Blotter: Raccon triggers car alarm; new homeowners report suspicious sprinkler

Published 3:32 pm Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Police and fire agencies in the Snoqualmie Valley responded to the following calls:

Snoqualmie Police Dept. (covering North Bend)

Saturday, June 13

Fireworks: At 7:13 p.m., police received a noise complaint at S.E. Kaleetan Loop and Denny Peak Drive S.E., Snoqualmie. The caller said the noise sounded like fireworks, but it had stopped by the time he called. Police said they would patrol the area and asked the caller to call back if it happened again.

Tuesday, June 16

Raccoon: At midnight, a caller reported the alarm was going off in his car, parked in his driveway in the 6000 block of Crest View Avenue, Snoqualmie. The caller said a light was on inside the car, but he couldn’t see anyone near it. Police investigated and determined that the car’s trunk light had been turned on when a raccoon was checking out the car and set off the alarm.

Wednesday, June 17

Noise: At 9:39 p.m., a caller in the 100 block of East Sixth Street called police about a loud engine running at a neighbor’s house. Police contacted the subject, who was pressure-washing his house, with a very loud pressure washer. The man turned off the engine and said he would do the work earlier in the day.

Thursday, June 18

Found bike: At 9:43 a.m., an officer on patrol on Rhododendron Drive S.E., Snoqualmie, located a stolen bicycle and recovered it.

Saturday, June 20

Sprinkler: At 12:18 a.m., a caller in the 6500 block of East Crest View Loop, Snoqualmie, reported suspicious noises and a possible water leak in their new home. Police investigated and determined it was the home’s sprinkler system.

Friday, June 19

Mischief: At 6:48 p.m., a caller reported that his wife’s car had been scratched with a key while it was parked at the North Bend Library earlier in the day. There were no suspects.

Carnation Police Dept.

Sunday, June 21

Storage squatters: At 5:50 a.m., a caller told police that someone had broken into her storage unit, in the 4300 block of Tolt Avenue. She found the unit unlocked, with the door partly open and a car parked in front of it. Two people, known to police, were sleeping inside the storage unit. They said their travel trailer had been impounded by Monroe Police.

Snoqualmie Fire Dept.

Friday, June 19

Suspicious fire: At 3:13 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters were dispatched to the Stillwater Bog, behind Rhododendron Drive, for a burning deck attached to a home. The crew arrived to find that the found second-floor boards of a treated deck had been charred and burned through. Neighbors near the bog put the fire out with a bucket. They also said that there had been a group of kids riding off on their bikes as they came up to the deck. Crews made sure the boards were completely cool. They found many books of matches under the deck, too, and notified Snoqualmie Police, who are investigating.

Saturday, June 20

Park fire: At 9:58 a.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a park in the Snoqualmie Ridge area, where a small smoldering bark fire had been reported. The fire was extinguished and Snoqualmie Police started an investigation.

Sunday, June 21

Bark fire: At 2:47 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters were checking fire hydrants, when a resident flagged them down and reported a bark fire behind one of the buildings at the Venture Commerce Center. Firefighters found a small, smoldering bark fire, about five feet in diameter, in the garden area away from the building. It appeared that someone tried to extinguish with a fire extinguisher, but was unsuccessful. The area still had quite a bit of heat coming from it, so they applied water to the bark until the ground was saturated. Firefighters noticed several cigarette butts near the fire, but not close enough to have been the cause. Several rhododendron bushes near some dry grass were damaged during the fire. It appeared to be a natural bark fire with no obvious cause. There was no property or structure loss.

Monday, June 22

Smoke: At 11:22 a.m., Snoqualmie firefighters were dispatched to the 7400 block of Lake Alice Road for a smell of smoke and chemicals in the area. The crew arrived in the area and spoke to a nearby neighbor but firefighters were unable to locate any smoke or foul smells.

Medical aid: In addition, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to six medical aid calls, bringing the total number to date to 577.