POLICE BLOTTER
February 16
New Parking. Officer Victor Cienega was driving through the area of Madison Ave. and Winslow Way near Bjune at 1:13 in the afternoon when he saw a vehicle parked in the lane of travel. He pulled in behind the vehicle. There was no one in it. He talked with a nearby business owner who said the vehicle had been parked there for 20 minutes.
Cienega located the name and address of the owner, a woman from Seattle. He called her number four times and left a message.
He waited 10 more minutes and then called Cencom to request a tow for an impound. Kitsap Tow arrived 30 minutes later. As the tow driver was about to leave with the vehicle, the owner came running up. Cienega advised her that the vehicle was now in the possession of Kitsap Tow.
She paid the tow driver a fee to have the driver remove the vehicle from the truck.
February 15
Protection Order Screwup. A man contacted the police to report that the mother of his children was in his driveway. She has a protection order against him. He saw her in the passenger seat of the vehicle parked there and wanted to document the incident so he wouldn’t be accused of a violation.
The former couple uses a third party for information exchange about the kids and when and where to pick them up and drop them off. On that day he had never received the message. She had waited at the exchange point for an hour and then had a friend drive her to his residence.
Cienega explained to her what had happened and arranged for a neutral location exchange.
February 14
Valentine’s Makeup. A woman called the BIPD at 5:46 in the evening to report that a man and a woman were parked beside the road and yelling at each other.
While Officer Ben Sias was en route to the scene, the caller reported that the man had shoved the woman. When Sias arrived on scene both people were back inside the car. He first spoke with the driver who was upset but not scared. She said her boyfriend’s brother had been mean to her on the ferry, which had sparked the argument.
She explained that her boyfriend had left on foot after their argument but because it was Valentine’s Day she didn’t want him to leave. She chased after him to get him to come back and tried to grab him and he had brushed her off.
Sias called the reporting party who said some bushes had been in the way of her view but she had seen no obvious assault.
The couple had reconciled and there had been no apparent assault.
Smile! You’re on Camera in Your Bathroom. At 11:30 in the morning, a woman called to report a suspicious circumstance. Officer Dale Johnson met with the woman. She explained she is staying at her son’s residence while he is out of town. She said the night before at 10:30 p.m. she and her sister, who was visiting from out of town, had gone to bed. They were staying in the master bedroom. She said she had seen a couple of flashes from outside the west-facing window. Her sister had also seen the flashes. The bedroom has no curtains.
At 5 the next morning, she was in the bathroom when another flash happened from the south-facing window.
Sometime between 10:15 and 10:30 later that morning, the flash went off again when she was in the bathroom. She reached for the door and another flash went off from the east-facing window.
Johnson explored the area outside the windows, which is a patio. He saw no signs of any cameras or of footprints. The shrubbery outside the windows was undisturbed.
He called the son who said that his mother and his aunt and a friend who uses his shop were the only ones allowed on the property. The women were told to call 911 if they noticed anything else.
Agate Pass Mail Theft. A man called to request contact regarding mail theft on Agate Pass Road. The caller told Officer Jeff Benkert that at about 8:45 in the morning he took his dog for a walk. When he reached the road at the end of his driveway he saw that his mailbox and the mailboxes of his two neighbors were all open. He saw junk mail lying on the ground. He said he had retrieved his mail on Thursday but had not yet picked up his Friday mail. He had returned home at 6 the previous evening and his box had not been open. He had informed his neighbors about the possible theft.
February 13
Walking Under the Influence. At 8:31 in the evening, Cencom dispatched officers to a domestic violence incident. Cencom reported that the caller had been slapped by her husband and that she was very intoxicated.
Officers Ben Sias, Jon Ledbetter, and Trevor Ziemba arrived on scene at the same time. Sias and Ledbetter met with the wife, and Ziemba met with the husband who was standing outside and waiting for their arrival.
He said he wasn’t sure why police had been called, but his wife was very intoxicated. He said she had been drinking since midday and had been binge drinking for the past three months. He said he had been trying to get her help but she didn’t believe she had a drinking problem.
He had also been drinking. He said his wife had put on a bikini and started dancing around the house. He said she was being confrontational with him. He went to the couch and hoped she would go to bed. That’s when he heard her calling the police.
He said he had called police three days earlier because she had threatened to kill herself. She had been transported to Harrison. She was very upset he had called police.
He said they had no one to contact for support. He was uncomfortable leaving her by herself.
