Police Blotter | Man steals Cinnabon ice cream and Mountain Dew from Albertson’s

Published 11:09 am Tuesday, March 31, 2015

March 14

Warrant arrest: A 23-year-old Bellevue woman was arrested at the 8100 block of eastbound I-90 on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant and for providing false information. The vehicle was impounded for service of search warrant. Police recovered narcotics pipes from the driver’s door panel of the vehicle.

March 15

Reckless burning: Shorewood Apartment maintenance found graffiti and a small fire of burning papers and trash in one of the garages, and confronted a suspect in the garage. There was no damage to the structure.

Traffic offense: At the 4500 block of Island Crest Way, a vehicle was found disabled and abandoned in the roadway. Police waited 30 minutes and no owner or driver showed up. The registered owner is a Seattle woman. The car was impounded to Mercer Island Towing.

Fraud: A 59-year-old male at the 8400 block of S.E. 42nd Street reported that someone filed a fraudulent tax return in his name.

Warrant arrest: A 30-year-old Monroe woman was contacted after hours in a park at the 2600 block of 84th Avenue S.E. She was found to have an outstanding warrant for assault. The warrant was confirmed, and she was booked into King County Jail.

March 16

Theft: A 54-year-old man at the 2400 block of 64th Avenue S.E. reported identity theft and fraud related to his IRS tax return.

Theft: A bag containing a tuperware container and iPhone 3 belonging to a 12-year-old Islander was taken from the girls bathroom at the 8200 block of S.E. 72nd Street. The estimated value is $200.

Found property: Police found a bicycle bag in the roadway, with miscellaneous bike clothing, an iPad and an open bottle of Fireball whiskey inside.

March 17

Prowling: A Trek Madone bike was stolen from a vehicle belonging to a 48-year-old Island man at the 2700 block of 78th Avenue S.E. The car was parked in the Island Square lower-level parking garage.

Theft: A 58-year-old Island man at the 8300 block of S.E. 42nd Street reported that his mailbox was taken.

March 18

Fraud: A 61-year-old Island woman at the 2400 block of 72nd Avenue S.E. received a letter from the IRS about problems with her tax return, which she had not yet filed.

Theft: A 29-year-old Seattle man reported a shoplift theft at the Albertson’s on 77th Avenue S.E. The suspect, a 23-year-old Island man, was located, identified, arrested at the 3200 block of 77th Avenue S.E. and later cited and released from MIPD. He had stolen a container of Ben and Jerry’s Cinnabon ice cream, a 20 ounce bottle of Mountain Dew and a bottle of Old Spice aftershave cologne. Police took a notebook with an elaborate retail theft manifesto outlined inside into evidence.

DUI: A 54-year-old Island woman was stopped for license violations at the 3100 block of 81st Place S.E. She had been drinking and agreed to voluntary field sobriety tests, which she failed with results of 0.267 and 0.259. She was arrested on suspicion of DUI and taken into custody.

March 21

DUI: A 25-year-old Issaquah man was stopped for speeding and failure to maintain lane of travel at the 3800 block of 84th Avenue S.E. He admitted to drinking alcohol, but refused field sobriety tests, stating he would rather go to the station. He was arrested on suspicion of DUI and provided blood alcohol content readings of 0.171 and 0.185.

March 24

Collision: A 30-year-old Granite Falls man was driving southbound at the 5100 block of East Mercer Way. His vehicle slid off the roadway and he drove into thick mud and struck a small utility box. It was unclear who maintains the box, which was destroyed in the collision. His vehicle received little visible damage, and he arranged for his own tow out of the mud.