Bainbridge blotter | Cigarette toss leads to tickets

Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

Tuesday, Feb. 10

8:05 a.m. Police stopped a 49-year-old Bremerton man on Manzanita Road after radar showed him driving 44 in a 35 mph zone. He also did not have a rear plate on his vehicle.

Police discovered he had a suspended license, third degree, for unpaid tickets. He was cited for driving with a suspended license and was warned about speeding and not having proof of insurance.

12:19 p.m. An officer pulled over a 36-year-old Bainbridge woman after seeing her toss a lit cigarette out her car window near the intersection of High School Road and Madison Avenue.

She did not have a license and said she had left it at home. Police discovered her license had been suspended for failure to appear. She was cited for driving with a suspended license and no insurance.

12:30 a.m. A loud explosion was heard near Captain Johnston Blakely Elementary School.

Police received other reports of loud explosions, and further investigation revealed multiple incidents of mailboxes being damaged by fireworks.