Sammamish women confront protestors, steal signs | Police Blotter

Anti-Obama protesters called police Nov. 8 after a pair of Sammamish women confronted them and took their signs.

The following information was compiled from the Sammamish police reports:

Anti-Obama protesters called police Nov. 8 after a pair of Sammamish women confronted them and took their signs.

The protesters, who live in Seattle and Shoreline, were part of a political action coalition group that had signs stating, “Impeach Obama” and equated the President of the United States to Hitler. One poster even showed the President with the infamous Nazi mustache.

The group was set up outside a bank on the corner of Northeast 8th Street and 228th Avenue Northeast. After voicing her displeasure with the signs, one of the women grabbed a handful of free literature,  two clipboards and a poster and began to walk away. Another woman inside a bank also came out and started yelling profanities at the protestors. Both women got into a car and left with the signs.

Police later contacted the women, who returned the poster and clipboards to police. One of the women said she became so upset because she is Jewish and the images of Barack Obama depicted as Hitler made her “furious.” Members of the political group agreed not to press charges when police returned their materials to them.

SHATTERED

A Redmond man called police Nov. 10 to report someone smashed out the rear window of his dad’s SUV.

The vehicle, parked in the 2200 block of Northeast 14th Drive in Sammamish, was shattered by a metal gas can, which vandals left in the back of the vehicle. The can had the letters HSWC written on its side.

JAMMED UP

An employee at a Sammamish restaurant near the corner of Northeast 8th Street and 228th Avenue Southeast called police Nov. 6 to report vandalism to the locks on the front and back doors.

The woman said this was the second time in a month vandals stuck small objects in the key holes, completely jamming them.

Both times it cost $300 to get the doors fixed.

VANDALISM

A couple visiting their grandchildren called Sammamish police Nov. 4 after finding a basketball-sized dent in the side of the their truck.

Parked legally in the 2000 block of Northeast 19th Place, the man came out to find the damage to his vehicle. It appeared to be caused by a blunt object and not another vehicle.

Another resident in the 2200 block of Northeast 12th Place called with a similar report later the same evening. They found the same type of damage done to their vehicle and bits of pumpkin pieces on the ground.

HIT AND RUN

Police responded to a call of a hit and run outside Sahalee Country Club on Nov. 3.

When authorities arrived, they found a white Toyota Camry had collided with a fire hydrant before taking out a portion of fence along Sahalee Way. Damage was estimated at $1,500. No driver was found at the scene.

BIBLES STOLEN

A Sammamish resident called police Nov. 7 to report a theft of multiple items from his vehicle parked in front of his home.

The man, who lives in the 2400 block of Southeast 3rd Court, said thieves took several items including bibles valued at $200.

The victim said none of the items taken were of high monetary value but they would be hard to replace — particularly the bibles which his wife used to teach classes.

BURGLARY

A Sammamish man called police Nov. 2 to report the theft of nearly $8,000 worth of items from his home.

The man wasn’t certain if thieves forced their way into his home in the 2000 block of Eastlake Sammamish Place Southeast, or if he left a door unlocked.

Several pricey items were taken, including a diamond and gold ring valued at $4,500.

LIQUOR THEFT

Police were called to the Sammamish Safeway Nov. 7 after a witness reported seeing a man take 19 bottles of liquor, place them in a reusable bag and bypass the check stands without paying.

The total loss was estimated at $600.

MISSING RIFLE, MONEY

A Sammamish couple called police Nov. 6 to report someone stole a rifle along with cash they stored in old prescription bottles.

The couple, who lives in the 2400 block of Southeast 28th Street, said someone stole a pill bottle hidden in the bottom of their clothes basket. There was allegedly $2,000 in two missing bottles. Thieves also took a Mauser rifle and ammunition.