All suspects in the police blotter are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

VEHICLE PROWL: On January 10, an officer responded to a 65th Street East residence for a damaged vehicle report. The victim told the officer that at approximately 6 a.m. that morning, her car alarm activated. She immediately noticed the shattered driver side window. She did not see anyone in the immediate vicinity of her vehicle and none of her property had been taken. The victim moved her vehicle from the front of her house to her driveway before the officer’s arrival. There were no witnesses or suspects at the time of the report. The victim was issued a case number and advised to contact her insurance company.

VANDALISM: At 1 p.m. Jan. 10, an officer was dispatched to a report of malicious damage to a vehicle. The owner said his wife heard what sounded like two drunk people in their driveway around 2 a.m., but they looked and saw no one. Two side windows on the car were smashed when they checked at 5 a.m. Nothing was missing from the vehicle. There was no suspect information at the time of the report.

LOST DRIVER: At 8:26 p.m. Jan. 10, Bonney Lake police were advised of an incoming possible DUI by Washington State Patrol. The reporting party had told WSP the vehicle was all over the road and driving at slow speeds in the oncoming lane. A records check showed the registered owner was an 89-year-old man. An officer observed the described vehicle as it passed in front of him on state Route 410 East and 198th Avenue East. The officer called backup and stopped the car in the bus turnout near 192nd Avenue East. The driver identified himself and said he was lost and trying to find his way home. He lived in West Seattle and had been lost on the road for a long time. He said he wasn’t sure where he was; he did not think he had been to Bonney Lake before. After confirming the case was not a DUI, the officer contacted the man’s daughter. She had reported the man missing to Seattle PD just an hour prior. She said it was the second time he had become confused while driving. She later arrived to take custody of her father. Bonney Lake Police notified Seattle Police the man had been found, and the officer completed a Department of Licensing reexamination request.

BURGLARY: At 8:50 a.m. Jan. 11, an officer took a report of theft and burglary from the Reed property on Barkubein Road East. A city employee reported that sometime overnight, someone cut the fence on the south side of the property. The unknown persons then drove onto the property, taking seven sewage pumps and 100 feet of power cabling located in an unsecured area to the southeast. The tracks from the unknown vehicle led from the southeast side of the property through a pasture along the fence line, leading out to Barkubein. Photos of the tire tracks were placed into evidence, and the pumps were entered into the state and National Crime Information Center databases by the records department. There were no witnesses or suspects at the time of the report, and a case number was provided to the city employee.

SHOPLIFTING: At 4:52 p.m. Jan. 11, an officer responded to Walmart in reference to shoplifting. Asset protection officers caught two juveniles stealing two bottles of vodka. An asset officer witnessed both enter the liquor section of the store and place the bottles in their pants before leaving the store without offering payment. Both were taken into custody at the asset protection office. Both juveniles confirmed the store’s allegations and signed witness statements. They were placed under arrest and later released to a parent. The incident was forwarded to the juvenile prosecuting attorney for review.

PALLET THEFT: At 10:12 p.m. Jan. 12, an officer was dispatched to Target in reference to a theft of several pallets from the store’s loading dock. An asset protection officer provided a written statement and video surveillance of the theft. The asset officer reported unknown suspects had taken pallets at 6 p.m., 7:01 p.m., and 7:42 p.m. the evening prior. A total of 31 pallets valued at $1,450 were taken. The suspect’s vehicle was a red full-size pick-up truck. On the third visit, the suspect brought an accomplice who assisted in loading the pallets onto the truck. The video was placed in evidence. No further information at the time of the report.

SHOTS FIRED: At 9:49 p.m. Jan. 13, five officers were dispatched to 182nd Avenue East in reference to gunshots fired in the area. A resident told officers he had heard two gunshots at 9:15 p.m, then five or six more at 9:45 p.m., accompanied by sounds of a male yelling. he did not know where the shots had come from or who was yelling. A patrol of the area yielded nothing. At 10:24 p.m., another person reported shots fired. She advised she believed the gunshots were coming from one of her neighbors. During the interview, an officer heard two more shots fired and believed they had come from the east. The officer searched the area by the lake with negative results, but as he returned to his patrol car he was approached by a seemingly intoxicated male. The man said he was the one firing a gun, and he was placed in handcuffs. The man changed his story several times during the interview. First he said he had gotten into an argument with a friend and they had fired shots at each other; then he said he was just at home with his cat when an unknown assailant fired at him, prompting him to fire his shotgun in self defense. He advised he had a medical marijuana grow op in his home, and that he had all the proper paperwork. Backup officers discovered spent shotgun shell casings by the rear door of the man’s home. A K9 unit arrived for a search of the house. There was a double barrel shotgun on top of a bar in the basement next to a nearly empty bottle of whiskey. More spent shotgun shells were found inside, but there was no evidence of another firearm being discharged. The medical marijuana paperwork was verified, and the man was transported to Fife jail where he was booked for unlawfully discharging a firearm within city limits. The spent shells were placed into evidence, and the incident was recommended for forwarding to the prosecutor.