Police Blotter
March 7, 2012
North Bend
Robo dialing
An employee with the Mount Si Transitional Center reported to police that on Feb. 22 , while she was at work, she received about 45 calls in an hour and a half from a man on the East Coast with a foreign accent demanding money.
Sharp-dressed man
The manager for Banana Republic in North Bend reported that on Feb. 18 a man had stolen $1,000 worth of clothing from the store, including suit blazers, sweater vests and dress pants.
The manager and police officer watched a security tape showing the man trying on clothing and then placing it inside of a white bag. The man left the store and then returned a little later with an empty white bag. Police were unable to locate a suspect.
Police &?Fire
March 1, 2012
Snoqualmie Police Department
Holy smokin’ roll of toilet paper, Batman
A woman on Stellar Way Southeast called to report four juveniles on the path to the woods burning or holding something that was sparking. Police were unable to locate the juveniles but did find a partially burnt roll of toilet paper and a pop can used as a “drug bowl.”
Eastside Fire & Rescue
- At 1:21 a.m. Feb. 5, EFR responded to 56-year-old male complaining of chest pain. He was driving himself to the hospital when the pain got worse. He stopped at the fire station on way.
- At 1:58 a.m. Feb. 5, EFR responded to request for medical assistance at Snoqualmie Casino for CPR on an unconscious patient with a pulse. The patient was transported to a hospital.
- At 10:27 a.m. Feb. 5, EFR responded to an EMS call for a 67-year-old female with a syncopal episode with increased frequency over the last two weeks.
- At 1:38 p.m. Feb. 5, EFR responded to a 43-year-old female who fell from a ladder onto grass, breaking an ankle.
- At 4:15 p.m. Feb. 5, EFR responded to a call about a 6-year-old male who bumped his head on a clothing rack. A small laceration was found on the child’s head and he transported to a hospital.
- At 12:32 p.m. Feb. 6, EFR responded to a 67-year-old female with respiratory issues.
- At 10:31 p.m. Feb. 6, EFR responded to a request for medical assistance for a 62-year-old female complaining of anxiety. The patient wanted to get checked out and was feeling better after talking with the crew.
Police Blotter
February 23, 2012
Snoqualmie Police
False alarm
A caller from Swenson Drive Southeast reported that on Feb. 11, kids rang her doorbell and ran away. She was concerned because her house had been egged a couple months earlier.
Free beer?
An 18-year-old male on Feb. 13 was caught shoplifting a case of beer from Snoqualmie Market, and was cited for third-degree theft.
Emergency training
On Feb. 14, police received a 911 hang-up call. They later learned that a parent was teaching a child how to dial 911 in an emergency, and the call accidentally went through.
Police blotter
February 16, 2012
Snoqualmie police
Vandalism
At 11:47 a.m. Feb. 5, police arrived at the 7500 block of Cottonwood Drive Southeast to respond to a vandalism call.
A man told police someone had spun his or her vehicle’s tires on his lawn.
The lawn suffered about $100 of damage, and the tires looked to belong to an SUV.
Suspended license
At 1:29 p.m. Feb. 5, police heading east on Meadowbrook Way saw a white Dodge heading west.
A check of the plate showed that the registered owner had a suspended license.
Police stopped the vehicle and after checking the name of the owner, arrested him and later released him at the scene.
Police Blotter
February 8, 2012
Snoqualmie Police
Meat me out front
An Elderberry Avenue Southeast resident reported to police that at 2:45 p.m. Jan. 30 a man in a white van approached her and her children while they were in the garage. She said he asked if her family were “meat-eaters.”
He apparently was selling meat. She asked him to leave, but he went to the front door and knocked. He eventually left.
Police blotter
February 1, 2012
North Bend Police
Drunken driving
On Jan. 4, just after midnight, police pulled over Tiffany M. Padilla-Glen, 29, of Des Moines, on Ballarat Avenue.
According to the report, she didn’t pull over right away, so a second deputy was called to the scene and she did eventually pull over.
Beer cans were spotted in the car and Padilla-Glen told the officer she drank two whiskey and 7-Ups earlier.
She agreed to two breath samples, which resulted in a .213 and .198 blood alcohol content readings.
Police arrested Padilla-Glen for driving under the influence and driving while her license was suspended.
She was driven to her boyfriend’s house and released.
Police Blotter
January 25, 2012
Snoqualmie police
Cigarette run
At 10 a.m. Jan. 14, police on northbound Railroad Avenue Southeast saw a car pass them near the intersection of Snoqualmie Parkway.
A status check showed the driver had a suspended license for refusing a breath test.
When police contacted him, the driver said he knew his license was suspended but he was just getting cigarettes for his father.
Police told him he should not drive anymore and that he would receive a criminal citation in the mail for driving with a suspended license.
