Police and fire agencies in the Snoqualmie Valley responded to the following calls:
Snoqualmie-North Bend Police Department
Saturday, Nov. 19
Car prowl: At 2:49 p.m., a caller told police that someone had broken into her vehicle, parked on the 6500 block of Railroad Ave. S.E. Snoqualmie, about 45 minutes earlier. The subject stole the owner’s purse and had already used her credit card, she said. Another officer recovered the stolen property while making contact with two subjects.
Sunday, Nov. 20
Counterfeit bill: At 2:27 a.m., a restaurant in the 700 block of S.W. Mount Si Boulevard, North Bend, reported that a customer had just attempted to pay for an order with a counterfeit $20. The restaurant refused the customer and notified police.
Suspicious: At 5:04 p.m., an employee of the Mount Si Food Bank on Boalch Avenue, N.W., North Bend, reported that the building’s front door was found open and an alarm was sounding. The director reported that she had locked the door when she left, but earlier in the day, a volunteer with the organization had caused a scene at the site. Police checked the building and found no signs of trouble.
Monday, Nov. 21
Assault: At 1:20 p.m., a group of five young men fighting in mud on the 30000 block of S.E. Park Street, Snoqualmie, was reported to police.
Wednesday, Nov. 23
Suspicious: At 6:27 p.m., police received a call reporting an attempted vehcile break-in on S.E. King Street, Snoqualmie. When police arrived, they found the driver of the car trying to fix the seal on the rear driver’s side door.
Thursday, Nov. 24
Suspicious: At 1:05 a.m., a man who had been drinking at a bar on the 38000 block of S.E. King Street, Snoqualmie, got into an argument with the bartender. The bartender threw a beer in the man’s face which made the man throw his beer at a window. Police sent the man home.
Theft: At 2:03 p.m., a driver filling up their car with gas on the 8030 block of Douglas Avenue, S.E., Snoqualmie, drove off without paying and with the nozzle still attached.
Saturday, Nov. 26
Assault: At 9:59 p.m., police were called to the 9000 block of Frontier Avenue S.E., North Bend, after reports of fight. Polcie found an 18-year-old man who had punched his girlfriend in the nose. Officers booked him into Issaquah County Jail.
Snoqualmie Fire Department
Wednesday, Nov. 23
Gas leak: At 3:02 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters were requested by Eastside Fire &Rescue to respond to E. Third Street, North Bend, for a report of a gas leak. PSE found the source, an unlit pilot light in a church in the area, just as the crew arrived.
Alarm: At 11:05 p.m., firefighters responded to a phoned-in report of a residential fire alarm sounding on Saint Andrews Lane S.E., They found a defective smoke detector, which was causing the other detectors to sound. They pulled the faulty detector down and advised the home owners to purchase a new one.
Thursday, Nov. 24
Alarm: At 1:24 p.m., a homeowner called the department to report that smoke alarms were going off at her home on Pinnacle Place S.E., but she was out of state with no way to handle it. The crew responded to find no obvious signs of fire from the exterior, but audible smoke alarms throughout the structure. Firefighters gained access to the home through an unlocked second-floor window and determined that the alarms were set off by a faulty battery in an upstairs smoke alarm. They replaced the battery and reset the system. The house was secured, and the homeowner was notified that the problem had been resolved.
Sunday, Nov. 27
Fire: At 6:47 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters along with Eastside Fire &Rescue and Fall City Fire were dispatched for a reported residential structure fire near Wilderness Rim in North Bend. When they arrived, it appeared there was no fire. They were asked to stand by at the hydrant, briefly, before the call was canceled.
Monday, Nov. 28
Alarm errors: At 7:45 a.m., Snoqualmie firefighters were dispatched to the self-storage complex on S.E. Douglas Street. When they arrived, the alarm panel at the three-story building was showing an error. They searched the building but found no problems. They attempted to reset the alarm, but couldn’t, so they left it in “trouble” mode and asked dispatch to contact the monitoring company.
Wednesday, Nov. 30
Alarm: At 2:44 a.m., Snoqualmie firefighters again responded to an automatic fire alarm at the self-storage complex on S.E. Douglas Street. This was the second alarm in two days related to a communication error between the building and the alarm company. The crew was unable to reset the alarm, and called alarm company.
Medical aid: In addition to the above calls, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to 15 medical aid incidents, bringing the total number of calls to date to 1,021.
