Police Blotter | Credit card skimmers found at South-end Chevron

MIPD also responds to reports of theft, prowling and malicious mischief from Oct. 14 to Oct. 23.

October 14

Theft: A 47-year-old Island woman reported that her 14-year-old son’s bike was stolen from the Park and Ride on North Mercer Way.

October 16

Theft: An Island woman said a bicycle was stolen from her residence at the 7100 block of 80th Avenue S.E.

October 17

Burglary: Two laptops were stolen from an Island man’s residence at the 7100 block of 86th Avenue S.E., for a loss of $2,500. The rear sliding door was unlocked.

Theft: An Island man left his cell phone at the U.S. Post Office on 78th Avenue S.E., and reported it stolen.

October 18

Car theft: A 46-year-old Lynnwood woman reported a stolen vehicle at the 7600 block of Sunset Highway. Two suspects, a 23-year-old Renton man and 21-year-old North Bend woman, were arrested.

Hit-and-run: An unknown suspect vehicle collided with a legally parked unoccupied vehicle at the 8500 block of S.E. 78th Street and fled the scene.

Burglary: An Island woman who lives at the 4000 block of 92nd Avenue S.E. said someone forced entry into her home through a basement window, causing $500 in damage. The house was rummaged through, but nothing was taken.

October 19

Malicious mischief: After being denied permission to top trees on a neighbor’s property, a suspect caused an employee or contractor to cut down a tree on a neighbor’s property at the 3600 block of 92nd Avenue S.E. to improve his view.

Theft: An Island woman at the 8800 block of S.E. 58th Street said two subjects attempted to steal a ladder from her driveway. She chased them and the ladder was dropped before the suspects left the area in a white Ford pick-up truck.

Fraud: An Island man and woman at the 8300 block of S.E. 50th Place reported that unknown suspects opened several fraudulent accounts using their personal information.

Warrant arrest: Issaquah PD arrested a suspect with a Mercer Island warrant, who was booked into Issaquah Jail with an amount of bail of $500.

Fraud: A 51-year-old Island woman at the 9400 block of S.E. 52nd Street said her identity was used to make purchases on two credit cards on Sept. 17.

October 20

Fraud: An Island woman at the 6100 block of East Mercer Way was informed by her CPA that someone had unlawfully filed her taxes using her Social Security number.

Theft: An Island man and woman at the 9400 block of S.E. 52nd Street reported charge accounts opened in their names without permission. Several charges were made.

Malicious mischief: An unknown person threw an object, possibly a rock, at the window of a building at the 9300 block of S.E. 36th Street, breaking the outer pane of a double pane window.

Fraud: An Island man at the 6800 block of 96th Avenue S.E. sent a $5 check to a marine marketing company in exchange for a marketing packet for his business. He found that the company created two checks using his routing number and bank account number from the check he sent. Each fraudulent check was for $199.99.

Trespass: A group of subjects were trespassed from Rite Aid after twice entering the store and attempting to steal. One, a 55-year-old Seattle man, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.

Fraud: An Island man at the 9800 block of S.E. 42nd Place was alerted by a tax accountant that a duplicate return for 2014 had been fraudulently submitted to the IRS by an unknown suspect using his personal information.

October 21

Found property: A bicycle was found at the 8400 block of North Mercer Way.

Fraud: A skimming device was found inside a gas pump at the Chevron on S.E. 68th Street. Officers found a second device installed on another pump at the same location.

October 22

Fraud: An Island man at the 6700 block of S.E. 28th Street reported that his credit card was fraudulently used to purchase a faucet online, for a loss of $696.15.

Burglary: An Island man at the 8400 block of S.E. 44th Street reported that his unoccupied home was burglarized during the day. The loss amount was unknown at the time of the report.

Suspicious circumstance: An Island man at the 8800 block of S.E. 59th Street said that a junction box with phone and cable wires attached to his house was found open and appeared to have been vandalized.

October 23

Burglary: An Island woman at the 2700 block of 76th Avenue S.E. reported a burglary of her residence and theft of jewelry, for a loss of $20,000.

Warrant arrest: A suspect was arrested at the 7000 block of North Mercer Way for a misdemeanor warrant out of Shoreline for driving with a suspended license.