Sias and Ledbetter conferred with Ziemba. They said the wife was extremely intoxicated and could not offer any consistent reason for why she had called police. She told them her husband was mad she was drinking and had slapped her. She said she is not a good person. She said her husband is a good man for putting up with her. She said she didn’t want him to get into trouble.
She recanted the slap. She kept asking them why they were there, forgetting she had called them. She adamantly refused to be transported for medical evaluation. The officers saw no sign of injury and she did not indicate she was injured.
The officers concluded there was no evidence of domestic assault but were very concerned about the situation because of the woman’s intoxication. Ziemba was able to get a breath sample from her, which was .267. They tried to persuade her to get medical treatment. She refused. They contacted an aid unit for on-site evaluation. The medics found she was alert and orientated and had proper airway and was ambulatory.
The officers provided both parties with domestic violence information and left the scene.
About 20 minutes later, Cencom dispatched them back to the residence. The husband had called because his wife had left the house on foot, saying she was headed to the Casino. He was worried she would be hit by a car.
Ledbetter found her stumbling on the road near 305. He explained the Casino wouldn’t let her in because of her intoxication level. She allowed him to drive her back home. After a lot of circular talk, she agreed to stay on the deck and not leave.
The officers determined that, for her safety, Ledbetter would monitor the area. If he again saw her stumbling on the road, he would take her into protective custody for her own safety.
Shortly after that, she tried to leave. Ledbetter approached her again and expressed concern about her getting hurt. She insisted on getting her check card from her husband. Ledbetter retrieved it for her. She went in and out of the house, slamming the door and cursing at her husband.
The lights of the deck were switching on and off. She switched them off and headed for the deck stairs. The light switched back on and she became angry. She started breaking the lights on the deck so she could leave without being seen.
Ledbetter started speaking with her again. She said she wanted her husband out because he doesn’t pay rent. Ledbetter explained that her husband would be willing to leave if someone else could stay with her. She provided him with the number of a friend who might be able to help.
As Ledbetter tried to make the call to the friend, the wife went inside and started yelling and swinging punches at her husband. She knocked off his hat and hit him on the head but he was okay. Ledbetter saw the assault and arrested the wife. The husband initially admitted he had been hit but then tried to backtrack.
Drive-by Protection Order Violation. Officer Jeff Benkert was dispatched to the station to meet with a woman about a protection order violation. The woman explained that she is the protected party on an order against her neighbors. The order prohibits her neighbor from contacting her or placing her under surveillance and requires that he stay 50 feet away from her residence unless he is on his own property.
On the 13th, she said, at 8 in the morning, she saw him drive past her residence without stopping. He looked up at the house as he drove slowly by. She said the access road he used is 25 feet from her residence and therefore he violated the order.
She said he had done this between 10 and 20 times since November, using the access road that also connects to his property. She was advised to contact police immediately if it happened again.
No Belt, No License. At 9:45 in the morning, Officer Jeff Benkert was traveling south on Madison and waiting for traffic in the roundabout. He saw a driver right in front of him clearly not wearing a seatbelt. He activated his overhead lights and stopped the vehicle in the parking lot of the library.
Benkert contacted the driver and told him why he had stopped him. The driver said, “You got me.” The man’s license was suspended. Benkert issued him a traffic citation for having no license. He was given a warning about the seatbelt.
February 12
No License, No Ride to Work. Officer Dale Johnson was monitoring traffic on Miller north of Battle Point at 3 in the afternoon. He checked the registration of a passing vehicle and found the owner’s license was suspended for unpaid tickets. He stopped the vehicle at Day Road. The driver was the owner. He said he knew his license was suspended and normally gets a ride to work.
Johnson issued him a citation for driving with a suspended license.
February 11
Speeding with No License. Officer Gary Koon stopped a vehicle for speeding on 305 at Day Road around 11 in the morning. The driver had a suspended license. Koon issued him a criminal citation for driving with a suspended license.
February 10
Littering with No License and No Insurance. While monitoring the intersection of High School and Madison, Officer Victor Cienega saw a driver throw out a lit cigarette. He stopped the driver in the parking lot of Rite Aid. The driver could not provide a license. She said she had left it at home. He asked her if her license was suspended. She said she did not have a good license.
She provided an insurance card for the registered owner of the vehicle. The insurance did not cover her. Cienega found out her license had been suspended for Failure to Appear. He cited her for having no license and having no insurance.
February 9
Caught in the Middle. At 1:46 in the afternoon, a driver heading west on High School slowed for traffic. The vehicle in front of her was stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross at the intersection. The vehicle behind her did not stop. That driver said he saw the woman stopping but was unable to stop before colliding with her. No one complained of injury. Both vehicles sustained damage.
