Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.
Monday, Dec. 22
9:24 a.m. A 57-year-old Bainbridge woman on Cherry Avenue said her trash can was stolen from her driveway.
She was worried about recent mail thefts and thought someone might be trying to get her personal information from her trash.
She said she hoped to get the trash can back, but not the garbage that was inside.
11:31 a.m. A 52-year-old Bainbridge man said his vehicle had been prowled a few days earlier in the 100 block of Madrona Way.
He said he left the vehicle unlocked so it wouldn’t be damaged by a possible break-in.
He came out one morning at 7:45 a.m. to find all four doors and his trunk open. Someone rifled through his glove box and center console, but nothing appeared missing.
Sunday, Dec. 21
10 p.m. A 16-year-old teen was driving north on Lynwood Center Road when the steering column in her 2000 Volkswagen became very loose and she could not control her car.
The car started to spin then went backwards off the roadway and into a ditch before hitting a tree.
The owner of the vehicle said it had just had steering and alignment work done by a local mechanic, and had been fitted with a new set of tires.
An inspection showed a front left wheel had separated from the axle, and the two front tires had practically no tread.
Police recommended that the vehicle be inspected because it did not appear safe to drive.
Monday, Dec. 15
5:44 p.m. A 47-year-old Belfair man reported a hit-and-run after his company vehicle, a 2005 Dodge Spring van, was hit while it was parked outside a building on Hildebrand Lane.
A witness said an elderly man in a Subaru Legacy had pulled into the spot next to the van, but hit the Dodge on the passenger side. The man then pulled out and parked in a handicap stall. Police contacted the driver of the other vehicle and found damage on his car.
The man said he thought he had parked too close to the van, and then parked in a new spot. He also said he looked for damage to the van, but didn’t see any.
The Belfair man did not wish to pursue charges, but said he just wanted the van repaired.
