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 Aug. 17 to Aug. 23: 6 found property, 4 traffic accidents, 3 malicious mischief in the third degree, 3 theft in the third degree, 3 vehicle prowling in the second degree, 2 suspicious incident/investigation, 2 criminal trespass in the second degree, 1 warrant arrest by outside agency, 1 miscellaneous, 1 patrol check, 1 assault in the fourth degree, 1 harassment, 1 warrant misdemeanor, 1 violation of civil anti-harassment order, 1 telephone harassment, 1 driving under the influence, 1 mental investigation, 1 outside agency referral, 1 forgery, 1 agency assist, 1 mail theft.

Aug. 25

Residential burglary: A man living on the 10000 block of Pointview Drive reported that between Aug. 22 and Aug. 25 – while he was out of town – someone tried to break into his home. The man found telltale signs of someone trying to use a metal object, such as a screwdriver or other tool, to gain access to a door jamb. Because the suspects were unable to get inside the door, the homeowner decided to not fix the door jamb since it still worked.

Identity theft: A woman living on the 10000 block of North Madison Avenue reported she received a call from her bank. The bank teller called to tell the woman that a Nigerian man tried to obtain an unauthorized money transfer by using the woman’s social security number, birthdate and her mother’s maiden name. The woman didn’t know how the man gained access to her private information. The transaction didn’t go through and the woman was given security measures by her employer to prevent further identity theft attempts.

Theft in the third degree: A 48-year-old woman reported that one of three crab pots anchored off Fay Bainbridge and Port Monroe were missing.

Aug. 23

Found property: A 79-year-old man found a MasterCard credit card at Winslow Green shopping center. Efforts, however, were unsuccessful to contact the Portland, Ore., person who owned the card. Police placed the card in evidence for safekeeping.

Aug. 22

Suspicious persons/situations: A man living on the 10000 block of Pleasant Place reported that his garage door had been raised to the level of his knees by someone. The man rarely uses the garage since it doesn’t have access to his home. The man didn’t see anything missing from the garage and believed the possible burglary attempt was thwarted because the door wouldn’t go back down after being opened.

Aug. 20

Malicious mischief: A 65-year-old woman discovered her car was keyed on the passenger side, possibly while she was doing errands on the island.

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 Aug. 10 to Aug. 16: 7 traffic accidents, 2 domestic verbal, 2 malicious mischief in the third degree, 2 suspicious incident/investigation, 2 thefts in the third degree, 2 warrant arrest by outside agency, 2 assault in the fourth degree, 2 identity theft, 1 false alarm, 1 driving under the influence/alcohol, 1 violation of protection order, 1 miscellaneous, 1 harassment, 1 found property, 1 violation of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act-heroin, 1 warrant-misdemeanor, 1 mental investigation, 1 motor vehicle theft, 1 criminal trespass, 1 violation of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act-marijuana less than 40 grams, 1 agency assist, 1 fraud, 1 mailbox theft, 1 driving while license suspended/revoked in the third degree.

Aug. 15
Warrant arrest by outside agency: A 47-year-old Seattle man was stopped and the Stanwood Police Department confirmed an arrest warrant on the man by calling the Bainbridge Island Police. The man was taken to the Kitsap County Jail. The cause of the warrant wasn’t listed in the incident report.

Aug. 14
Theft: A man living on the 10000 block of Silven Avenue reported that a fraudulent purchase of $338.65 was used in his name through an online purchase on a national electronic store’s website.

Warrant arrest by outside agency: A 74-year-old woman living on the 200 block of Finch Place was taken to Kitsap County Jail following two warrants for her arrest. She was taken to jail by a bail bondsman.

Aug. 13
Criminal trespass: Neighbors saw 10-12 teenagers in a vacant residence south of a home that burned on the 10000 block of Rolling Bay Walk. The suspects couldn’t be located by the time officers arrived and nothing was missing from the home.

Suspicious persons/situations: Officers responded to a suspicious homeless man knocking on doors at 8:20 a.m. in the 5000 block of Battle Point Drive. The reason for the man in the area lacked probability to officers and was suspicious due to a recent car prowl at the location.

Aug. 12
Vehicle collision: A 77-year-old man living on the 10000 block of Sunrise Drive said he fell asleep while driving at 4:54 p.m. and drove into a ravine on the 4000 block of Blakely Avenue. The man told officers that he woke as his car was leaving the roadway.

