Runaway wallaby | The Issaquah Blotter

A woman called police to report a runaway wallaby March 8. The family pet had gone missing from her backyard, after the gate was left unsecured.

The following information was compiled from City of Issaquah police reports:

A woman called police to report a runaway wallaby March 8. The family pet had gone missing from her backyard, after the gate was left unsecured.

The officer circulated the area and contacted people walking by the 23200 block of Southeast 57th Street to ask if they had seen the missing pet, but no one had seen it.

The next day the owners reported that they were able to find and capture the wallaby on their own.

Political signs stolen

A member of the Issaquah Environmental Council reported to police March 10  that people have been stealing her signs regarding development in downtown Issaquah.

The signs address the issue around the Central Issaquah Plan.

She said she had seem the start disappearing over a few days before she called.

$30,000 diamond ring

A woman told police she was unsure where she lost her $30,000, 5-karat diamond ring March 14, but the Sammamish woman noticed it missing on the 1000 block of Gilman Boulevard.

She told the responding officer that she lives in Sammamish and would keep looking for the piece, however, she planned to contact her insurance.

Wrong type of garage

An officer responded to a call March 15 from the Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride, after someone reported someone was stripping a vehicle there.

It turned out that the car owner was making repairs on his vehicle in the garage. He was asked to stop.

Phone jack

Someone lifted 17 phones from a phone store worth $10,889 on March 13.

The employees told police someone broke into the store overnight on the 5600 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast.

Missing popsicles

A staff member from a nursing home on Front Street South called Issaquah police to make a report for a resident.

The resident reported that several of his or her ice cream bars went missing from the freezer March 7.