Blotter: Fake landlord get out of the rain; too soon for fireworks
Published 5:06 pm Friday, January 16, 2015
Snoqualmie Police Dept. (covering North Bend)
Saturday, Dec. 27
Imposter: At 9:05 a.m., police were called to a business in the 100 block of West North Bend Way, North Bend. A caller reported that someone was in one of the vacant apartments upstairs, throwing things, and falsely claiming to be the landlord. Police contacted the person, who broke a lock to get into the room, saying he wanted to get out of the rain. Police booked him into jail.
Reckless driving: At 10:48 p.m., a resident complained about a black BMW doing doughnuts in the Ogle Place Northeast cul-de-sac in Snoqualmie. He also said the reckless driving went on every night. Police contacted the vehicle owner who said he’d been speeding today but that he hadn’t been doing it nightly.
Tuesday, Dec. 30
Box break-in: At 1:52 p.m., staff at the North Bend Post Office reported that someone had broken into several mailboxes inside the post office over the past week.
Wednesday, Dec. 31
Fireworks: At 8:17 p.m., a caller in the 7000 block of Snowberry Avenue Southeast, Snoqualmie, complained that a group of juveniles and adults were lighting fireworks too early. The caller asked police to advise them of the times fireworks are allowed —10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Police could not locate the subjects. They got two more fireworks calls for the night, both in Snoqualmie, but could not locate the subjects.
Intoxicated: At 9:46 p.m., a business in the 200 block of Main Avenue South, North Bend, called police to have a man removed from the store. The subject, a white man in his 50s, was wearing many layers of clothing and may have been a transient. He’d been sitting outside asking people for cigarettes and a ride, and later was yelling profanities at people. Police transported him to jail.
Friday, Jan. 2
Theft: At 9:33 p.m., a store employee in the 400 block of East North Bend Way, North Bend, reported a theft. The caller said two men had shoplifted several items and left the store 10 minutes earlier, heading westbound on North Bend Way.
Suspicious: At 11:39 a.m., a caller in the 1000 block of 13th Place Southwest, North Bend, reported a suspicious-looking stranger had come to their door the previous night, asking for a different address and trying to look inside the house. The resident redirected the stranger, who left in a beat-up white car. The resident also said he saw the same car pull out of another driveway later.
Shoplift: At 2:49 p.m., a business in the 500 block of South Fork Avenue Southwest, North Bend, reported a theft in progress. The caller described a white woman in her early 40s, who took seven items into a fitting room and came out with only six, and then walked around the store. The caller said she took some items out of her purse and put them down, but then wrapped her jacket around a pair of shoes and walked out of the store. A waiting officer arrested her.
Vandalism: At 4:27 p.m., a caller in the 200 block of Southeast 10th Circle, North Bend, told police that someone had keyed his car on New Year’s Eve. Police had no suspects.
Snoqualmie Fire Dept.
Friday, Jan. 2
Accident: At 1:23 a.m. Snoqualmie firefighters responded with crews from Eastside Fire & Rescue and the Fall City Fire Department for a motor-vehicle accident on Tokul Road Southeast. A car had crashed head-on into a tree, causing moderate damage to the vehicle. Crews treated the two occupants, one for severe injuries, one for minor injuries, then transported the patients to the hospital, turning the scene over to Snoqualmie Police.
Smoke: At 4:44 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded with crews from Eastside Fire & Rescue for a report of smoke in a multi-family structure on Southeast Park Street. The crew discovered the cause of the smoke was food on the stove. There was no fire.
Saturday, Jan. 3
Lit tree: At 11:32 a.m., firefighters investigated a report of smoke at McBane Ave Southeast. The crew discovered a homeowner burning a Christmas tree in the back yard. They advised him that burning within the city limits was not allowed.
Monday, Jan. 5
Rollover: At 8:13 a.m., firefighters responded, along with Eastside Fire & Rescue for a one-vehicle, high-speed rollover on westbound I-90 near milepost 23. Firefighters found a vehicle on its side, with all the occupants out. They treated the driver for minor injuries and transported him to a hospital for evaluation.
Car in water: At 12:01 p.m. Snoqualmie firefighters responded with EF&R for a report of an occupied vehicle in the floodwaters on 428th Ave Southeast & Southeast Reinig Road. Rescuers waded out to the vehicle, and found it unoccupied.
