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February 28
• A caller reported that someone had prowled his car and stolen his $22 tip money for the night working at a local restaurant and a pair of headphones.
February 27
• Units were dispatched to Cherry Avenue for a car prowl in progress. A witness saw a teenage male entering a truck at the corner of Cherry and Dingley Place. The male was taking things out and placing them in a grassy area. When the suspect saw the witness he stopped and then ran east down Dingley. An officer on Dingley stopped at a home where young people were socializing on a porch. Shee asked them if anyone there owned owned the truck. The officer then headed west on Dingley and saw a person matching the description of the suspect running at her vehicle. The officer exited the car and ordered the male to stop. He tried to duck around her but the officer grabbed his arm. The male twisted out of the jacket he was wearing and continued running east. The officer gave chase but lost sight of him. The suspect was a white male teen between 15 and 18, 5’6″, 130 pounds, with blonde, short hair. He was wearing a red, black, and white baseball hat. The jacket he dropped seemed too big on him. The officer realized her hands were bloody. When she had grabbed the suspect, two of her fingernails had ripped off. Another officer showed up and the two officers called for backup from Suquamish and Kitsap County. Inside the dropped jacket were three pairs of sunglasses. An officer returned to the truck and met up with the owners who were retrieving the items from the ground. The items were of felony value, totaling $2,965. The owner said he’d forgotten to lock the truck. The suspect was not found.
• CenCom received a call from a woman reporting that her ex-boyfriend, who works in Renton, was at her apartment door. The ex was refusing to leave. The caller reported that the boyfriend had a pistol, which he always carries. An officer arrived and saw a clean-cut male walking slowly down the stairs from the upper landing. The male had his hands in his pockets. The officer came around the corner with her firearm at low ready. She told the male she was Bainbridge Police and to remove his hands from his pockets. The male did so and then, when requested, put his hands on the railing. The officer patted him down and then got his name, which matched the caller’s ex’s name. The suspect provided I.D. When asked, he told the officer he was there visiting a friend. He confirmed it was his ex-girlfriend. He said he had no car because he’d taken the ferry. Two more officers arrived and stayed with the suspect. The first officer interviewed the caller who had been crying and was visibly shaken. She said she was frightened as they had not dated in two months. She had blocked him from Facebook, not answered his calls or e-mails. She said he was emotionally abusive and had cheated on her. She showed the officer a letter and a bag of candy the ex had left at her door. The letter consisted of three pages of questions about why the relationship had ended. The officer believed the language to be manipulative and full of guilt messages. The caller told police the ex would certainly have come in a car. The officers located his car. An officer told the ex hat he was not welcome here and would be arrested if he returned. Officers counseled the woman to get an Anti-Harassment order against the man.
• A man reported credit card fraud. He had been contacted by his bank about a purchase in Thailand. The caller said he had not been in Thailand and had not authorized any purchases. The unauthorized charge was in the amount of $293.59 and was issued to www.taran.com. The man closed his credit card account.
• An officer walking through Safeway on a routine patrol found a $1 bill under the windshield of her patrol car when she returned to it.
February 25
• A minivan parked in front of a home on South Beach Drive was damaged. The rearview mirror appeared to have been clipped or hit with a bat.
• An officer saw a vehicle traveling south on Madison from the roundabout at a high rate of speed without any lights on. She tailed the vehicle and paced it at 40 mph in a 25 mph zone. The officer stopped the vehicle on Madison just north of Knechtel. The driver began to exit the vehicle and the officer ordered him back in. The driver could not roll down the electric window so the officer told him to open the door slowly and show his hands. The driver seemed nervous and had a passenger so the officer asked for backup. The driver said he did not have his license, that it was expired, and that he had not gotten a new one yet since moving to Oregon. He handed the officer a passport. When the officer ran his name it showed he had a suspended driver’s license out of Washington and an interlock ignition device required. Another officer checked and saw no such device. The driver was cited for the suspended license violation and the interlock restriction violation. The passenger was allowed to drive the vehicle. There appeared to be an alternator problem with the vehicle, making the lights intermittently functional.
• An officer saw a vehicle traveling north on Hildebrand. He ran the plate and determined that the owner had a suspended license. The officer lost sight of the vehicle but went north and parked on 305 just south of Reitan. At approximately 9:16, the vehicle drove past, northbound. The officer could see that a male was driving. He was unable to stop the vehicle safely on Bainbridge but did on Suquamish Way at 305. The driver said he was the owner of the vehicle and handed the officer his license. He said that he was not aware that his license had been suspended for a judgment. He said he needed to drive to work since he had been unable to get a ride. The officer issued him a ticket.
• A passerby reported a vehicle over the embankment on Fort Ward Hill. The officer found the vehicle to be unoccupied and was unable to contact the registered owner. The officer summoned a tow truck. As the car was being attached to the truck, the registered owner and his son arrived. The son had been driving the vehicle. He said he could not see the turn in the dark and had driven off the road. The vehicle was towed.
February 24
• While traveling between Seabold and Day on 305, an officer observed a vehicle slowly drift toward the right fog line and then cross over it. The vehicle corrected itself quickly with a jerk. This happened twice. Then near the intersection with Day Road, the vehicle’s driver activated the right turn indicator. The vehicle took the turn at too great a speed. It slid sideways on the wet road and crossed the center line. The driver regained control and pulled off the road into a dirt turnout near a power station. The officer parked behind the vehicle and activated the emergency lights. The driver apologized and handed the officer his driver’s license. He said he was just trying to get home. His eyes were bloodshot and watery. He slurred when he spoke and his breath smelled strongly of alcohol. He said he would take any test. The man showed such great impairment on the tests that the officer had to stop him from falling on several occasions. The breath test gave a reading of .174. The officer arrested the driver. He was transported to the BIPD for BAC tests. He declined an attorney. He submitted to a breath test, giving readings of .183 and .180. He was transported to Kitsap County Jail.
• A caller complained about noise at The 122 on Winslow Way. The officer parked in the lot across the street. With the windows to the vehicle closed, the officer heard no noise. With the windows open the officer could hear a band playing. The noise did not seem unreasonable. The officer contacted a bar employee and advised them of the call. They said that a patio door had accidentally been left open. The door was closed, and soundproof mats were placed along the walls. This caused the noise level to drop.
February 23
• A resident reported that items were taken from his residence on Yeomalt on October 28, 2011 and February 18, 2012. The items were valued at $4830.
February 21
• A man called 911 to report that on his way to work he had found a burned book on the wooden stairs leading from Gertie Johnson Road to his house. He thought there had been some charring of the stairs. An officer responded to the residence and could see where the book had been. There was no significant damage to the stairs. The man said that the owner of the houses on either side of his have a strained relationship with him because of a lawsuit. He didn’t want them contacted. The officer collected the book, Necronomicon. It was soaked and had been lit in at least two places. The front cover had a character that looked like a pentagram and several triangles. The writeup on the jacket calls it a “dangerous, black book.”