Bainbridge blotter | Before the mast

Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

MONDAY, DEC. 14

9:49 p.m. A hit-and-run was reported on Madison Avenue. An 18-year-old Bainbridge man said he got to work at about 5:20 p.m. and parked his car on the north side of the parking lot at the Pavilion.

When he got back to his car, a friend pointed out that his driver’s side taillight was damaged, and the owner noticed the cover had been cracked.

He said a note hadn’t been left on his vehicle.

SUNDAY, DEC. 13

12:30 p.m. A 46-year-old Bainbridge woman said her 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser was hit by another driver while it was parked in the parking lot near Safeway.

A witness said he saw a young man in a 1996 Toyota 1/2-ton pickup back up and hit the other vehicle. He did not get out of his vehicle to look at the damage but just drove off.

The witness took the license number and gave it to the owner of the other vehicle. Police contacted the owner of the truck.

5 p.m. A 37-year-old Bainbridge man in a 2015 Ford F350 pickup was driving north on Highway 305 while pulling a wooden dingy with a 12-foot mast when the mast hit the traffic light above the highway at the Madison Avenue intersection.

The driver said he was confused because he had passed through the intersection many times before with the boat and never had problems.

The driver saw the light was functional and left the scene.

When he went through the intersection again, he noticed the bottom of the light was bent and damaged, and he called police to report the incident.