door of a home in the 200 block of NW Holly St. at 7:09 a.m. When police arrived, the male had driven away. The door-knocker had been trying to collect payment for a drywall job from the homeowner. The homeowners had not paid him due to shoddy workmanship.
BAA BAA BLACK BEAR: Police responded to a report of a black bear in a tree at 11:05 a.m. in the 500 block of E. Sunset Way. Police contacted the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, who said that they would not be coming out right away as the bear is radio-collared. Police advised the responding party to keep his distance from the bear.