The following information was compiled from the City of Sammamish police reports:
Sammamish police responded to a call of a bicyclist getting bit by a dog Aug. 9.
The man called police after he said he was riding his bicycle in the 600 block of Windsor Drive Southeast when he saw a large white dog in the roadway. The bike rider said he got off his bike because he didn’t want to hit the dog as “he has hit dogs in the past.”
The man said the labradoodle, later identified as Dude, was barking at him. As the dog’s owner came out to retrieve him, a small rat terrier, later identified as Sweat Pea, bit the man in his left calf.
Police reported the man received a puncture wound, but it was not bleeding.
The dog owner said she apologized to the man and thought the smaller dog was just protecting the larger one. A neighbor, who said she saw the whole thing, reported the bike rider was the aggressor, yelling at the dogs and swinging his bike at them.
The man said he would tend to the injuries himself.
HIT AND ‘RUN’
A Renton woman driving a pickup truck hit the side of a car while exiting a convenience store parking lot on East Lake Sammamish Parkway Aug. 9 and then unsuccessfully fled the scene. When she went back to her car, the woman acted as she was going for her insurance, then took off in her truck.
Police eventually found her truck abandoned at the corner of Southeast 39th Street and 212th Avenue Southeast with the woman hiding under a nearby bush. She said she did not have insurance for her vehicle, got scared and left. She told police she called a friend for advice, but her phone died before she got any. She was arrested.
DRUNKEN FAIL
Sammamish police responded to a report of a noise disturbance in the early hours of Aug. 11 at Pine Lake Park.
Upon arrival, police made contact with several young adults, who were warned and left without incident.
One 18-year-old male, who smelled strongly of alcohol, refused to cooperate. When asked for his identification, the man made a break for the main entrance to the park at 228th Avenue Southeast. He was eventually tackled to the ground by officers who were waiting at the gate. He was cited with a minor in possession and obstructing justice.
NEIGHBORS CLASH
Police responded to a call of vandalism Aug. 6, more than a year after the alleged incident took place. The caller, in the 3400 block of East Lake Sammamish Shore Lane Northeast, said their neighbors destroyed the slate steps between their house and the fence, causing $500 in damage. They said they didn’t notify police at the time because they wanted to ignore it and not get into a situation with their neighbors.
EGGED HOUSE
A Sammamish man called police Aug. 11 to report that someone egged his house the previous night, yelled something and sped off.
The man described the car as a dark four-door sedan. He said he has one daughter away at college and a teenage son who does not go to school in the area, and wasn’t sure why his house in the 20500 block of Northeast 24th Place was a target. There was no damage to the home other than a dried egg on the window.
IN THE NICK OF TIME
A 65-year-old Redmond man was arrested for DUI on Aug. 6 as he was attempting to leave the Sammamish Safeway parking lot.
Witnessed saw the man stumbling around the parking lot at 12:13 p.m. Police were able to stop the man just before he entered a busy roadway on 228th Avenue Southeast.
The man, who returned a .194 blood alcohol content level, was booked at the Issaquah Jail.
STOLEN CONES
A construction worker flagged down a Sammamish officer Aug. 8 to report the theft of several traffic cones and a sidewalk closed sign. The items taken were along 233rd Avenue Northeast, north of Northeast Eighth Street.
HARASSING CALLS
A Sammamish woman called police Aug. 3 to report someone in the Washington, D.C., area called her home multiple times, swore obscenities at her and talked badly about her, her mother and her sister.
The woman said she didn’t know who the man was, but that she was a victim of fraud about a year ago where somebody from the Washington, D.C., area used her credit card for a $400 purchase. She was unsure if the call might be related.
Police contacted the caller, who sounded shocked and said he had a number of friends living with him.
EARLY BIRDS
A Sammamish woman called police Aug. 11 to report construction workers making loud noises at 6:40 a.m. in the 2300 block of Southeast 48th Street. Police told the men they could not start work until 9 a.m. on a Saturday and 7 a.m., Monday through Friday.
ALCOHOL THEFT
A teenage male was spotted running into a store Aug. 7 in the 3300 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway and stealing a 12-pack of Budweiser. The boy jumped into a dark colored BMW sedan that had at least three other people inside.
SCHOOL VANDALISM
Workers at the Sammamish Learning Center called police Aug. 7 to report someone vandalized a window and several flower pots. A tricycle was also missing, but recovered just down the street.
