Bainbridge Police reported the followin incidents:

JULY 14

9:37 a.m. A purse was stolen from a Ford Taurus parked on Nakata drive. Its owner said she had left the car parked there overnight with its doors unlocked and its windows rolled down. When she returned the next morning the purse was missing. It contained her identification and debit card, which had already been used that day for $110 in purchases before she canceled it. The investigation continues.

10:05 a.m. A burglary was reported at a private school on Madison Avenue. A custodian returned from a several week vacation to find the door of the school unlocked. Someone had apparently entered the art room and squeezed out paint tubes onto furniture and electronics around the room. Damage was estimated at $1,000.

5:08 p.m. An off-duty officer observed an apparently intoxicated man preparing to drive away from Fay Bainbridge State Park in a Chevy pickup truck. A resident had also asked the park host to call 911 and report the same man for harassing a woman. An officer caught up to the pickup on Phelps Road. The truck turned into a driveway and accelerated rapidly away with the patrol car in pursuit. At the end of the driveway the truck pulled into some bushes. Its driver threw away his keys and sat behind the wheel. He told the officer that he had tried to flee because he realized he had probably drunk too much to be driving. He said he was upset over a child molestation case in which he was a suspect and had drunk “one of those red cups” of wine before driving. He blew .124 on a breath alcohol test and had some trouble with field sobriety tests. He was arrested for driving under the influence, despite his protests that he was not driving when the officer found him, and that the vehicle’s keys were not in the ignition. He was booked into jail. The officer recontacted the witness at the park who said he had seen the man yelling a woman at the north end of the park. The park host had walked over to the pair at which point the man reportedly gotten up from his chair, said “there are too many people,” dropped his pants and urinated.

7:16 p.m. Officers contacted a man near Yeomalt Point who had reportedly been walking down a street yelling profanities. The man had been contacted by police before for unruly conduct. Officers approached the man, who told them he had not been taking his medication. He picked up his backpack and angrily approached the officers ,ranting about his first amendment rights. He stopped and dropped the bag when an officer threatened to shoot him with a tazer. Several girls told police the man had chased them while they were walking in the area. The man was transported to Harrison Hospital for mental evaluation.

9:43 p.m. A resident of Village Circle reported that a Toyota Camry being used by his son had been broken into in his driveway. He said that morning he had noticed the door of the car ajar. A check of the vehicle showed many items missing. A neighbor’s car alarm had also gone off early that morning. Another resident reported looking out of his bedroom window and hearing suspects say “We better get out of here” before departing in a small, four-door vehicle. No suspects.

JULY 15

2:21 p.m. A radar detector valued at $350 was stolen from an unlocked Ford Mustang on Viewcrest Drive. No suspects.

9:21 a.m. A resident forgot his bicycle helmet at a Winslow Way restaurant, and returned to find it missing. The silver Trek brand helmet was valued at $50.

JULY 16

8:53 a.m. Two exterior security lights were found broken out at Blakely Elementary School. The lights were valued at $100. No suspects.

11:59 a.m. A purple and red Murray bicycle was discovered by the rear door of the police station. It was entered into storage for safekeeping.

12:31 p.m. A 22-foot Cobalt power boat was reported stolen from a mooring buoy off of Country Club Road. The owner said the boat had been stolen in the past by joy riders who returned it the next day. The owner had subsequently installed a hidden kill switch on the boat, and said she had the only set of keys for the boat onshore. After noticing the boat missing, she scanned surrounding shorelines in case the boat had broken free, with no result. Police reported the vessel as stolen and notified Coast Guard. The investigation continues.

3:47 p.m. An Agatewood Road resident reported that someone had tampered with her mailbox. The woman had previously been the victim of mail theft and had purchased a locking mailbox. She discovered the new box’s door open and the interior mail shelf loosened. No mail appeared to be missing. No suspects.

5:45 p.m. A wallet was found on SR-305 north of Madison Avenue. The owner’s telephone number was listed on a business card inside and the owner was contacted. She said she had left the wallet on the roof of her car and had been searching for it since. She later met an officer and recovered the wallet.

JULY 17

11:06 a.m. Police assisted aid at a Rockaway Beach residence where two painters had bee injured in a scaffolding collapse. They had been on separate ladders, braced on a plank running from a fence to a “ladderjack.” The plank collapsed dropping the painters 20 feet to the ground. Both were hospitalized.