Motor vehicle theft: A 33-year-old Poulsbo man reported that his light blue Honda CRX had been stolen from the Diamond parking lot space #8 on the 200 block of Olympic Drive. The car was parked at 5 a.m. and was reported missing when the man returned at 5:30 p.m. Police checked with witnesses and they said didn’t see anything. Surveillance video also wasn’t available in the area. The man said he owned the vehicle with no payments. The car’s Washington license plate is AGC8936. The year of the car wasn’t listed on the incident report.

Identity theft: A 44-year-old woman who has lived on the island for eight years received a cable bill from a national company from Los Angeles. The woman said the account was opened with her full name, including her maiden name. A collection agency informed the woman she needed to file a police report and prove her island residency at the time the account was started. The amount of the bill wasn’t listed in the incident report.

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 Aug. 3 to Aug. 9: 5 traffic accidents, 3 criminal trespass in the third degree, 3 miscellaneous, 3 identity thefts, 3 harassments, 3 residential burglaries, 2 thefts in the second degree, 2 audible alarms, 2 found property, 2 suspicious incident/investigation, 2 thefts in the third degree, 2 malicious mischief in the third degree 1 violation of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act- methamphetamine, 1 domestic verbal, 1 telephone harassment, 1 mental investigation, 1 agency assist, 1 recovered stolen property, 1 bicycle theft, 1 driving under the influence, 1 theft in the second degree-embezzlement, 1 threats, 1 criminal mistreatment in the fourth degree, 1 violation of no contact order, 1 vehicle prowling in the second degree, 1 miscellaneous.

Aug. 10

Driving while intoxicated/liquor: A 26-year-old Seattle man was pulled over as he drove state Highway 305, near Winslow Way at 6 p.m. The Washington State Patrol had requested an assist with an intoxicated driver, who had performed poorly on Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. The man, who was arrested for DUI/liquor, refused to provide a breath sample. He was later booked into Kitsap County Jail.

Aug. 7

Theft in the second degree: A man living on the 1000 block of Weaver Road reported that a package was delivered to his residence’s door at 1:44 p.m., according to the company’s tracking system. But when the man arrived home at 8:15 p.m., the package was missing. The package came from a German vendor and contained an electronic bagpipe valued at $1,170.

Theft in the second degree/embezzlement: A 51-year-old woman was fired for embezzlement from a Gig Harbor business where she was employed. The woman was fired when the company figured out she had doubled her out-of-pocket expenses for reimbursement, totaling $971. When the woman was confronted with the allegation, she immediately paid back the money. The woman told police that she didn’t realize she had submitted the same receipt twice and that her life was very busy.

Aug. 6

Residential burglary: A man living on the 2000 block of Douglas Avenue learned he was a victim of burglary after he returned home from a seven-day camping trip. The man discovered rooms on the lower level of his home had been ransacked. The man told police that he sometimes leaves his house unlocked on occasion, but couldn’t say if this had occurred. A flat screen TV was flipped over and its screen smashed, backpacks were strewn, a rocking chair was flipped upside down and broken light fixtures were spread about the “man cave.” Through a police investigation, it was determined the burglar(s) were able to get through an unlocked side door since a deadbolt lock was still in place on the room’s main entrance.

Aug. 5

Found property: A driver’s license from an 18-year-old Seabeck woman was given to police by a man attending the Bainbridge Island Police Department’s National Night Out event at Sakai Intermediate School. The man had found the license, along with a bag of clothes, next to a storage unit located on the 500 block of Grow Avenue. When police came to collect the clothes later that night, they were missing. Police mailed back the driver’s license to the woman.

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 July 27 to Aug. 2: 5 traffic accidents, 4 thefts in the third degree, 3 mailbox thefts, 3 thefts in the second degree, 2 hit and runs, 2 mental investigations, 2 identity thefts, 2 residential burglaries, 2 driving while license suspended/revoked, 2 found property, 2 suspicious persons/situations, 2 vehicle prowling in the second degree, 2 miscellaneous, 1 failure to transfer title of motor vehicle, 1 theft in the first degree, 1 agency assist, 1 warrant arrest outside agency, 1 theft in third degree/shoplifting, 1 violation of anti-harassment order, 1 verbal dispute and 1 indecent liberties.

Aug. 2
Found property: A 70-year-old woman found a wallet at 12:10 p.m. while she was placing a sandwich board sign for her employer on the shoulder of Day Road and state Route 305. Based on identification found in the wallet, the wallet’s owner is a man from Campbell River, British Columbia. The wallet, which had $70 in Canadian money, was entered into found property.

