The blotter consists of Issaquah police officers’ accounts of crimes and incidents in the city. Anyone arrested is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

August 21

VEHICLE PROWL: A pocketbook and cash valued at $231 were reported stolen from a 2006 Subaru on the 19200 block of Southeast 49th Street.

ROCKET GIRL: A bystander reported a young girl riding a “pocket bike” at a high rate of speed between parked cars in the lot of Issaquah Valley Elementary School. Police were unable to locate the girl.

LOUD AND PROUD: An officer contacted a man on the 1000 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard whom had been reported yelling at passersby. The man told the officer it was his first amendment right to do so. The officer said he could speak whenever he wanted but needed to keep it down.

August 22

BRAKES OUT: An elderly woman reported she was not injured when her car hopped a curb and collided with shrubs in a parking lot on the 5700 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast. She said her vehicle suddenly accelerated and when she attempted to brake, the pedal went to the floor. The vehicle sustained minor damage.

INAPPROPRIATE: Police trespassed a woman from a Gilman Village store after a supervisor reported her making inappropriate sexual comments to a teenage employee.

August 23

STOLEN CAR: A 19-year-old Issaquah man and 20-year-old Sammamish man were arrested on the 300 block of Rainier Boulevard South after being found in possession of a stolen motor vehicle.

BUDGET BEAUTY: An officer contacted a woman inside the secured trash area of the Ulta cosmetics store on Highlands Drive Northeast. The woman said she was looking for items that were still good and had opened the security gate to get inside. She was trespassed from the location.

August 24

CAN’T HEAR ME NOW: A cellphone was reported stolen from the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard.

DON’T GET CAPPED: An officer responded to a report of two people showing each other guns in the park behind Rite Aid on the 1000 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard. They were cap guns.

August 25

MOWED: A lawnmower valued at $5,000 was reported stolen from the 4700 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast.

MEAN GIRLS: A woman reported two neighboring juvenile girls were making her feel unsafe as they sat in a community tree staring into her home on Northeast Kelsey Lane. The woman had previously reported the girls leaving dog feces on her sidewalk. An officer discussed options for obtaining a court order or talking to the homeowners association.

FAST, FURIOUS, OBNOXIOUS: An officer contacted teens in the Safeway parking lot on the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard, whom a police corporal had witnessed doing burnouts. They admitted doing burnouts when questioned. Their license plates came back clear and they left the area.

August 26

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: A door was reported damaged on the 100 block of Newport Way Southwest.

THEFT: Windows and lumber valued at $1,150 were reported stolen from a location on the 500 block of Southeast Evans Lane.