Bainbridge blotter | That’s not the brake pedal

Published 9:38 am Monday, August 31, 2015

Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

THURSDAY, AUG. 20

3:39 p.m. A 77-year-old man in a 2004 Subaru Forester was backing out of a stall in front of the Rite Aid on High School Road when he pushed the accelerator pedal instead of the brake.

His vehicle went over a planter and into the front of a parked car, a 2008 Subaru Impreza owned by a Moses Lake woman.

The Impreza was towed from the scene.

TUESDAY, AUG. 18

10:59 a.m. A man on Springridge Road NE said he has been noticing packages in his mailbox that were addressed to a window cleaning business. The man said the business owner apparently knew the mail was going to that address, because he had seen his truck stopped at his mailbox.

Police contacted the business owner, who said he had no knowledge of his mail being delivered to the wrong place.

Police learned the businessman had a friend who lived near the caller’s home, which would explain why he was seen nearby.

3:46 p.m. A French passport belonging to a 29-year-old woman was found in the parking lot of the Winslow post office and turned over to police.

Police contacted the woman’s traveling companion on his cell phone to let them know the passport had been found.

MONDAY, AUG. 17

11:52 a.m. A man informed police that he found a canoe adrift in Eagle Harbor and secured it at the Winslow Wharf Marina.

The man later called and said he wanted to salvage the canoe under maritime law.

The canoe was described as being in very good condition, with an estimated value of $600.

1:52 p.m. A 73-year-old man reported a stolen kayak.

About four to five weeks ago, someone removed the man’s kayak from the bulkhead behind his home on Agate Street NE.

The kayak was described as a dark green vessel, possibly a Mallard, and was valued between $500 to $700.

SUNDAY, AUG. 16

3 p.m. A bicyclist reported the theft of a black-and-red mountain bike that had been parked at Safeway.

The owner left the bicycle outside the store at 3 p.m., but it was gone when the owner returned at 9 p.m. The owner’s bicycle helmet was also missing.

The bike was a Specialized Crosstrail valued at $500.