Suspicious incident/investigation: A woman and her daughter saw an unknown man wearing a backpack down their driveway on the 13000 block of Madison Avenue at 11:39 a.m. The man was seen feeding the neighbor’s dog in the middle of the road next to the neighbor’s house. The woman lives down a long gravel driveway with only two other houses. When the woman asked the man if she could help him, the man didn’t answer and started to walk away. Police were unable to locate the man, who was described to be in his 30s with black hair and a thin build. He was wearing cargo-type shorts.

Aug. 1
Theft in the third degree/shoplifting: Between 1:15-1:30 p.m., a male suspect is believed to have stolen four Zeal-brand sunglasses valued at $570. The theft occurred at a business on the 100 block of Winslow Way. The suspect is described as a black man that stood 6-foot-2 with a heavy build, wearing an orange T-shirt, shorts and flip flops. The woman at the store was helping another customer with a large purchase when the shoplifting occurred. The store doesn’t have video surveillance.

Arrest by outside agency: A 43-year-old woman turned herself in for a Bainbridge Island warrant at the King County Jail at 8:34 a.m. The warrant, which wasn’t identified in the incident report, was confirmed.

July 31
Traffic accident: A Poulsbo woman driving along state Route 305 near Lovegreen Road hit a deer at 2 p.m. after the animal jumped out of the woods. The deer caused significant damage to the front end of the woman’s vehicle, which needed to be towed away.

Theft in the third degree: An unsecured woman’s style bicycle with a torn seat cover was stolen from the ferry terminal’s parking lot/garage area. The bike was left at noon and when the owner returned that evening it was gone. The bike was valued at $100. A red bike helmet that was with the bike was also missing.

July 29
Found property: A woman found a Volvo car key in a fire pit at Pritchard Park on July 9. The woman had been on vacation and the first chance she had to drop off the key was July 29.

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 July 20 to July 26: 7 traffic accidents, 5 found property, 4 miscellaneous, 3 thefts in the third degree, 2 assaults in the fourth degree, 2 burglaries in the second degree, 1 mailbox theft, 1 agency assist, 1 other crimes against property, 1 theft in the first degree, 1 bicycle theft, 1 residential burglary, 1 violation of no contact order, 1 suspicious incident/investigation, 1 false alarm unknown cause, 1 suspicious persons/situations, 1 hit and run/unattended property damage, 1 indecent liberties, 1 verbal dispute, 1 runaway, 1 mental investigation, 1 driving under the influence/liquor, 1 malicious mischief in the second degree, 1 disorderly conduct.

July 28
Driving while license suspended/revoked in the third degree: A 34-year-old Bremerton woman was stopped at 6:45 a.m. by an officer after he ran the license plate of the car the woman was driving. The woman had been charged with driving while license suspended/revoked in the third degree for failure to appear in court for unpaid tickets. The woman said had been making payments to keep her license, but lost her job and stopped making payments.

Warrant arrest by outside agency: A 43-year-old Poulsbo man who had a warrant out for his arrest for drinking while intoxicated was stopped by a Bremerton Police Department officer at 9:02 p.m. at 17th Street and Warren Avenue. Bainbridge Police confirmed the man’s warrant, which carried a $5,000 bail, and faxed a copy to the Kitsap County Jail.

July 27
Identity theft: A woman living on the 9000 block of Tidal Court reported that she had been a victim of identity theft after receiving a copy of her credit report. She said she had accounts opened “left and right” that she didn’t open or authorize.

Mailbox theft: At 2:51 p.m. police were notified that mail theft had occurred at Miller and Day roads. The caller advised police that she had seen people in a white over tan 1966 Ford Mustang stealing mail from mailboxes. The car, which had a Missouri license plate, was last seen on State Route 305 southbound. When police ran the license plate the caller had provided, the license tab had expired in March. Officers were unable to locate the suspects after checking the area.

Failure to transfer title of motor vehicle: A 26-year-old man from Poulsbo was stopped as he drove his car at 8:45 a.m. on Sportsman Club Road at Wardwell Road. When the officer ran the car’s license plate, it indicated that the vehicle’s tab had expired in May and a report of sale of Feb. 28. The officer then noticed that the vehicle was displaying a “7” sticker for July on the license plate, making it appear that the car’s tab was current. The driver said he was aware he purchased the car in February and just hadn’t transferred the title, and that he had just gotten the car running. When asked about the incorrect month tab, the man said he must have put the tab from his other car on the wrong vehicle. The man also had an expired insurance card and no vehicle registration. Department of Licensing also advised the officer that the man had a driving while license suspended in the third degree arrest as of July 25 for failure to appear in court for unpaid tickets. The officer cited the man for failing to transfer the title of the car he was driving, driving while license suspended in the third degree and for no proof of insurance. The passenger in the car told the officer her license was in good standing and that she would drive the car from its stopped location.

