Police blotter
April 26, 2012
By Staff
North Bend
Popular Acura Legend
An Acura Legend, which had been secured in a North Bend storage facility until police could execute a search warrant, was broken into between 2:30 and 9 a.m. April 11.
A manager with Wyrsch Towing told police the vehicle had been brought to the secure facility at the request of Deputy Amy Shoblom at 2:30 a.m. April 11, and that Shoblom sealed and locked the vehicle in the locked facility.
The manager told police she came in the next morning and found broken windows at the secured building, and when she looked inside the building, she noticed the seal had been broken on the Acura and the vehicle windows had been broken.
Police lifted three fingerprints from inside the building and one outside the building.
High gas prices are taking their toll
A man who lives in the 300 block of Orchard Drive told police that between March 30 and April 10, someone syphoned gasoline out of his Dodge pickup and poured an unknown substance into his gas tank.
Lock your doors, people
A North Bend man reported to police that a bank bag with $1,000 in cash and checks, and a pistol, were stolen from his Volkswagon Passat between 6 p.m. April 9 and 7:45 a.m. April 10.
He said he had left his business in Seattle and drove to QFC in North Bend. He hid the bag and gun in between his seats and the console before he went into the store and had only been gone for about five minutes.
He then drove home, and didn’t notice anything missing until he left for work the next morning. He told police that’s also when he noticed he had inadvertently left his passenger door unlocked at QFC.
No, really, lock your doors
A Fall City man told police he parked his unlocked Chevy pickup in front of the 76 Gas Station in North Bend to run in and buy a few items at 4:30 p.m. April 8.
He noticed the next day that his morphine and Oxycontin pills were missing from his glove compartment.
Snoqualmie
Computer stolen
A man reported to police on April 13 that a laptop, case and scanner had been taken from his work van that was parked in front of his residence at the 39000 block of Southeast Spruce Street.
A tish above the speed limit
Police arrested a 27-year-old man for reckless driving and DUI on April 15, after clocking him driving 107 mph with radar on Snoqualmie Parkway. After being stopped by police, officers noticed the strong smell of alcohol on his breath. He was taken to Issaquah Jail.
Fire Calls from Eastside Fire & Rescue in North Bend
At 3:02 p.m. on April 13 at the 43000 block of Southeast 149th Street, EMS responded to a medical emergency.
At 6:45 p.m. on April 16 at the 51000 block of westbound Interstate 90, one engine responded to a report of smoke. It was steam or some other gas mistaken for smoke.
At 6:10 p.m. on April 17 at the 37000 block of eastbound Interstate 90, seven engines responded to a motor vehicle accident with no injuries.
At 4:20 p.m. on April 19 at 43000 block of North Bend Way, seven engines responded to a medical call.
At 10 p.m. on April 19 at the 51000 block of westbound Interstate 90, five engines responded to a motor vehicle accident with no injuries.
The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.
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