police blotter

Bainbridge Police reported the following incidents:

MAY 17

9:53 a.m. A man told police his daughter’s debit card had been stolen at Bainbridge High School sometime Friday and used at several area businesses. The daughter discovered her wallet missing from her backpack Saturday. The wallet contained her debit card, driver’s license, student ID and $40 cash. Her father contacted his bank and learned that the card had been used for $88 in purchases at a gas station and a $12.58 purchase at McDonald’s. The investigation continues.

10:24 a.m. Vandals removed several wood slats from a walkway of a Battle Point Park play structure. Damage was valued at $100. No suspects.

2:56 p.m. A Madison Avenue North resident reported his wife’s purse missing. The couple had returned home from a movie showing at the Pavilion when the wife realized she had left the purse under a theater seat. The couple went back to the Pavilion but found the theater closed. Theater staff were unable to locate the purse the next morning. The purse contained $50 cash along with ID, credit cards and a checkbook.

MAY 18

4:06 p.m. A resident returned home from Seattle to find signs of forced entry at his North Madison Avenue home and evidence that his shower had been used. He noted that fir needles and leaves had been tracked in and it appeared a sharp object had been used to poke small holes in several ceiling tiles. There was lotion or hair conditioner spilled on the shower curtain. The resident said he suspects his ex-girlfriend, who lives in Spokane, may keep track of when he is away, and may have broken into his home. The resident asked that the crime be recorded because he needed to replace the trailer’s door and jamb, which would cost $600.

MAY 19

10:56 a.m. Identity theft was reported by a resident of Sunrise Drive. The man said he had been contacted by the computer company MacMall and advised that a $1,900 purchase placed in his name was being denied by his credit card company. The man called his credit card provider and was told a another unauthorized $1 charge had been made by a company called Napster. The resident canceled the card. No suspects.

7:39 p.m. An officer recognized the driver of a Ford Focus on New Brooklyn Road as a previous burglary suspect who had a suspended Massachusetts license. After following the vheicle on a tour around the south end the car was stopped on Blakely Avenue. The driver’s license was indeed still suspended and he was cited and released.

8:26 p.m. A Jeep Grand Cherokee was stopped on Blakely Avenue after a records check showed the vehicle’s plates were canceled. The driver said she left her license at home but provided the officer with a debit card. A check showed her license expired in 2005. The driver was cited for canceled plates and driving with a suspended license. The officer removed her plates and placed them in evidence.

MAY 20

8:35 a.m. A Crystal Springs Road resident reported that prescription medication and envelopes containing over $500 in cash were missing from his house. A contractor had been doing roof work on the house but said his crew had locked the door after leaving. The contractor said he and his employees would be willing to submit to a polygraph test to prove their innocence if necessary. The investigation continues.

10:28 a.m. A citizen called 911 to advise police that a man was pacing around Fay Bainbridge State Park yelling. The subject was identified as a man contacted by officers the previous week for yelling at Hidden Cove Park. An officer contacted the man who appeared shaky, agitated and aggressive. The park host requested that the man be asked to leave, which he did, after berating officers and accusing them of “treason.”

4:18 p.m. A High School Road pharmacy reported a forged prescription. A man purportedly from Suquamish had picked up 20 pills of Vicodin the day before. The man returned the| next day and told a pharmacist he needed to increase the prescription to 60 pills. The pharmacist told the man he would need to verify the prescription with a doctor. The man said he left the prescription in his car and left the store but did not return. A records check showed the man had filled 16 prescriptions at the store since 2005.

5:38 p.m. A citizen called 911 to report a cabin cruiser had broken loose from its mooring in Port Orchard and drifted into ferry traffic. Bainbridge Police deployed a marine unit and found the 29-foot yacht drifting east on a collision course with a red channel marker. The police brought the cruiser alongside to tow, though one cleat tore out of the boat due to dry rot. The cruiser was towed to the Annapolis ferry pier to await its owner.

6:15 p.m. A Burien driver in a Toyota sedan rearended a Bainbridge driver’s Honda Civic while in line for ferry tickets. The Burien driver was cited for failing to provide proof of insurance.

6:38 p.m. Police were advised of a hit-and-run on High School Road and SR-305 after black Saturn allegedly backed into another vehicle but continued north on the highway. An officer caught up to the reporting vehicle and the Saturn north of the Agate Pass Bridge. The Saturn did not respond immediately to the cruiser’s emergency lights but came jerkily to a stop after its siren was activated. The officer contacted the driver, a Poulsbo woman, who smelled heavily of intoxicants and had bloodshot, watery eyes. The officer asked for license and registration but the woman only replied, in slow, slurred speech, that her 10-year-old daughter was home alone. The woman said she did not know that she had backed into another vehicle, and after some fumbling, produced a license from her purse. The officer talked briefly to the driver of the reporting vehicle but saw no damage on the car and the reporting vehicle left the scene. The officer asked the Saturn’s driver to step from the vehicle, which she did unsteadily. The officer explained that tests were needed to see if she was OK to drive, to which the driver replied “I’m not alright to drive” and asked if the officer could just call a ride for her. The driver agreed to sobriety tests and failed three in turn. The woman was arrested for driving under the influence and released to her landlord.

MAY 21

12:40 p.m. A driver who had reportedly unlawfully passed a school bus on Sunrise Drive May 15 was contacted. The driver admitted to the offense but said she had been driving slowly and thought the school bus driver was reaching deactivating the stop sign.

1:19 p.m. A Wyatt Way woman reported that someone had pried open the window screen on a rear window of her residence, but said the perpetrator likely didn’t enter her home because of her dog. No suspects.

3:26 p.m. Police were contacted by a Pennsylvania resident who said a company called “Interactive Design” with a Bainbridge Island resident had fraudulently billed his Visa card for $11.95. The resident said he had checked blogs online and believed he was part of a larger scam. Police checked the business’ physical address, which turned out to be the same as the police station on Winslow Way. Its listed phone number was no longer in service. No suspects.