July 26
Miscellaneous: An intoxicated 47-year-old man was found in the common bathroom of an apartment complex at 10:20 p.m. on the 200 block of High School Road. The man was a guest of a tenant in the past, but was told he was no longer wanted on the premise. An officer told the man if he returned to the location he would be arrested for criminal trespassing. The man said he understood the directive and wouldn’t return.

Burglary in the second degree: A possible burglary was reported by a restaurant on Madison Avenue at 4 p.m. However, restaurant employees and officers couldn’t find anything missing. An employee said the front door was unlocked when he arrived at noon, but didn’t think anything of it because he incorrectly assumed the co-owner had unlocked the door.

Traffic accident: A male French tourist was riding a rental bike from the ferry terminal bike rental shop with three other friends, who were also French tourists, south on Madison Avenue near Parfitt Way at 2:44 p.m. The man was riding too fast and used the bike’s front brake to abruptly stop. This caused the man to be launched off the bike and onto the pavement. Bainbridge Fire medics determined the man sustained torn shoulder ligaments and a collarbone injury before he was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.

Disorderly conduct, criminal trespass in the second degree: A 47-year-old intoxicated married woman starting banging on a door of a home on the 200 block of Ferncliff Avenue at 11:30 p.m. She also started honking her vehicle’s car horn to get the attention of her 39-year-old boyfriend, who lives with his deaf mother. The boyfriend told the woman to leave, but she refused. An officer suggested to the man that he may want to consider getting a restraining order against the woman. Because the woman was drunk, officers offered the woman a ride home and she obliged.

Malicious mischief in the second degree, disorderly conduct: A 33-year-old intoxicated man was charged with malicious mischief and disorderly conduct after he caused $2,500 damage to a parked car in the ferry terminal parking lot at 1:37 a.m. When police arrived, one of the man’s arms was bleeding and the man was uncooperative. The man apparently arrived at the terminal with friends and started swinging around a golf club, which attracted the attention of ferry personnel who told him to stop. Although the rest of the friends boarded the ferry to Seattle the man swinging the golf club couldn’t be found by his friends on the ferry. It was later discovered that the man had broken out the back hatch window of a parked car that was 25 feet from where police officers found him. There were also blood marks on the asphalt next to the vehicle. The man was booked into Kitsap County Jail after he was taken to the hospital for treatment for his injuries.

July 25
Driving while intoxicated/alcohol: A 40-year-old man was stopped as he drove southbound on Miller Road at 11:12 p.m. for driving 45 mph in a 35 mph speed zone. When the officer approached the man, he smelled alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. The man provided a .139 and .140 Breathalyzer test and was transported to the Kitsap County Jail without incident with a $5,000 bail. At age 21, someone who registers at least a .08 percent on a Breathalyzer test can be charged for DUI in Washington state.

July 23
Suspicious incident/investigation: At 12:27 p.m., an unknown man drove into the yard of a home on the 10000 block of Mariner Lane. The man told the woman, who was in her yard at the time, that he was looking for a construction site but didn’t have an address. The man soon left quickly. The woman believed the man was casing her place because she lives down a long, secluded driveway. The man was in his 20s or 30s, white, clean cut with reddish blonde hair. He drove a silver 150 or 250 pickup truck. The woman didn’t get the license plate number on the truck the man was driving.

The following items were taken from Bainbridge Island 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 July 6 to July 12: 5 traffic accidents, 5 miscellaneous, 4 found property, 4 theft in the third degree, 3 malicious mischief in the third degree, 2 theft in the first degree, 2 identity theft, 2 domestic verbal, 2 theft in the second degree, 1 suspicious persons/situations, 1 residential burglary, 1 warrant arrest by outside agency, 1 extortion in the first degree, 1 disorderly conduct, 1 vehicle prowling in the second degree, 1 driving under the influence/liquor, 1 agency assist, 1 driving while license suspended/revoked in the third degree and 1 harassment.

