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

SPIT: At 10:39 a.m. July 2, a citizen called to report his son was “going nutty” and had spit on him. While officers were en route to the man’s residence, dispatch advised the suspect had fled the area on foot. The caller told police his son was intoxicated and became angry, eventually attempting to hit his father in the face. The son then started spitting on the caller, who said he believed his son did it to provoke him into a fight. When he called 911, the son fled. The caller said he was not injured from the encounter and did not want to make a statement. The officer advised he would fill out a report and forward it to the prosecutor for charging the son with domestic assault in the fourth degree.

LIQUOR VIOLATION: At 4:14 p.m. July 3, officers in Allan Yorke Park were alerted by Marine Patrol that two juvenile males were in the park trying to start a fight with a man. The boys attempted to walk away from officers on foot and were cut off near the Snack Shack by a motorcycle officer. One of the boys, who smelled strongly of alcohol, said he was going to beat up the man for “popping off” at him. The officer asked him how much he had to drink and he responded “not enough.” The officer told the boy that, based on the young age he had provided, any amount of alcohol was too much. He was placed under arrest for minor in possession of alcohol and for being a minor intoxicated in public. Based on information provided by the second boy, officers established an argument occurred in the skate park and carried over to the shoreside park. The victim of the incident told police little other than that the two boys tried to start a fight with him and that at one point the boy in custody pushed him. He did not want to give a statement or file assault charges. The second boy admitted to drinking a beer but did not appear intoxicated and was therefore not charged. The first boy was cited and both were told to leave the park for the rest of the day.

LOST AND FOUND: At 7:49 p.m. July 3, an officer was dispatched to 195th Avenue East to take a motor vehicle theft report. The complainant reported his black SUV had been stolen from the front of his home. He had last seen it the previous evening, and had left for work in the morning without noticing whether the car was there or not. When he returned home and found it missing, his girlfriend told him it had not been there when she returned home from work in the morning. On July 4, Bonney Lake police were advised the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office had recovered the vehicle from La Paloma Drive in the afternoon.

ARSON THREAT: At 1 p.m. July 4, an officer was dispatched to 94th Street East, where a man was threatening to blow up his home with his stepfather inside. The stepfather reported he believed the man was pouring gasoline in the yard. The officer contacted the stepfather in the driveway, where he reported his stepson had been acting erratic and paranoid, claiming Federal marshals in dragonsuits were out to get him. He came into the house agitated and smelling of gasoline, with a red rag sticking out of his pocket. When the stepfather asked him to leave the house, he squared himself into a fighting position and became confrontational. He said he would blow up his stepfather and the house. The man ran out of the house and the stepfather followed him to the driveway, at which point he fled west down the street. As the officer examined the property, he noted the gas cap had been removed from a truck and a red gas can was on its side in the backyard. The smell of gasoline was heavy in the air. Photos of the scene were taken for evidence. Officers elsewhere were able to detain the man without incident near 192nd Avenue and the Old Sumner-Buckley Highway. The man said he and his father had gotten into an argument about the stepson’s missing work, and had wanted to apologize by mowing the lawn. The original officer investigating the home noted all lawn mowers had been undisturbed, and that the scene suggested the suspect either intended to burn down the house as his stepfather said or to light fire to the pick up truck by sticking his gasoline-soaked rag into the open tank. He was booked into Pierce County Jail on one count of attempted arson.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT: At 11:26 p.m. July 4, officers were dispatched to a domestic violence assault that had just occurred. The victim reported she was watching fireworks at another home when her husband came up and laid on her. She pushed him off and he punched her in the eye. She started screaming she had been punched and he left on foot. A friend returned the victim to her home and locked the doors. The husband came back and attempted to enter the house before leaving. The victim reported he was an alcoholic and had been violent with her previously in their marriage. Officers located the husband at a relative’s house, where he said he did not recall the events of the evening. Officers arrested and booked him for domestic assault and issued a temporary no-contact order.

VANDALISM: At 8:31 a.m. July 5, an officer was dispatched to a vandalism report at 182nd Avenue East. The reporting party said unknown suspects had damaged a portable toilet on the property. He said the damage occurred some time between 4 p.m. July 3 and 8 a.m. July 5. The man had already contacted the leasing company about the damage. It appeared the suspect had dismantled the structure either by hand or with hammers. Given the proximity to the Independence Day holiday, the officer noted there was no evidence the damage was caused by fireworks. Photos were taken and admitted into evidence.

