POlice Blotter

Bainbridge Police reported the following incidents:

APRIL 28

12:39 p.m. Police and aid were dispatched to the ferry terminal to meet a man who was reportedly having mental problems on an incoming boat. The man had passed a note to ferry staff warning them that his life was in danger. Officers tried to assist the man’s sister in taking him home but the man resisted their efforts and, after walking out of his clogs, proceeded up Olympic Drive in his socks. The man was eventually handcuffed and taken to the Winslow Clinic for evaluation.

1:52 p.m. An officer recognized the driver of a Mercedes Benz on Bucklin Hill Road as a man he had previously arrested for driving with a suspended license. A records check confirmed that the driver’s license was still suspended. The officer was enroute to another incident at the time but issued the driver a citation by mail.

1:58 p.m. Graffiti was discovered at a public building on Madison Avenue North. Six-foot-tall white “bubble” letters had been sprayed on the side of the building, but the responding officer could not distinguish what they said. The building’s manager said the vandalism had occurred sometime after April 25. No suspects.

2:37 p.m. Officers arrested a woman at the Suquamish Casino accused of stealing a pet pit bull from her ex-boyfriend April 1 on Bainbridge. The dog was later recovered in Gig Harbor. The ex-boyfriend told police that the woman had been harrassing him with text messages and provided them with a copy of a recorded phone converstation. On the recording the woman admitted to kidnapping the pit bull, driving it to Gig Harbor and letting it go. She also told the ex-boyfriend that she was watching his house. Upon her arrest the woman admitted to taking the dog but said she hadn’t hurt it. She was charged with stalking, violation of a protection order, residential burglary and theft. After being booked into jail, a correction officer allowed the woman to access her cell phone, which she used to send her ex-boyfriend a number of threatening text messages. The phone was subsequently confiscated. The woman was released following her arraignment.

4:31 p.m. A worker at a construction site on Alpena Place told police that a 28-foot aluminum ladder valued at $300, and a 20-foot wood and metal walking plank valued at $1,200, were stolen sometime on April 21 or April 22. No suspects.

8:01 p.m. An officer stopped a driver of a black Mercedez Benz for the third time in three weeks for driving with a suspended license. The driver was pulled over on Wyatt Way after a record’s check showed his license was still suspended for unpaid tickets. The driver was issued a citation and released.

9:57 p.m. An island man driving a Mazda MX-5 accelerated too rapidly while attempting to make a left turn onto High School Road across from the Rhododendron Apartments. The car’s tires spun and the driver lost control of the vehicle, careening over the far sidewalk, down and embankment and through some shrubbery. The car sustained heavy damage to its passenger side.

APRIL 29

2:30 p.m. An Old Mill Road resident reported an antique phone booth shell had been taken from her front yard sometime in the previous three weeks. The booth, which had been a fixture on the property for a number of years, was described as a battered, mostly-glass structure with no door, seat or telephone. It was valued at $50.

APRIL 30

9:47 a.m. A Belfair man was arrested on Sporstman Club road after a record check showed he had an outstanding warrant for driving with a suspended license. The man was cited for driving with a suspended license and for failing to provide proof of insurance.

9:48 a.m. A farm owner on Holly Farm Lane said an intern had caused $1,775 in damage to her riding lawn mower and personal vehicle. The intern had been hired four weeks before and had been provided room and board, but the farmer said his work ethic had been in decline recently. She had been monitoring his behavior closely and learned that he had acquired a bus ticket to move to New Mexico from his supervisor. On the day the intern left, she discovered that someone had dumped “potting soil” into the gas tank of her vehicle and had put gas into the oil reservoir of her riding lawn tractor. Police interviewed the supervisor who could not provide any information other than the general area the intern was traveling to. The intern’s former employer was contacted and police learned that he had been fired after two weeks on the job for using a work computer to bid on eBay items. The investigation continues.

9:54 a.m. A Madrona Way resident reported a case of attempted fraud. She said a caller, purportedly from an unknown insurance company, had called her 12 times in the previous four days, attempting to solicit private information. The caller told her that she was receiving new medical information and a card and that the company needed her bank information for processing purposes. When she asked the caller for more information his responses would either be too fast or confusing for her to understand. The caller did not give her a contact number or the name of his company. The resident called her insurance provider and was assured that it was not trying to contact her. The case was recorded.

12:36 p.m. An Azalea Avenue resident told police that someone had stolen her personal information to obtain a JC Penney credit card, which was used to purchase $600 of goods from a Northgate store. Her information had also apparently been used in an application for a Sears card in Federal Way which was denied. The resident notified credit reporting agencies but no suspects were identified.

2:02 p.m. A Bainbridge driver on High School Road was arrested and cited for driving with a suspended license and for failing to provide proof of insurance. He was booked and released.

6:48 p.m. A Diamond Parking employee reported that a suspect was attempting to steal money from the pay boxes at the ferry terminal lot. The employee said he believed the man was trying to use a bobby pin or similar device to pull money out of the pay slots. When the employee approached, the man road away on a maroon mountain bike. The employee said he believed the man had stolen from the boxes before and he was planning to set up surveillance.