Driver hit by flying scooter wheel in Sammamish | Police blotter

A Carnation man’s car was struck by a scooter wheel after a young male tossed it at his car on 228th Avenue Southeast, Feb. 4, near the Sammamish Skate Park.

The following information was compiled from Issaquah and Sammamish police reports:

A Carnation man’s car was struck by a scooter wheel after a young male tossed it at his car on 228th Avenue Southeast, Feb. 4, near the Sammamish Skate Park.

The wheel caused an estimated $1,000 in damage to the vehicle’s rear bumper.

Police were called to the scene where they found the 14-year-old who admitted to throwing pieces of a scooter at three different vehicles. He said he knew he “screwed up” when he heard the wheel hit the car and initially got scared and took off. He left his phone and backpack and returned to the scene where he was detained by police.

Domestic attack

A Sammamish woman was arrested  the morning of Jan. 29 after punching her ex husband’s girlfriend twice in the head then turning on him. When the ex husband tried to break it up, she punched him with a closed fist causing scratches to his face. The woman, who had been divorced from her husband since June 2011, later admitted to hitting both parties and said no one had touched her. She was then taken into custody.

Scrap burglars

Police arrested a man and a woman after finding them rummaging around a scrap yard in Issaquah at about 1 a.m., Jan. 28.

The man had a criminal history and they were both out of jail on bails set over $10,000 each.

The business, located on 900 block of 7th Avenue Northwest, has been hit with recent thefts, so the officer responded quickly enough to find the man loading an old TV into the trunk of his BMW.

When he heard the officer call for backup, he called to the woman, but not quickly enough. She showed up to the car with a pillaged computer hard drive.

They both claimed they didn’t know that they were trespassing. The woman gave a couple names, and after running them, the officer pulled up two warrants.

Hide and go seek

A Sammamish family had more than $50,000 worth of jewelry stolen from their home between 4 and 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9. The thieves took ruby necklaces, gold coins and sapphires from the master bedroom of the home in the 4500 block of 191 Place Northeast. The homeowner said she was aware of recent home burglaries in the area and remedied the situation by putting all her jewelry in a plastic bag in the closet out of plain view. The burglars entered through rear sliding door, which was broken.

Flamingo roadblock

Police were called to Mount Olympus Drive and Sunset Way in Issaquah where a traffic cone, balloon and pink plastic flamingo were blocking the roadway Feb. 4.

Drugged driving

A young woman was arrested after driving a dangerous path through the Issaquah valley floor while she was high on Percocet.

Someone followed her from around Issaquah Valley Elementary to the Safeway, where she parked on a median. With a slurred voice she told the witness that she was fine, and then she continued to drive.

The man saw her almost cause a head-on collision six different times. He told police her car crossed over the fog line several times.

She eventually veered off the road and struck a tree on Gilman Boulevard Jan. 26.

The officer didn’t find any signs of alcohol, but she told him she was on Percocet. She was uncooperative at the hospital, and said she wanted to kill herself.

Phone scam

A Sammamish woman called police Feb. 2 after suspicious phone call.

The resident said an “African sounding male” told her she had won $3.5 million and all she had to do was go to a local store and get a $200 money pack and call him back. He said he would then send the state marshalls to come get the money pack from her.

The caller did not get the money pack or call back, but just wanted to make police aware of the incident.

Missing plate

A Sammamish resident reported the rear license plate on her SUV was stolen sometime between Feb. 1 and Feb. 9.

She wasn’t sure when the theft actually happened as she traveled many places, but the plates had a Good to Go Pass bar code sticker on it.

Siphoned gas

A man called police after he suspected someone had been siphoning gas from his truck while it was parked in his driveway Feb. 4.

He didn’t want to file a report, but he did ask for extra patrols on the 2300 block of Squak Mountain Loop Southwest.

Business break-in

Someone busted open the doors of a boating and heavy equipment store and made off with three backpack blowers and four yard trimmers, a $2,790 loss Feb. 10.

Metal theft

Five brass end caps, worth $1,200, were swept off some underground water pipes on Newport Way and Maple Street Feb. 9.