Police and fire agencies in the Snoqualmie Valley responded to the following calls:
Snoqualmie Police Department (covering North Bend)
Saturday, May 9
Weapons: At 8:48 p.m., a caller reported seeing three people with what looked like a rifle head towards the entrance of the lake on Southeast Millpond Road, Snoqualmie. They said they also heard a shot. Police confirmed the suspects had a BB gun, which they were using on the water, and informed them they needed permission from the property owners.
Sunday, May 10
The three bears: At 7:13 a.m., police received the first of several calls about a bear in Snoqualmie. The first caller reported seeing a large black bear head into the woods at Allman Avenue Southeast and Snoqualmie Parkway, but it was gone when police arrived. At 11:09 a.m., a bear was reported in the woods behind a home in the 6500 block of Salmon Berry Court Southeast, and at 11:28 a.m., a caller saw a bear walking in a wooded area in the Swenson Drive Southeast and Norman Avenue Southeast.
Monday, May 11
DUI: At 6:42 p.m., a caller reported seeing a driver in a white Ford Mustang, swerving at the I-90 and Snoqualmie Parkway, Snoqualmie intersection. Police took the driver into custody. She was too intoxicated to go to the Issaquah Jail and was taken to King County.
Thursday, May 14
Suspicious: At 3:03 p.m., employees of a business in the 110 block of East 4th Street, North Bend, called the police after an intoxicated patron urinated on himself and passed out in a chair. Police found him sleeping in the back of the building and asked him to leave. There was no incident and the employees did not want police to ban him from the premise.
Friday, May 15
Reckless driving: At 4:03 p.m., a caller reported people were using an access road in the 36000 block of Southeast Ridge Street, Snoqualmie, to avoid construction on Snoqualmie Parkway. The road was blocked off.
Alarm: At 9:04 p.m., police responded to a business alarm in the 1500 block of Boalch Avenue Northwest, North Bend. The suspect was a sparrow that was trapped in the office.
Suspicious: At 9:16 p.m., a caller reported two suspicious subjects standing near a car at Southeast North Bend Way and Southeast 140th Street, North Bend, trying to flag down cars. The two were having car trouble and requested a jump start, but both had suspended licenses and had been drinking. The officer told them to call someone for a ride.
Malicious Mischief: At 9:20 p.m., a caller reported a “smash and grab,” as someone broke a window of a silver BMW in the 450 block of Southwest Mt Si Boulevard, North Bend and attempted to steal a computer bag. The bag got stuck on golf clubs and nothing was taken. There were no suspects.
