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 July 3-11, the Kirkland Police Department reported 580 traffic violations (21 DUIs), three animal calls, 46 alarm calls, 14 noise complaints, two juvenile crimes, eight calls of disturbance, 15 thefts, 15 car prowls, 15 car thefts, 28 traffic accidents, 19 calls of civil disturbance, 14 reported burglaries, 21 domestic violence calls, 11 calls for harassment, eight reports of illegal drugs, seven acts of fraud, 16 malicious mischief reports, one call for vice, two robberies and five suicides. At least 50 people were arrested.
Dec. 5
Assault: 11:15 p.m., 11011 NE 135th Place. A 37-year-old woman was arrested after punching her boyfriend in the face and injuring him by stabbing a kitchen knife through a bathroom door where he was hiding from her. The man was able to escape the bathroom and call 911.
Domestic: 12:03 a.m., 12311 NE 150th Ct. A 22-year-old woman was arrested for domestic violence after she slapped at and consequently scratched the face of her 50-year-old boyfriend. The woman also threw paint all over the man’s bedroom and stairway, and broke several items.
Domestic: 9:50 a.m., 13804 87th Ave. NE. A 33-year-old man and his 36-year-old brother got into an argument over how drunk the younger brother was that morning. The younger brother threw a bottle of liquid soap at the other man, striking him in the head. The younger brother was arrested for domestic violence.
Dec. 4
Assault: 8:19 p.m., 13715 115th Ave. NE. A 36-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly kicked his ex-wife in the stomach while she was picking up their son. The man was arrested for assault and domestic violence.
Warrant arrest: 9:21 a.m., 11515 NE 118th St. A 19-year-old Federal Way man was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant.
Dec. 3
Trespass: 8:50 p.m., 11620 NE 149th St. A man briefly returned home but failed to close the door completely before he left. His wife came home with the couple’s infant son and locked the door behind her. She then heard a noise in the home. She ran went to her infant’s room and locked the door behind her and called police. She then heard the front door open and close. When police arrived they checked the premises, finding only a back yard gate unlocked and open.
Dec. 2
Theft: 8:20 p.m., 6619 132nd Ave. NE. A 16-year-old boy and an unknown white man stole liquor from Bartells on Rose Hill. The boy was located behind the Red Apple Market with a bottle of whiskey and positively identified by the reporting party. The boy was booked and released to his mother.
Nov. 30
Domestic: 12:09 a.m., 6711 110th Ave. NE. A 30-year-old woman was arrested for domestic violence after an officer observed her bite her husband on the chest as he was trying to assist her from falling due to being highly intoxicated.
Nov. 28
Domestic: 8 a.m., 10126 NE 63rd St. A 41-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly scratched a 40-year-old man during an argument. The two adults have been dating for seven years and have a 17-month-old child together.
