All suspects in the police blotter are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
LICENSE SUSPENDED: At 10:31 a.m. April 10, an officer saw a vehicle with expired tabs traveling westbound on Veterans Memorial Drive from Locust Avenue. A records check revealed the registered owner’s license to drive was suspended and a municipal court warrant had been issued for his arrest. An emergency stop was initiated in the parking lot behind the food bank. The driver said he was unaware of the suspension and warrant. He was arrested with full cooperation and directly transported to court. The vehicle was released with a passenger at the scene.
GAS THEFT: At 10:18 a.m. April 11, a 99th Street Court East resident reported the theft of gas from her vehicle. She had gone out to the car at 8 a.m. and noticed the gas cap door was stuck open. The driver side door lock’s paint was deeply scratched and wouldn’t open immediately. When she finally opened the door and attempted to drive her kids to school, the car was out of gas; she said she had a quarter tank when she arrived home the night before. The officer provided a case number and cleared the call.
RUNAWAY: At noon April 11, three Bonney Lake officers were asked to assist in apprehending a juvenile runaway who had been tracked to Bonney Lake via her cell phone. She had a warrant out of Thurston County. An officer located her driving in the Walmart parking lot and pulled her over. She was arrested without incident and an unreported passenger runaway was detained by police at her parents’ request, until they could pick her up.
WALLET THEFT: At 2:37 a.m. April 14, an officer was dispatched to Grocery Outlet to meet with a taxi driver reporting the theft of his wallet by a male passenger he had dropped off at the location earlier. The driver said he had picked up the man and two women from Schafer’s Bar & Grill shortly before 2 a.m. and transported them to the Grocery Outlet parking lot. They had waved him down at the bar, so he did not have their identifying information other than their appearance and the last four digits of the man’s debit card. The wallet was wedged next to the passenger seat and the driver believed the man had taken it inadvertently while gathering his own things. The officer advised the man to call police if the wallet was returned.
SHOPLIFTING: At 3:36 a.m. April 14, an officer was dispatched to a theft in progress at Safeway. Employees called dispatch reporting a teen with a black back pack had stolen a bottle of liquor and fled on a bicycle. He was accompanied by another male on a bicycle. An employee advised he saw the suspect conceal a liquor bottle in his back pack. When confronted, he offered a potted plant but would not open his satchel. As the employee called 911, the suspect left the store, fleeing southbound on 214th Avenue East.
MISSING BIKE: At 7:36 a.m. April 15, an officer spoke with a man regarding the theft of his bike off his car. He had been parked at Safeway while he shopped for five minutes. The man agreed to find the bike’s serial number for police. The officer advised him to monitor Craigslist and local pawn shops.
CREEPY: At 3:51 p.m. April 15, an officer responded to suspicious person report at a Church Lake Drive East residence. A woman reported she was in her front yard when an unfamiliar man approached and asked for her number. When she said no, he replied he had been watching her for the past few days and thought she was pretty. The answer was still no. He attempted to open the gate to come into her driveway. The woman’s dog began barking, and she told the man the dog would bite him if he came further. He then left. The officer asked the woman to advise her neighbors of what had happened, install motion lights and keep her doors locked.
