Bonney Lake Police Blotter | Feb. 14-27

PROWL: Police on Feb. 14 were dispatched to the 20100 block of Cascade Drive for a report of a vehicle prowl. The owner’s vehicle was parked in her driveway overnight and in the morning she discovered the stereo and speakers removed. The steering column had also been damaged in what appears to be an attempt to steal the car. Police are investigating.

PROWL: Police on Feb. 14 were dispatched to the 20100 block of Cascade Drive for a report of a vehicle prowl. The owner’s vehicle was parked in her driveway overnight and in the morning she discovered the stereo and speakers removed. The steering column had also been damaged in what appears to be an attempt to steal the car. Police are investigating.

A BRUSH WITH THE COPS: Police on Feb. 21 were called to Walmart for a report of a juvenile shoplifter in custody. Store security reported seeing the male select a toothbrush, enter the restroom and then exit without the toothbrush box. He then was observed selecting a few more items and going to a checkout to pay for them, with no attempt to pay for the toothbrush, which was found in his backpack. The juvenile admitted he took the toothbrush because he “wanted better teeth.” He was charged with shoplifting and released to his mother.

 

TRESPASS: Police on Feb. 22 were dispatched to the Walmart for a report of a trespass in progress. A man who was trespassed from all stores in 2011 was seen at the service counter. Police contacted the man in the parking lot and he said he knew he was not to be in the store, but had business at customer service. He was transported to Buckley jail and booked on charges of criminal trespassing.

 

PROWL: Officers on Feb. 23 took a report of a pair of vehicle prowls in the 6500 block of 194th Street East. The reporting party reported his vehicle was unlocked at the time of both thefts. Missing from the vehicle were a custom walking cane, a knife and the owner’s insurance card and registration. Police are investigating.

 

PROWL: Police on Feb. 24 were contacted by a resident in the 21100 block of 75th Street East regarding a vehicle prowl, which was left unlocked in her driveway. The owner reported the vehicle “ransacked” and several items missing including her registration, several prescription pills and a few small electronic devices. Police are investigating.

 

DUI: Police on a DUI emphasis patrol in Bonney Lake in the early morning hours of Feb. 26 observed on state Route 410 a vehicle drifting between lanes and pulled it over. Upon contact, officers noted the driver’s eyes were bloodshot and watery and he smelled strongly of intoxicants. The driver told police he had “a few beers and a couple of shots” at a birthday party before driving home. The driver failed several roadside tests and then blew a preliminary breath test of 0.117. He was transported to Buckley Jail where he blew a blood alcohol content of 0.110 and 0.123, He was booked on charges of driving under the influence.

 

VANDALISM: Officers on Feb. 26 were dispatched to the 16800 block of Hill Drive East for a report of malicious mischief to a vehicle. The owner reported that the back window was shattered sometime through the night. Police are investigating.

 

PROWL: Police on Feb. 26 responded to the 7700 block of 192nd Avenue East for the report of a vehicle prowl in which an unknown suspect entered an unlocked vehicle and removed the stereo, valued at $500. Police are investigating.

 

VANDALISM: Officers were contacted in the lobby of the Public Safety Building Feb. 27 by a resident reporting damage to his recreational vehicle while it was parked at his residence in the 19000 block of 68th Avenue East. Several spots that appeared to have been caused by a BB gun were seen on the vehicle’s windows. Police are investigating.

 

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: Police in Bonney Lake are investigating a residential burglary that occurred Feb. 27 in the 9500 block of 210th Avenue East. When the residents returned home from a weekend away, they found the door open and several items missing, including two televisions, a laptop, a gaming system and jewelry. The side door of the residence had been pried open.