The following information was compiled from the city of Sammamish and Issaquah police reports:
A manager of a Pine Lake Shopping Center grocery store called police Aug. 27 to report a major theft of hard liquor.
The manager said while he was in the parking lot shortly after 11 p.m., he hard the sound of bottles clanging. He looked up and observed four males climbing into an SUV and leaving the parking lot quickly.
He then noticed the door at the north entrance of the store was opened. This part of the store is normally locked at this time and would have had to been manually opened.
When he went into the store, the manager found several alcohol shelves emptied. When it was all tallied, more than $3,700 in liquor was taken off the shelves, including a box of 34 Crown Royal bottles and a box of 46 Courvoisier bottles.
Surveillance tape showed the men placing alcohol into grocery baskets, under their coats, and up their pant legs. They made two trips into the store. The incident is under investigation.
iPHONE AMNESIA
A Sammamish teenager called police Sept. 7 to report the theft of her iPhone.
While checking out a local grocery store, the girl left her phone on the counter. When she returned to pick it up, store workers said they did not see a phone and none were returned to lost and found.
The girl used a GPS device on her friend’s phone to track her device to a neighborhood where she found an older gentleman speaking to a landscaper. The older man denied picking up a phone, but as the landscaper drove off in his truck the dot began to move on the GPS. The girl and her friend wrote down the license plate number and police were able to track down the man.
Initially, he denied having the phone, but with the threat of video evidence at the store, the landscaper suddenly found the phone in the cab of his truck. The girl didn’t press charges. She only wanted her phone back.
UNRULY CUSTOMER
Police responded to a call of a man refusing to leave a pizza establishment in the Pine Lake neighborhood on Aug. 27.
The man was asked numerous times by employees to leave. He was then seen on video surveillance taking a swipe at the employee and knocking his hat off. The employee and his son then both tried to push the man out of the store.
The man was apparently upset about the conduct of one of the employees.
Police warned him that he needed to leave a store when asked or he is subject to arrest for trespassing.
SUSPICIOUS TEXTS
An 18-year-old Sammamish woman called police Aug. 31 to report that she and her friends had been receiving text messages and requests to Skype from an unknown person posing as one of their male friends.
The man repeatedly asked the females to disrobe in front of the camera.
The women are unsure how the man obtained their information, but confirmed that it was not the friend he was claiming to be.
Police called the phone number, which went static, then beeped without ringing. No records were found on the number.
HARASSING CALLS
A Sammamish couple called police Aug. 31 to report telephone harassment over the last six months.
The couple said during that time they were receiving calls and emails from someone they didn’t know.
The caller claimed to have had an affair with the woman over 20 years ago, but neither of the victims say they know what the man is talking about.
Police discovered the calls were coming from a pay phone in the Mountlake Terrace area.
HOUSE EGGED
A Sammamish man called police Aug. 31 to report their house had been egged the previous night in the 20500 block of Northeast 43rd Street.
The man wasn’t sure why he and his wife were targeted. They have two children under 10 and are not aware of any issues or problems.
RV BLOCKS TROLLEY
When the Issaquah Valley Trolley group tried to move their new car out of the garage Aug. 29, they had to call police to move an RV that was parked so close to the tracks that it blocked them.
The track has been inactive for several years, and only recently restored for the historic trolley program downtown.
SMASH & GRAB
A resident of a Sammamish apartment complex called police Aug. 30 to report someone smashed out the driver’s side window of his SUV.
Thieves only took a digital camera that was left in plain sight. Total loss was estimated at more than $600.
SIPHON FAIL
A Sammamish woman called police Aug. 25 to report someone pried her gas-tank door open in the 2500 block of 226th Place Northeast.
The woman said she heard her dogs barking loudly and didn’t think anything of it at the time. She believes someone was trying to siphon gas from her tank, but was scared off by her animals.
TOO MUCH BOOZE
Police responded to a call Sept 3 of a man being extremely drunk and suffering from hallucinations to the point where he could not recognize family members.
The 34-year-old man’s mother said her son, a recovering alcoholic, was having a really bad day and that she recently found he had hidden stashes of liquor in the house.
Due to prior health conditions, a high consumption of alcohol could have resulted in the man’s death. Police were forced to subdue the man, who didn’t want to go to the hospital to be checked out.
HOME BURGLARY
A Sammamish resident called police Aug. 31 to report someone broke into his house and stole more than $10,000 in items.
Thieves entered the home in the 3000 block of 198th Avenue Southeast through a sliding glass door, taking several items, including a mens’ gold, 1-carat diamond ring valued at $7,000.
OPEN CONTAINER
The property manager for Rowley Properties called Issaquah Police to write trespass warnings for two people, including a man who was drinking an open can of beer at a picnic table, from Pat’s Park Sept. 1.
The private park, located off Gilman Boulevard outside the Rowley’s main office, was built for the mother of Skip Rowley, who is a major Issaquah property owner and developer.
DEER EUTHANIZED
A driver hit a buck deer with a car, breaking its two legs Sept. 5 on the 8200 block of the Renton-Issaquah Road. An Issaquah officer euthanized it with a .45-caliber sidearm.
After contacting the state’s game warden, the Snoqualmie Tribe agreed to pick the carcass up a few hours later.
GEESE UNHARMED
Someone called police fearing that a wild goose had been injured on Gilman Boulevard in Issaquah on Sept. 4.
When the officer arrived he discovered about 30 geese in the area, but they all appeared to be OK.
TOOL BAG THEFT
A thief smashed in the window of a 2003 Honda Element at the Issaquah Transit Center on Sept. 3 and made off with a tool bag. The total loss was about $220.
PEDDLERS DENIED
A group of three people peddling cleaning products in Sammamish were contacted by police Aug. 28 for attempting to sell products without a license.
The group from Arizona was notified that the needed to go to City Hall and obtain a license before going door to door and that a future contact would result in arrest. They said they understood and went on their way.