July 14

Suspicious incident/investigation: A 50-year-old man, who was burglarized recently, reported a possible prowler outside his residence at 2:30 a.m. on the 300 block of Fir Acres. Police couldn’t locate anyone suspicious. Since the burglary, the homeowner said he often doesn’t sleep at night and waits until daylight to rest.

July 11

Driving while license suspended/revoked in the third degree: A 36-year-old man from Nordland was stopped at 1:10 p.m. An officer driving behind the man had ran the man’s license plate and found that he had a driving while license suspended charge for unpaid tickets from December 2013. The man told the officer that he had paid the tickets. The officer told the man that he couldn’t drive.

July 10

Theft in the third degree: An Amazon shipping box was taken from an unsecured public lobby of a condo, located on the 300 block of Knechtel Way.

Driving under the influence: A 54-year-old man living on the 5000 block of Wild Cherry Lane was stopped for going 52 mph in a 25-mph speed zone at 11:11 a.m. on High School Road near Sportsman Club Road. The officer smelled a strong odor of alcoholic intoxicants coming from within the man’s vehicle. The man, who refused to take a breath test, later was transported to the Kitsap County Jail and booked for DUI with a $10,000 bail.

Theft in the second degree, counterfeiting: A 55-year-old man fell victim to an Internet scam to be a secret shopper for a company called T. Duncan Evaluation Group. The company gave the man a $2,340 check from Home Street Bank. When the man purchased four Green Dot Money packs for $500, he would receive $300. However, the man, who had recently moved from Minneapolis, said his bank reported the check as counterfeit and demanded payment from for the charge-backs that would result.

Vehicle prowling in the second degree: A 23-year-old man who lives on the 8000 block of Baker Hill Road said his cellphone and marijuana smoking pipe had been stolen from his vehicle while it was parked at the Park & Ride lot on the 8000 block Day Road. The phone was a silver Samsung Galaxy valued at $200.

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 22 to June 28: 5 traffic accidents, 2 thefts in the second degree, 2 driving with license suspended/revoked in the third degree, 2 suspicious incident/investigation, 2 residential burglaries, 2 miscellaneous, 1 domestic verbal, 1 violation of the uniform controlled substance act-more than 40 grams of marijuana, 1 burglary in the second degree, 1 patrol check, 1 theft in the first degree, 1 identity theft, 1 false alarm-employee error, 1 hit-and-run/unattended property damage, 1 neighbor dispute, 1 malicious mischief in the third degree, 1 disorderly conduct, 1 malicious mischief in the first degree, 1 found property, 1 agency assist and 1 lost property.

June 30
Identity theft: A man living on the 7000 block of Fletcher Bay Road reported that he received several pieces of mail from a bank that he hadn’t opened an account with. A debit/Visa card with a pin code for online banking was in one of the letters.

Found property: A woman found some cash in the middle of the road and reported it to the police, who placed it in found property. The location and the amount of cash was redacted from the report.

Reckless driving/racing: An 85-year-old woman living on the 6000 block of Monte Vista Drive was reported to police for reckless driving. Another driver witnessed the woman driving all over the road and driving onto the curb at a roundabout. The reporting party said it was the second time she had seen the woman driving recklessly. When police caught up with the driver at her home, the woman said she had been under a lot of stress with family health problems. The driver also admitted to the officer that she had driven over the roundabout’s curve and that her mind had been occupied, which caused her to possibly daydream. The officer suggested to the woman that she may want to retest with the Department of Licensing and that she needed to drive more carefully.

June 28
Driving with license suspended or revoked in the third degree, failure to transfer title within 15 days: A 26-year-old man living on the 300 block of Shepard Way was stopped when an officer noticed an apparent expired license plate tab. The vehicle’s registration had expired in 2012 and the car was sold in November 2011. However, the vehicle was displaying a 2014 license tab. The driver admitted to the officer that he took the tab from his father’s Ford Ranger truck. When the officer ran the man’s name in the state’s database, it returned with the man being charged for a driving while license suspended/revoked in the third degree for failure to appear for unpaid tickets. The improper tab was removed from the man’s car by the officer.

June 27
Residential burglary: A woman living on the 800 block of High School Road reported someone had stolen two prescription bottles from her home’s bathroom. The woman believed she had failed to lock her apartment since there was no evidence of forced entry. One of the lost medicine bottles contained approximately 20 pills of Oxycodone and the other contained about 30 pills of Meloxicam. The woman said several people in her apartment complex were aware the woman needed medicine because of her recent foot surgery, which she still had a cast for.