Bainbridge blotter | Gift horse

Published 3:19 pm Friday, November 20, 2015

Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

MONDAY, NOV. 2

10:29 a.m. A 38-year-old Silverdale woman told Bainbridge police her horse had been stolen. She had taken in a rescue horse two years ago, but when she went to her barn she discovered the animal missing.

She said a friend had admitted to her in an email that she had taken the horse, and the friend alluded that the woman had not been properly caring for the animal.

The woman who reported the theft was asked to show proof of ownership and could only find text messages about adoption paperwork, but nothing definitive. She also said she had gotten married that April and the horse was a wedding gift.

Police contacted the woman’s friend who said she had allowed her to board the rescue horse. She had since gotten several reports that the horse was not being treated well.

She also noted that the nonprofit organization she worked for had paperwork concerning the ownership of the horse.

Police told both parties the dispute was civil in nature and should by settled in court.

SUNDAY, NOV. 1

11:20 a.m. A 49-year-old Bainbridge man said someone went into his truck when it was parked at Gideon Park on Halloween night and took a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses that were valued at $385. The theft occurred at about 9 p.m. on Halloween.

SATURDAY, OCT. 31

6:03 p.m. An 80-year-old Poulsbo man in a 1998 Volkswagen was on his way to a football game when he lost control and his vehicle went off the road, down a small embankment and into a small cluster of trees.

The man, who was not injured, said the road was wet and slick.

A tow truck was called.

FRIDAY, OCT. 30

8:30 a.m. A 57-year-old Bainbridge man in a 2014 Ford was backing out of a driveway when his backup beeper started to beep.

He pulled forward and found the back end of his vehicle had struck the right-side fender of a vehicle parked on the other side of the street.