SHRINKAGE: On March 5, an officer met with a warehouse manager and the Director of Special Investigations regarding theft of products from their warehouse in Sumner. The company that owns the products received a tip that an employee of the warehouse was stealing boxes of products and selling the items on eBay. The value of the stolen items came to $2,250. An investigator witnessed the suspect cut the seal on a trailer, move his personal vehicle near the trailer and load boxes from the trailer into his vehicle. The suspect then left his vehicle unattended and the investigator said he saw in the bed of his truck the property which belonged to his company. The suspect was later arrested by another law enforcement agency for an unrelated incident and his vehicle was impounded. The Sumner officer contacted the tow company and placed a hold on the vehicle. The suspect was later questioned at the jail and he first said he didn’t know anything about it. The officer then advised him he was under surveillance and that there were pictures of him committing the theft. He then admitted stealing the boxes of merchandise from the warehouse and selling the stuff to make money to buy drugs. The suspect was then booked into Pierce County Jail for theft.
TRESPASS: On March 3 at approximately 4:45 a.m., officers responded to a report of a suspicious person walking around inside the lot at a car dealership. The clerk from a nearby business called 911 to report he was watching a male dressed in dark clothing walking in and out of the lot to a waiting vehicle several times. Officers were out looking for the subject when an officer equipped with a thermal imaging device saw a flash from a heat signature on the right moving toward the officer. The officer saw a large dark figure moving inside of the fence, whom he ordered the to stop moving and show his hands; the subject complied.
The subject said to the officer, “I didn’t do anything. I was just walking around. I didn’t see any ‘No Trespassing’ signs so I just went inside.”
The officer responded, “Come on man, you know better than that. There’s a fence.”
Officers walked around the lot to see if they could find any damaged vehicles, what they did find were a flashlight, work gloves and a wrench. The subject claimed the items and the officer told the subject he believed they were used to prowl vehicles. The subject said he didn’t have a chance to prowl the vehicles as the police got there too quickly. The subject had a warrant out of the city of Renton so he was released to the Renton Police Department on their warrant. The subject was issued a citation for possessing burglary tools and criminal trespassing.
TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET: On March 3, at approximately 12:13 a.m. officers were dispatched to a possible physical domestic in progress. A neighbor called and advised that a male and female were yelling and screaming. Officers went to the front door and listened. They could hear raised voices of a male and a female. When officers knocked on the door it went silent but nobody came to the door. The officer knocked again and a male subject answered the door and invited the officer inside. A female subject was seen in the bathroom motioning to the officers that the male who answered the door was not the subject she was arguing with. One officer went to speak with the female subject while other officers went to speak with the other subjects involved. The witness said that he was sleeping when he heard his brother and brother’s girlfriend arguing. He said he opened his bedroom door and observed things thrown all over the floor. He then told the subjects to keep it down or the police would come. Officers were then advised by dispatch that there was a served no contact order between the male and female. Officers found him hiding in a closet. The male was transported to Puyallup Jail and booked for violation of a No Contact order.