CUT WIRING: At 9:15 a.m. July 5, an officer responded to a malicious mischief call at a 77th Street East home under construction. The complainant reported electrical wiring had been cut at numerous locations at some time between 9 p.m. July 3 and 8 a.m. July 5. Examination of the damage did not show evidence of attempted theft of the wiring, only cuts. The complainant was not aware of anyone who might be angry with him or have motive to damage his property. He believed the entire house would need to be rewired.

VEHICLE PROWL: At 2:55 p.m. July 6, an officer was dispatched to the post office in response to a vehicle prowl. The complainant reported she had gone into the post office for a minute and returned to find her passenger window smashed. She noted that she saw a small green truck and a white male in shorts with dark hair in the lot before she entered the building. Taken from her car was a purse containing several transaction cards and a phone. The officer advised her to cancel her cards with the relevant financial institutions to prevent unwanted activity.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: At 10 p.m. July 6, officers responded to a malicious mischief call at a 109th Street Court East residence. A man reported his brother had damaged several items in his residence. An officer stayed with the brother on the porch while his colleague spoke with the complainant inside. The man reported his brother had been staying with him for several weeks while he was on work release. The complainant had left on a family outing that morning and returned to find his brother passed out from consuming alcohol. He found a large hole in his daughter’s wall and damage to two doors elsewhere in the house. As the officer re-contacted the brother, he said he had been speaking with his “imaginary” girlfriend on the phone and an argument led him to take it out on the house. He expressed remorse at damaging his brother’s home after he had taken him in, and said he wanted to pay for the damage. He refused a voluntary breath test. He was arrested and booked into jail for malicious mischief. The officer returned to the scene and took photos of the damage for evidence.

SHOPLIFTING: At 9:34 p.m. July 7, two officers were dispatched to a shoplifting incident in progress at Safeway. An assistant manager called to report a woman in a pink dress had stolen items and left the store. The officers contacted the woman and a man in a vehicle parked in front of the store. The man was unaware of the theft until the woman exited the store with items and was confronted by the assistant manager, who repossessed the merchandise; the assistant manager confirmed the man was not involved. The woman admitted the theft to police, saying she had no money to pay and intended to steal when she entered the store. She was cited for theft and the store banned her for one year.

BURGLARY: At 8:36 a.m. July 8, an officer was dispatched to the Lake Jane Pool for a commercial burglary that had occurred overnight. The manager said the cash register had been stolen from the concession stand area, and that the theft had occurred some time between 7 p.m. July 7 and 8:30 a.m. She said the suspects would have entered from an open small window on the north side of the building. Normally the window was secured shut by a stick, but it appeared to have been removed. The officer took photos of the window for evidence and generated a case number for insurance reporting purposes.

WARRANTS: At 11:55 a.m. July 8, an officer responded to the Bonney Lake Village shopping center, where a caller reported a suspicious and possibly intoxicated male sitting in a vehicle for 20 minutes. The officer located the car and man in front of the Goodwill; he seemed to be acting strangely and possibly under the influence. He said he was waiting for his friend, who was shopping inside. The friend emerged, and he appeared to have similarly strange mannerisms. A check on the passenger turned up four misdemeanor arrest warrants, including one out of the Sumner municipal court for displaying a weapon. He was arrested for the warrants and a Sumner officer arrived to take custody. Employees of the Goodwill asked that the men be trespassed from the store indefinitely due to their odd behavior.

FOUND PHONE: At 7:55 p.m. July 8, an officer took custody of a broken cell phone found at the Lake Jane Pool and booked it into the department property room for safekeeping.

THEFT: At 8 p.m. July 9, an officer was dispatched to Vandermark Road East regarding theft from a trailer. The complainant advised unknown suspects had cut padlocks off his cargo trailer and taken thousands of dollars worth of motorcycle tools and other paraphernalia. The officer advised the complainant to monitor local pawn shops, eBay and Craigslist for the items, and contact police if he located them. Items with known serial numbers were entered into the Washington Crime Information Center database.