Wicker furniture tossed out of second-story apartment window | Sammamish Police Blotter Oct. 16-24

Published 4:49 pm Friday, October 30, 2015

The police blotter consists of officers’ accounts of crimes and incidents in the city of Sammamish. Anyone arrested is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Oct. 16

SWERVE: A Sammamish police officer stopped a vehicle for erratic driving at the intersection of Northeast Fourth Street and 228th Avenue Northeast. The vehicle, which the driver took without his parent’s permission, had a broken rear axle causing control issues.

SAVING UP: Someone embezzled $17,500 from the Sammamish Taco Bell, as reported to the Sammamish police.

DRUNK: Sammamish police found a drunk 17-year-old, who recorded a .207 in a preliminary breath test, wandering through Beaver Lake Park off 244th Avenue Southeast. Police released the minor to his parents.

Oct. 17

BROKEN WING: A resident in the 24000 block of Southeast 20th Street reported finding a yard ornament angel wing broken off and placed in her driveway in front of her garage.

Oct. 19

BOAT: Someone reported a boat has been at the corner of Northeast 18th Street and 216 Place Northeast for the last two months.

Oct. 22

QUICK FINGERS: Workers reported power landscape tools were taken from the back of the company truck off Peregrine Point Way Southeast while employees worked nearby. The tools were cabled and locked.

SMASH & GRAB: Someone smashed through the driver’s door to gain access to a car and stole an empty cloth bag along East Lake Sammamish Parkway.

CLEANING STAFF STRIKE AGAIN: About $22,000 in jewelry was reported stolen from a residence in the 24100 block of Southeast 21st Street while the cleaner was at the house.

MENTAL COMPLAINT: A woman reported a male stared at her through her door before walking off. The man, later found screaming on the side of the roadway at Northeast 28th Street and 244th Avenue Northeast, was unable to answer questions and was unsure how he ended up in Sammamish.

Oct. 24

RAINING FURNITURE: Someone in Saffron Apartments off of Northeast Eighth Street was reportedly tossing wicker furniture from the second floor patio.

LOST: Someone opened an unlocked car door in the 1800 block of 251st Place Southeast and removed the contents of the glove box to the floor and seat. Documents and a GPS were taken.

GUESS THIS MEANS NO MATH HOMEWORK: Someone broke into the rear driver’s side passenger window to gain access to a vehicle  in the 21200 block of Southeast 28th Street. The person took a textbook and calculator from a backpack.

SPOTTED: A caller reported seeing a white male with a beard who drove a dark colored Dodge Charger walk up to a car in the 4500 block of 230th Way Southeast before smashing a window and presumably stealing items from within.