police blotter

Bainbridge Police reported the following incidents:

MAY 6

4:51 p.m. A resident of Oddfellows Road told police she had been in her garden when a passing Subaru scraped her gate and fence. The vehicle did not stop but did leave behind a passenger side mirror.

MAY 7

10:12 a.m. A Vista Drive resident reported that someone had “ransacked” her bedroom. The resident had been out for four hours the night before and returned to find drawers in her bedroom ajar and a TV and DVD player usually on a dresser sitting on the floor. The doors to the home had been left unlocked. She said she hadn’t considered it a very big deal at the time but decided to report it the next morning. She was not able to determine whether any items had been taken. An officer contacted several neighbors who said they had not noticed unusual activity the night before. No suspects.

MAY 8

11:56 a.m. A Bainbridge driver of a Toyota Tacoma pickup was cited for failing to yield after he pulled out of a parking spot on Madison Avenue and collided with a moving vehicle.

12:02 p.m. An officer responded to Safeway, where two juveniles had been detained for shoplifting. An employee said he had watched the two juveniles pick up some food and the deli, then walk around the back of the store and exit through the north entrance without paying. The employee detained the juveniles and called the police. One juvenile told the officer that she took a $3.07 piece of chicken without paying because she only had a dollar. The other juvenile took a $4.49 rice bowl. The students were returned to school and the case was forwarded to juvenile prosecutors.

3:22 p.m. A citizen reported a hit and run accident at the High School Road roundabout. She said a burgundy Toyota Camry had bumped her vehicle while she was navigating the roundabout. The woman pulled over to check her car for damage, but the Camry drove by without stopping. She said no damage was done and simply wanted the driver contacted. An officer was familiar with the described driver and contacted the 17-year-old at his residence, warning the juvenile that this was the second complaint he had received about his driving behavior. The juvenile admitted to bumping the vehicle but said he hadn’t stopped because there didn’t appear to be any damage. The boy’s mother said she would handle the situation and that her son would not be driving for awhile.

4:38 p.m. Safeway employees reported that three more juveniles had been detained for shoplifting. Two had been detained together and a third had been held for a separate incident. Store security officers said they had seen the two boys take food from the deli area and walk out a side exit without paying. The food was valued at $13. Both juveniles said they had picked up the food, but that their friend had left the store with the money they needed to pay. They said they had gone outside to look for him and had then been detained. The juveniles were released to family members and a report was forwarded to juvenile prosecutors. Security officers said they had seen the other detained juvenile take a mother’s day card valued at $4.66 and hide it on his person. He was detained as he left the store. The juvenile admitted to taking the card without paying. He was released to his mother and a report forwarded to prosecutors.

4:43 p.m. A Euclid Avenue resident reported that she suspected a contractor had copied personal documents in her home in October. The woman remembered the documents being moved, but at the time thought her husband had moved them. Then recently she talked to another worker at her home who remembered the contractor entering her house several times in October. Police were unable to contact the contractor and the investigation continues.

7:01 p.m. A Bainbridge resident told police that he had ordered a $60 soccer ball off the Internet but accidently had it shipped to his old address on Wyatt Way. He tried to contact the current tenant at the residence but received no response. He called his former landlord who said the tenant had been evicted. The landlord said he had checked the house and found empty packaging but no soccer ball. The case was recorded.

MAY 9

6:03 p.m. A blue Volvo was stopped on Bucklin Hill Road for expired tabs and a defective stop lamp after the officer observed the vehicle parked at Point White Dock. The driver told the officer he did not know the vehicle’s tabs were expired though he was the registered owner. The officer smelled marijuana inside the vehicle and noted that the driver was shaking violently. A records check showed that the driver had a warrant for his arrest in Kitsap County for marijuana possession, but the driver angrily told the officer that the warrant had been paid off. The officer told the driver that he could either be searched and booked for the warrant, or he could show the officer the marijuana he smelled. The driver initially denied having marijuana but eventually hung his head and retrieved a small bag of marijuana from the vehicle. As the marijuana was handed over the vehicle’s passenger began “running his mouth” and said “I know you’re not talking to me little officer.” The marijuana was placed in evidence and the driver was cited.

