** This blog was edited to fix a mistake in the July 6 “Found
property” entry at 12:45 p.m. July 9.
The following items were taken from Bainbridge police reports by
reporter Ethan Fowler. For more blotter, visit
bainbridgeislander.com and click on Bainbridge blog link on the
right side of the screen.
Crime log stats from June 29 to July 5: 7
traffic accidents, 4 found property, 3 miscellaneous, 2 identity
theft, 2 mental investigation, 1 missing person, 1 agency assist, 1
reckless driving/racing, 1 theft in the first degree, 1 mailbox
theft, 1 missing person, 1 driving under the influence, 1 theft in
the first degree-shoplifting, 1 injury from car accident, theft in
the third degree, 1 malicious mischief in the third degree, 1
criminal trespass in the second degree, 1 suspicious
incident/investigation, 1 warrant arrest by outside agency, 1
miscellaneous, 1 boating/marine incident, 1 motor vehicle theft, 1
vessel abandoned/derelict on aquatic lands, 1 verbal dispute.
July 7
Identity theft: A 41-year-old man living on the 7000 block of
Vincent Road reported that he had received a state tax refund from
Indiana, a state he had never lived or ever done business. When the
man inquired with the Indiana Department of Revenue, he discovered
someone was using his name, address and social security number as
documentation for work in the Midwest state. This has caused tax
withholdings for both state and federal taxes that are reporting
under the man’s name and social security number.
Theft in the third degree: A woman and her husband, who live on
the 5000 block of Battle Point Drive, discovered several items from
their cars were left in the driveway a distance from their home’s
parking area. Both cars had been tampered with and several items
had been stolen.
Malicious mischief: A man living on the 5000 block of McDonald
Avenue reported that he was awoken to the sound of glass breaking
and a softball-sized rock hitting the floor in his living room as
he slept in his bedroom upstairs at 12:30 a.m. When the officer
arrived, the man said a rock was also used to break the right rear
window on a vehicle parked in the driveway that belongs to his
daughter-in-law, who lives in a separate residence behind his. The
man saw what he thought was a flashlight beam in his backyard. The
right rear tail lamp on the man’s car was also broken. Estimated
cost to fix the house 12-inch-by-16-inch window is $750 and $250 to
repair the tail lamp.
July 6
Theft in the third degree: A woman living on the 6000 block of
New Brooklyn Road reported that her family’s Fourth of July sign
that it ties to the house and uses annually was missing. The
30-inch-by-36-inch vinyl sign shows Peanuts characters Snoopy and
Woodstock, along with the American flag, with wording “CELEBRATE.”
The sign is valued at $25. There are no suspects, but the woman
believed it was neighborhood kids since other items had gone
missing in the past but weren’t reported to police.
Found property: A woman found a wallet sitting on a sidewalk
post area of Winslow Way. Credit cards and ID in the wallet bore
the same name, but when the officer searched several databases to
obtain a phone number they were unsuccessful. The wallet was
placed into police property. Another wallet was also found on July
5 on Winslow Way East and an officer had similar problems locating
a phone number for a person whose name was on several credit
cards.
July 5
Boating/marine incident: The marine patrol officer and another
officer on the boat responded to a boat in distress at 3:40 p.m.
near Lincoln Park. The boat had two people and a dog on board. The
Auburn man’s boat had a problem with his out-drive (gear case) and
was unable to operate the boat. The man threw out a small anchor to
keep him from blowing onto the rocks. When the patrol boat arrived
on the scene, the 25-foot Maxum cabin cruiser was equidistant
between Alki Point and the Fauntleroy ferry crossing in
approximately 20 feet of water. The tide was flooding and the wind
was building to approximately 15 knots to the north. The vessel
needed to be towed to Des Moines and the boat’s operator made
arrangements with Vessel Assist Tacoma, which arrived soon
after.
July 4
Miscellaneous: An officer assigned to Pritchard Park on foot and
bicycle patrol from 6 p.m. to midnight reported 16 camp fires were
doused, four firework violations were dealt with verbally. The
officer estimated approximately 400 to 600 people were present. At
2 a.m. on July 5 when officers walked the area, they found an
extreme amount of trash left on the beach. Officers went through
the trash in an effort to find who left the large amount of trash
behind, but were unsuccessful.
