The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.
Between Sept. 14-20 the Kirkland Police Department reported 527 traffic violations (seven DUIs), 27 school zone traffic violations, 23 alarm calls, 24 noise complaints, six calls for malicious mischief, 15 calls of disturbance, 14 thefts, five car prowls, 41 acts of traffic abandonment, eight animal calls, 14 calls of civil disturbance, three reported burglaries, six domestic violence calls, 10 calls for harassment, eight reports of illegal drugs, four alleged assaults and nine acts of fraud. At least 29 people were arrested.
Sept. 19
Domestic violence: 10:35 a.m., 11459 109th Avenue N.E. A 24-year-old man was booked into jail after punching his 20-year-old brother in the face. His brother sustained injuries to his forehead, eye and toe.
Sept. 17
Order violation: 8:45 p.m., 303 6th Avenue. A 43-year-old man was arrested for violating a no-contact order with his 38-year-old girlfriend.
Sept. 16
Assault: 1:30 a.m., 89 Kirkland Avenue. A 31-year-old man and employee of Olive You night club allegedly assaulted a 25-year-old man at the night club after he discovered the man was talking to his girlfriend. The victim suffered contusions and lacerations to the face but declined medical attention.
DUI: 1:56 a.m., 12300 block of N.E. 85th Street. A 49-year-old man from Woodinville was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in a black Suburban.
MIP: 6:40 p.m., 12000 129th Lane N.E. A 19-year-old man was arrested for minor in consumption of alcohol after mood changes, stumbling, displaying slurred speech and strong odor. His post-Miranda preliminary breath test was 0.154.
Sept. 15
DUI: 12:55 a.m., 8419 122nd Avenue N.E. A 24-year-old man was booked into jail and released after being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in a white Malibu. His preliminary breath test was 0.189 and his blood alcohol content was 0.196.
DUI: 2 a.m., 500 Central Way. A 35-year-old man was stopped for not driving within his lane in a gray Tahoe. The man performed poorly on his standardized sobriety tests and had a preliminary breath test of 0.140 and blood alcohol content of 0.133.
Domestic violence: 9:43 p.m., 12010 120th Place N.E. A 47-year-old woman allegedly pinned down her 17-year-old daughter after an argument. The incident was 30 minutes after police had arrived for a previous verbal disturbance after the woman put her cigarette out in her daughter’s ice tea and slapped her.
Sept. 14
DUI: 10:10 p.m., 13400 block of 121st Avenue N.E. A 26-year-old man was taken into custody after he allegedly crashed his white Galant into a parked Miata. The man showed signs of intoxication and did poorly on his sobriety tests, however, refused a preliminary breath test. His blood alcohol content showed 0.96 and 0.93.
Illegal drugs: 6:20 p.m., 12016 Slater Avenue N.E. Kirkland and Bremerton police recovered meth, heroin and money from a 46-year-old man’s apartment on a search warrant. Bremerton police had three confirmed buys from one of criminal investigators. Two women were arrested on misdemeanor warrants and Bremerton police will charge the man and others at the apartment with illegal drug possession. There was a total of five women and two men involved.