6:12 p.m. A resident reported various acts of vandalism on Haley Loop. A large pottery planter had been tipped over, an obscenity had been written on a landscaping rock in black marker and a nearby stop sign had been taken down. Less than $50 in damage was done. The case was recorded.

7:25 p.m. A barrel of practice golf balls valued at $1,499 was reported stolen from a golf course on Cherry Avenue. A course employee said the balls were kept in a green trash can and were white, limited-flight balls. The theft occurred the previous Friday night or Saturday morning. No suspects.

9:32 p.m. A vehicle was stopped for speeding on Arrow Point Road and a female driver and two passengers were contacted. The driver said she did not have her driver’s license with her. A records check revealed that she was protected by a no contact order and a male passenger in the car was identified as the subject of the order. The driver and passenger confirmed that the order had been served and the man was arrested. The driver was cited for speeding.

9:49 p.m. A woman on Bill Point Road told police she had been watching television when she heard what sounded like gunshots in front of her house. She said she lay on the floor until the noise stopped, then went outside and found that about two dozen eggs had been splattered on her windows and vehicles. No suspects were observed. The victim said she is a teacher at the high school and that she has received harassing email and phone calls from her students and would find records of those incidents before filing a report.

MAY 10

9:35 a.m. An officer stopped at the light on SR-305 and Day Road saw what appeared to be golf balls bouncing on the highway beside the vehicle in front of him. As traffic continued north he saw more of the items and realized they were actually powdered mini donuts. The officer saw a passenger in the truck in front of him reach out his hand as though he was trying to catch the donuts. The officer stopped the truck and contacted its driver. The driver said they had missed breakfast that morning and their friends in the vehicle ahead of them had been trying to toss them donuts. The second vehicle pulled over voluntarily and its driver identified himself as the chaperone of the group, which was on its way to a state sports competition in the Poulsbo area. The officer gave the party a verbal warning about donut throwing and they were released. A subsequent records check showed that the first driver contacted had a suspended license for an unpaid ticket. The chaperone was recontacted and notified that the driver was suspended and a citation was issued.

9:55 a.m. Three juvenile males seen walking on the roof of Sakai Intermediate School were contacted by police. The juveniles were still on the roof when the officer arrived and had apparently climbed a locked gate and used a ladder to access the roof. The three said they had climbed onto the roof to view a lacrosse game and realized it was a mistake. No damage had apparently been done. The juveniles were released to their parents. An officer would contact the school Monday to determine if charges would be filed.

10:35 a.m. A Volkswagen Golf backing out of a parking space was struck by a Chevy Trailblazer traveling westbound on Winslow Way. The driver of the Golf was cited for driving without insurance.

10:43 a.m. A Bainbridge man was arrested for obstructing and assaulting an officer after police responded to a report of possible domestic violence on Springridge Road. That evening CenCom received a call from a male who said he didn’t know his address, and when asked what the problem was said “skip it; I’ll call back in 10 minutes.” An officer (Sias) responded to the site of the call and found a man with a bloody face in his driveway. The man refused to answer questions and smelled heavily of intoxicants. A second officer (Michele Vollmer) arrived on the scene and interviewed the man, who said he had been in an argument with his wife over the cost of wooden fence posts he had bought. He said he had injured himself when he fell into the bushes. He denied any domestic violence had occurred. The officer followed the man into the house where his wife was in the kitchen and told her “Remember…it was only vocal, nothing else.” The officer told the to move into the living room but he refused to go and grabbed onto the refrigerator door. The officer tried to loose his grip from the refrigerator but the man made a fist with his free hand and threatened to hit the officer. The two officers put the man in arm bars and after a struggle succeeded in handcuffing him. The wife told officers that she and her husband had been arguing a lot but had not hit each other. The man was arrested for assault, which he denied. The suspect said he had medical concerns and was examined by aid but refused to go to the hospital. He told the medics that one of the officers had kicked him in the ribs during the arrest and that he may have a broken rib. Medics found no evidence of bruising. The man was “cantankerous” with aid staff, refusing to sign a waiver for treatment. He was transported to Kitsap County Jail.

11:15 p.m. A Komedal Road resident told police that he had heard a vehicle passing the house, followed by a crashing sound. A few minutes later he walked outside and discovered their mailbox was in the street destroyed. The mailbox was valued at $60. No suspects.