Bainbridge Police reported the following incidents:
Feb. 1
10:03 p.m. An officer received a call about a vehicle theft from a Wing Point Way residence.
A man advised the officer that his 1991 Mercedes was missing from the driveway of his residence. The resident said the vehicle was last seen at 7 a.m. when he left for his child’s doctor appointment.
Upon his return at 10 a.m. the vehicle was missing and keys that usually hang on the wall in the garage were also missing.
He said he has a nephew who has had troubles with warrants and does not have a driver’s license, and may have taken the vehicle without permission.
The resident gave the officer a description of the car and the officer completed a stolen vehicle report.
The officer drove through the ferry parking lot and found the car in a private parking lot near the terminal.
There was no damage done to the vehicle.
Feb. 2
9:31 a.m. A business owner called to report that she had received numerous phone calls from a male with an East Indian accent trying to obtain personal information.
The woman received calls on both her cell phone and her business phone number many times during the day.
The man on the phone, she said, stated that he worke for the Department of Crime Investigation and that she had been accused of a crime and he needed to obtain her personal information.
The officer called the phone number and spoke to the man, who again stated that he worked for a crime department.
The man was evasive on the phone when the officer asked questions and later told the officer not to call back.
The officer Googled the phone number and found there were numerous complaints associated with it.
10 a.m. A driver failed to stop for a Bainbridge medic unit on an emergency run.
An officer was driving near the Bainbridge Fire Station on Madison Avenue when he spotted warning signs for a pending helicopter landing. The officer saw the approaching medic vehicle with full lights and siren.
Nearby the officer noticed a four-door sedan that was driving near the fire station and completely unaware of the approaching fire vehicle.
The officer turned on his flashing lights, but the driver continued and did not slow down.
When the officer pulled over the vehicle, the driver became very agitated and started arguing.
The officer cited the driver for failing to stop for an emergency vehicle and not having proof of insurance.
The driver informed the officer he would take the issue to court.
1:20 p.m. An officer responded to a report of a female yelling profanities from the front door of another residence.
The woman was repeatedly knocking at a resident’s door and yelling that she wanted to collect rent.
When the resident called the cops the woman got in her vehicle and drove away. The resident believed she was intoxicated.
The resident said he had taken the rent check to an address in Suquamish and placed the check in a slot in the door when no one answered.
9:17 p.m. A vehicle at SR 305 and Day Road was impounded by an officer.
The vehicle’s owner was arrested the previous evening during a traffic stop when it was discovered that the driver had a warrant out of Seattle.
The driver advised the officer that someone would pick up the vehicle in the morning.
Upon coming on shift the next morning the officer observed the vehicle was blocking a bus stop and impounded it.
9:51 p.m. A vehicle that was registered to a suspended driver was stopped.
The officer was familiar with the vehicle, and knew the owner had previously lived in Indiana. The driver had been stopped during the previous summer and did not have a driver’s license.
The driver was aggressive and belligerent upon contact.
He was cited for failing to provide proof of insurance and cited for no valid operator’s license after arguing with the officer.
Feb. 3
7:55 p.m. After stopping a vehicle with expired tabs, the officer was told that the vehicle belonged to the driver’s brother and he was unaware the tabs were expired.
The driver was unable to provide proof of insurance.
A data check revealed that his license was suspended in Mississippi and Washington for failure to pay traffic tickets.
He was cited for driving on a suspended license and failure to display proof of insurance and expired tabs.
10:20 p.m. An officer pulled over a vehicle that was registered to a suspended driver. The driver was advised that his license had been revoked as of Dec. 24, 2010, because of an unpaid ticket. The driver said he had hired an attorney to dispute the ticket.
The officer told the driver that he needed to contact the attorney to verify because the issue was not taken care of.
The driver was issued a criminal traffic citation.
Feb. 7
12 p.m. A vehicle that was registered to a suspended driver was pulled over.
The officer cited the driver, and, with her permission, parked the woman’s car in the second floor of the Clearwater Casino parking garage.
The officer then gave her a ride back to her place of employment on Day Road.