4:47 p.m. A resident of Palomino Drive reported that someone had fraudulently attempted to use his Visa card number to make $800 in online purchases from Wal-Mart and Barnes and Noble. The charges were canceled. Police ascertained that a Florida shipping address had been entered for the Barnes and Noble purchases. Police ended their investigation but the case was forwarded to the Visa fraud department.

9:54 p.m. A taxi driver turned over a wallet found near a pay phone at the ferry terminal. Several debit cards, two driver’s licenses and $42 were found in the wallet. The wallet’s owner could not be located. It was placed into evidence for safekeeping.

10:38 p.m. Officers patrolling Pritchard Park for after-hours visitors detained a girl encountered walking on a trail. The girl was soon joined by five other juveniles who were subsequently detained for being in the park after hours. The youths said they were home for the summer and simply hanging out. They said they were the only visitors on the beach. They were escorted to their vehicles and released. However, after the juveniles departed two baggies containing marijuana remnants were found on the ground near where the youths had been contacted. A K-9 unit was called in, and another bag of marijuana was found buried on the beach, with a granola bar sticking out of the sand as a marker. Three of the youths were recontacted but denied knowledge of the marijuana. A report was forwarded to prosecutors for possible charging.

2:13 a.m. An officer once again patrolling the Pritchard Park parking lot observed a vehicle enter the lot, but exit quickly after nearing the patrol car. The officer followed in a patrol car and stopped the vehicle on Taylor Avenue after it failed to signal a turn. The officer contacted the 17-year-old driver who was visibly shaking and smelled faintly of marijuana. Based on the smell, the officer requested to search the vehicle but was denied by the driver. A second officer observed a case of Miller beer in the car’s back seat. The driver was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol and a subsequent search of the vehicle showed that five cans were missing from the 30-pack of Miller, and a 40-ounce bottle o f Olde English malt liquor was also found. The driver did not appear to have been drinking and no marijuana was found in the car, though an incense candle with a similar odor was discovered. He was cited for minor in possession and released to his father.

JULY 18

8:27 a.m. An employee of a Bainbridge business reported that she had been receiving harassing calls at work and at her home in Silverdale from a caller in Jamaica. The caller had threatened her several times saying he “Could take her out with one phone call” and that he knew where she lived and would shoot her. In the most recent call he was now in Iraq. Police advised the woman to watch for the number on her caller ID and not answer when it called, and to request the phone company block calls from the number. The woman had already reported the harassment to the Kitsap County Sheriff.

9:49 a.m. A Kingston woman came to the station to report a road rage incident .She had been driving in downtown Poulsbo when a man in a Toyota Tacoma leaned out of his window and began swearing at her, and telling her that she shouldn’t be talking on her cell phone. The man followed her onto southbound SR-305, where he pulled alongside her Mercedes, honked his horn, yelled obscenities and tried to run her out of her lane. The man followed her onto Bainbridge, while continually making obscene hand gestures. He flipped her off and waved one last time before turning off on High School Road. The woman reported the man’s license plate number and asked that criminal charges be filed. The man was found to be a Bremerton resident. The case was forwarded to State Patrol for investigation.

10:14 a.m. A resident reported that her Visa card number was fraudulently used for $358 in purchases with Ryan Air International. The charges were stopped. The case was recorded.

JULY 19

8:51 a.m. A Yeomalt Cabin restoration volunteer discovered that a padlock had been cut from a cyclone fence surrounding building materials at the park. Nothing appeared to be missing from inside the fenced area. No suspects.

10:22 a.m. A Suquamish driver was stopped on on Sportsman Club Road and cited for driving with a suspended license.

11:17 p.m. An air traffic controller reported that a green laser had been pointed into the cockpit of a medical helicopter as it flew in the area of Fort Ward and Restoration Point. Police searched the area for suspicious activity with no result. A report was forwarded to the Federal Aviation Administration.

JULY 20

9:10 p.m. A Finch Place resident told police that someone had stolen two pairs of prescription glasses from her purse. She believed the theft had taken place in her residence the previous night while she was asleep. There were no signs of forced entry at her apartment, and she was not sure how a suspect gained entry. The glasses had bronze frames with tortoise shell arms and dark lenses. They were special order and valued at $900.

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