Drunken driving
At 10:35 p.m. Jan. 14, police responded to a complaint that some men who looked intoxicated were disrupting customers at Papa John’s pizza, 7328 Better Way S.E. Police learned that the two men left the store in a silver Dodge pickup.
Police saw the Dodge make an illegal U-turn and speed away.
They stopped the truck near the intersection of Snoqualmie Parkway and Railroad Avenue Southeast. As police approached the Dodge, the driver, Edward Robert Thomas, 45, handed police a debit card, thinking it was his driver’s license.
Police asked the driver if he was sure. The driver said yes. The officer replied he did not take Visa.
The driver fumbled as he searched for his license, and he had bloodshot, watery eyes and smelled of alcohol.
After failing a breath test, police arrested Thomas for driving under the influence. He was taken to the Issaquah City Jail for booking.
North Bend police
Suspicious charges
At 12:24 p.m. Dec. 30, a woman told police her bank had notified her that some suspicious charges had been made to her account — three $800 purchases at a Walmart in Colorado, a place she has not been to recently.
After determining the fraudulent nature of the charges, the card was cancelled.
Missing methadone
At 9:25 a.m. Jan. 3, a woman came to the North Bend station of the King County Sheriff’s Office, saying someone had stolen her methadone.
On Christmas Eve, she had her methadone hidden in a boot. That day, she had 16 guests at her house.
On Dec. 26, she realized that 14 days’ worth of pills had disappeared, approximately 154 pills. She said she did not know who might have taken them.
Police Blotter
January 18, 2012
Snoqualmie police
Drunken driving
At 10:39 p.m. Jan. 7, police saw a 1994 Honda speeding south on Snoqualmie Parkway approaching the corner of Douglas Street.
The driver, 60-year-old Gil Garcia ran a red light and almost hit another car traveling on Douglas Street.
When police stopped him, Garcia’s car smelled of alcohol, and he had droopy, watery eyes.
He failed field sobriety tests, almost falling to the ground when exiting the car, and was arrested for driving under the influence.
Police took him to the Snoqualmie Police Department and later to the Issaquah City Jail.
Warrant arrest
At 7:57 a.m. Jan 8, police responded to a call about a suspicious white male walking down 384th Avenue with a backpack. As the male approached Southeast Kimball Creek Drive, police asked him about his destination.
The man, 27, said he was going to get cigarettes.
Police asked him for identification and he responded by walking away. Asked again, the man showed an I.D. card. A status check showed the man had a felony warrant out of Ellensburg.
Police arrested him and searched him and his bag, finding a glass pipe and some marijuana.
Police later found a scale, some plastic baggies, a metal tin and a glass tube containing white crystals.
The man was taken to King County Jail for the warrant and will face charges for possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana.
The white crystals tested positive for methamphetamine.
Drug pack
At 10:21 a.m. Jan. 8, police arrived at Stellar Park, 34506 S.E. Stellar Way, Snoqualmie. Police examined a pink backpack found on the ground.
Next to the backpack sat a smoking pipe, a leather pouch, a bag of tobacco and a glass jar with marijuana seeds.
Police checked the area but found nobody.
Drunken driving, with dogs
At 2:05 a.m. Jan. 12, police saw a 2011 Chevrolet pickup traveling north in the 9400 block of Meadowbrook Way. The driver of the pickup, 51-year-old Daniel C. Vaughn, was driving with his high-beam lights on.
Police followed him and saw him drive over the centerline for about 100 feet, at which point they stopped him.
Vaughn smelled of alcohol and underwent field sobriety tests, struggling with some of them. Police arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
He then failed a breath test and was taken to the Snoqualmie Police Department. He was later booked into the Issaquah City Jail.
Vaughn’s two dogs, in the truck with him at the time, spent the night at the SPD. Police told Vaughn to arrange for someone to pick up the dogs or they would be released to animal control.
There was no information from North Bend Police, nor for fire calls for either city. The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.
Police Blotter
January 11, 2012
North Bend police
Safety check
At 11:45 a.m. Dec. 19, police responded to a call from a woman at a Chevron gas station, 745 S.W. Mount Si Blvd. The woman said she was going through a divorce and she had noticed a car followed her that day.
She drove home and noticed a white car, similar to a Ford Crown Victoria, followed her and had followed her in the past. She said her husband had people follow her at a mall in Tukwila in early December.
Police followed the woman home to make sure she was safe and advised her to contact Tukwila police about the incident at the mall. She already had protection orders against her husband in Kittitas and King counties.
Police Blotter
January 4, 2012
Snoqualmie Police
No vehicle for you
At 10:28 a.m. Dec. 28, police arrested a man who arrived at the intersection of Meadowbrook Way and Railroad Avenue southeast to retrieve a vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle had been arrested for driving with a suspended license.
As it turns out, the man also had a warrant for his arrest, out of Lynnwood.
He was taken to Lynnwood and turned over to a Lynnwood police officer.
