Blotter | Thieves take entire mailbox; Others steal a Christmas tree

Published 1:48 pm Thursday, January 14, 2016

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

Snoqualmie Police Department (covering North Bend)

Tuesday, Dec. 22

Theft: At 9:07 a.m., police got a call reporting a package was taken from the front door of a home on East Third Street, North Bend.

Wednesday, Dec. 23

Suspicious circumstances: At 2:27 p.m., an unwanted subject sleeping in a storage area on Cedar Avenue South, North Bend was reported. The subject was written a notice by police.

Theft: At 2:27 p.m., police received a report of a large, blue mail box unbolted from the ground and stolen from the 400 block of S.W. Mount Si Boulevard.

Reckless driving: At 6:42 a.m., police got a call reporting a vehicle driving the wrong way on Snoqualmie Parkway and Railroad Avenue. Police were unable to locate the vehicle.

Theft: At 12:32 p.m., a Christmas tree was reported stolen from a yard on S.E. Moses Street, Snoqualmie.

DUI: At 9:31 p.m., police received a report of a man who had been drinking and was then sitting in a running vehicle on S.E. River Street, Snoqualmie. Police found the man had not driven and advised him to walk home.

Thursday, Dec. 24

Suspicious circumstances: At 11:30 a.m., police got a call reporting possible gas theft from company vehicles on East North Bend Way, North Bend. Three gas cans were found near the cars and the lid of the gas tank on one of the cars looked like it had been opened. Later in the day the gas cans disappeared and cars had consistent levels of gas.

Dispute: At 6:15 p.m., a security guard and patron got into  verbal argument about being parked close to a curb on the 400 block of South Fork Avenue S.W., North Bend while waiting for a family member to return from a store. Police told them that idling next to a curb while waiting for someone isn’t felonious.

Friday, Dec. 25

Vehicle prowl: At 5:22 p.m., police received a report of a theft from a car on Railroad Avenue S.E., Snoqualmie. The driver’s side window was smashed and a purse was taken.

Snoqualmie Fire Department

Thursday, Dec. 31

Alarm: At 5:13 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a home that had a smoke alarm sounding for two hours. No one was home and the firefighters found no sign of fire.

Saturday, Jan. 2

Chimney fire: At 7:58 a.m., firefighters got an unconfirmed report of a structure fire, which turned out to be a chimney fire. The home owner said after seeing smoke coming into the house from the fireplace, he went onto the roof and removed the chimney cap, which was covered in soot. Firefighters saw no flames when they arrived, but extinguished the fire in the fireplace and the fire in the chimney. They advised the homeowner to have the chimney cleaned.

Sunday, Jan. 3

Basement fire: At 5:43 p.m., Snoqualmie, Fall City and Eastside Fire and Rescue firefighters responded to a reported house fire in Snoqualmie. Firefighters saw flames from a small fire in a stack of firewood stacked too close to furnace ducting. The crew knocked out the window to extinguish the fire, and left the scene under the supervision of a county fire investigator, and the homeowners.

Tuesday, Jan. 5

Trailer fire: At 5:32 a.m., the Snoqualmie department was dispatched with Fall City Fire to a trailer fire in a parking lot. They found a fully-involved trailer on fire. Fall City Fire was first on the scene and Snoqualmie Fire was released.

Medical aid: In addition, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to 16 medical incidents bring the total number of responses for 2015 to 1,334 and the total number to date for 2016 to 16.