Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

Wednesday, March 11

6:53 p.m. A 29-year-old Bainbridge woman in a 2000 Audi A4 was making a right turn from West Blakely Avenue onto Country Club Road and went into the ditch.

The vehicle was found empty, but keys and a cell phone were left in the car. The vehicle also had recent damage to the top of the car and the windshield, apparently from hitting the sign for Blakely Harbor Watershed.

An officer contacted the woman and she said she overcorrected while making the turn. She said she was not aware she had taken out the sign, and said the car had bad brakes and she had not been drinking.

Tuesday, March 10

1:24 pm. A black backpack was found near the neighborhood beach access point at Yeomalt Point. Inside the backpack were two Bibles, a small bag of personal effects, and five prescription bottles with pills. There were no markings or labels on any of the bottles. The backpack was saturated and it looked like the items had been wet for a long time. The pills were found to be anti-depressants and were not illegal or illicit.

Monday, March 9

8:03 a.m. A driver in a Toyota Matrix passed a stopped school bus that had its stop paddle out on Sadie Lane, and the Toyota driver had to swerve to avoid hitting a student and nearly hit the bus.

2:16 p.m. A resident requested emphasis police patrols after reporting an increase of speeding drivers who were accelerating down the hill on Barkentine Road and not slowing down at the turn.