February 8
Theft of Services. Officer Jon Bingham reported to an auto repair shop for theft of services. He met with the manager who said an employee had had his personal car in the shop for repairs. All the parts had been ordered and the work had been done. The employee owed $1500 for the work.
The employee had given two weeks’ notice that day. He came to the shop at 6 in the evening and said he would not pay for the repairs and was quitting his job early. He then retrieved his vehicle and drove away.
Bingham explained that this was a civil matter, and the manager could bill the man for the work. If he did not pay then the manager could pursue the matter through small claims court or a collection agency.
Meanwhile Lieutenant Bob Day had stopped the employee in his vehicle on 305 near Vineyard Lane. The employee told him he was going to pay the bill but was upset because the shop had garnished his wages unfairly.
Parking Enforcement retrieved a bicycle left behind the restroom at the Chevron station.
February 7
Stop Sign Runner. At 6:29 in the evening, a vehicle was traveling south on Madison. Another vehicle was heading west on Wyatt. The second vehicle stopped at the intersection and then proceeded. The first vehicle didn’t stop and struck the other.
The driver of the first vehicle said she didn’t see the stop sign. No one reported any injuries. The second car had to be towed.
February 2
Hit and Run at Safeway. Officer Mike Tovar contacted a woman by phone regarding an accident. The woman said she had parked at Safeway and then entered the store sometime between 10:30 and 11 in the morning. When she returned she found a note on her windshield. The note said someone had hit her car and gave her the license plate number. The front bumper cover was ripped, and part of it was missing.
The note did not leave the witness’s contact information.
Tovar went to the home of the vehicle’s registered owner. No one was there. He then located the vehicle at the high school. He saw a fresh scrape on the right front bumper of the vehicle. He returned when school let out at 1:30. He saw a male get into the suspect vehicle. Tovar approached and told him he needed to speak to him about an accident at the Safeway.
The young man said he had been having trouble getting his vehicle into reverse. He said it then started moving forward and bumped the vehicle parked in front of him. He said he exited and checked the vehicle and didn’t see any damage.
CRIME LOG
DOMESTIC VIOLEN VERBAL DISPUTE 2/8/2015
FOUND PROPERTY 2/8/2015 HILDEBRAND LN NE
ASSIST DOMESTIC VERBAL 2/8/2015
THEFT MISCELLANEOUS 2/8/2015 MILLER RD NE
DOMESTIC VIOLEN MENTAL INVESTIGATION 2/8/2015
TRAFFIC HAZARD TRAFFIC EMPHASIS 2/9/2015 NE WINTHERS ROAD
CIVIL PROBLEM MISCELLANEOUS 2/9/2015
SEX OFFENSE INDECENT EXPOSURE 1/24/2015
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF 3 2/10/2015
TRAFFIC STOP DWLS/R 3 2/10/2015 NE DAY RD W / MANZANITA RD NE
TRAFFIC STOP DWLS/R 3 2/10/2015 HIGH SCHOOL RD NE
THEFT 3 – SHOPLIFTING 2/10/2015 WINSLOW WAY E
FOUND PROPERTY 2/7/2015 NE NORTH TOLO RD
TRAFFIC STOP DWLS/R 3 2/11/2015 NE DAY RD E / STATE HWY 305 NE
FOUND PROPERTY 2/11/2015
THREATS MISCELLANEOUS 2/5/2015
FOUND PROPERTY 2/12/2015
TRAFFIC STOP DWLS/R 3 2/12/2015 NE DAY RD W / MILLER RD NE
FOLLOW UP THEFT 1 10/1/2012 BATTLE POINT DR NE
UNKNOWN PROBLEM MENTAL INVESTIGATION 2/13/2015
TRAFFIC STOP DWLS/R 3 2/13/2015 MADISON AVE N
VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDER 2/13/2015
PATROL CHECK TRAFFIC EMPHASIS 2/13/2015
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT 2/13/2015 NE DAY RD W / MILLER RD NE, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
DOMESTIC VIOLEN ASSAULT 4 – DV 2/13/2015
THEFT – FROM MAILBOX 2/13/2015 AGATE PASS RD NE
PROWLER CRIMINAL TRESPASS 2 2/13/2015
DOMESTIC VIOLEN DOMESTIC VERBAL 2/14/2015
SUICIDAL SUBJEC MENTAL INVESTIGATION 2/14/2015
