Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

FRIDAY, NOV. 9

2:34 a.m. A 46-year-old Indianola man was arrested for driving under the influence.

Police observed him driving a blue Ford van with no rear lights on, and crossing the fog line, north on Highway 305 near Sportsman Club Road.

Upon pulling the man over, he said he didn’t realize his rear lights were off. He smelled strongly of alcohol.

Asked if he’d had anything to drink that night, the man said he had a glass of wine around 9 p.m.

Though he agreed to perform field sobriety tests, the man did poorly. When asked if he’d provide a breathalyzer sample, the man asked if he had to. The officer said no, but if the man refused he’d be forced to make a judgment about his sobriety based on his observations.

The man asked what the officer’s opinion was so far.

The officer again asked if he’d be willing to provide a sample, and he refused.

The man was arrested for driving under the influence. Later, when he did blow into the breathalyzer, the man’s BAC was .102. He was booked into Kitsap County Jail and assigned a $5,000 bail, having no past history of DUI arrests.

10:07 p.m. A 45-year-old Poulsbo man was arrested for violating a protection order.

Police observed a car being driven erratically on Highway 305, near Suquamish Way, and, suspecting the driver of being intoxicated, pulled her over. The woman showed no signs of inebriation, however. After running her name police learned she had two active protection orders, as the protected party.

A Suquamish police officer, responding to assist, believed he recognized the woman’s male passenger, who had several active warrants out for his arrest. When asked what was the first name of her passenger, the woman confirmed the officer’s suspicion and the man was detained. He affirmed his first name, but his date of birth and last name were different than the man police suspected he was. The man insisted it was a coincidence, his having the same first name. He insisted he was not the man police thought and that he had no warrants, though he refused to show police his ID.

Upon being informed it was illegal to provide a fake name to police, and that he was about to be arrested on that charge and would be subsequently identified by fingerprints at the jail, the man admitted his real name.

He was, in fact, not the man police suspected, but was the subject of the protection orders filed by the woman driving the car.

The couple insisted they were back together and very much in love, but had not yet been able to get the protection order lifted.

Based on the fact that the man was in the car with the woman and knew of the protection order but still violated it, he was arrested and booked into Kitsap County Jail.