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June 12
Harassment of Texting Walker. An officer made contact with a woman who had called to report threats and harassment. The woman said that on April 20 at approximately 12:40 she was walking through the northern parking lot of T&C, which is very narrow at the beginning. She was texting as she walked through the lot. She said that a male in a white SUV pulled into the parking lot and parked in a space adjacent to where she was walking. He got out of his vehicle and approached her, very upset, because he had been behind her as she walked across the lot.
He began to yell and curse at her for blocking the driveway. He got into her face at one point, saying that, if she were a man, he would “beat the s**t out of” her. She told the officer she was frightened by this behavior and didn’t understand why the man was so upset with her. She said that she told him she was glad she wasn’t a man. She tried to walk away and proceeded through the driveway separating T&C from the Streamliner Diner. He got back into his SUV and began following her. She then entered the store.
She told her coworkers at Blackbird Bakery about the incident the next day. She was encouraged to report the incident to the police, but she chose not to at the time. She said that on April 25, her day off, the same male entered Blackbird, having figured out that is where she works. He began to badmouth her to the other employees there who later told her about it.
Around the first week of May, he came into Blackbird while she was working the cash register. He began conversing with another employee while standing two feet away from her. She felt this was a move to intimidate her.
Today, she saw the male driving the white SUV, and she took a photograph of his license plate number. He was entering T&C. She described him as being in his late 50s, approximately 6’3″, 200 pounds, and balding with white hair. She said he did not approach her or say anything to her. She said that she feel uneasy every time she sees him now and decided to report the earlier incidents in the event that he escalates things again. The officer told her that if he has done nothing since the incidents almost two months ago, then it is unlikely he will. The officer determined the man’s identity through his license plate. He did not contact him at this time as the woman did not want to pursue criminal charges for harassment or threats.
June 11
Wayward Sign. A man reported that he was on the west loop of the upper Grand Forest off of Mandus Olsen on the Koura side at about 8:30 a.m. He said that he noticed a large 6-foot by 4-foot green and white sign on the path. The sign said Rotary Centennial Park Next Right. Two officers reported to the path and found the sign. It appeared to be a DOT sign. They transported the sign to public works for storage.
Driver Asleep in the Intersection. At 11:32 p.m. Cencom dispatched Bainbridge units to Day Road and 305 for an unresponsive male in a car in the roadway. Bainbridge Fire Units arrived on scene at the same time. The vehicle was stopped in the left turn lane of eastbound Day Road at the 305 intersection. An officer approached and saw a white male in a blue T-shirt in the driver’s seat, apparently passed out or asleep.
The Fire Department applied wheel locks to prevent the vehicle from traveling forward into the intersection or backward in to a patrol car. The engine was running and the transmission was in drive and the doors were locked. The male had his foot on the brake. Fire Department personnel banged on the window and the man startled and gave a thumbs up sign. The officer could see a 12-pack of beer on the rear seat. It appeared as if the container had not been opened. The man unlocked his doors and the Fire personnel opened the doors to see if there was a medical problem. The police officer could smell alcohol. Fire personnel put the car in park and removed the keys.
The police officer then began a DUI investigation. The man had reddened and watery eyes and a flushed face. His breath smelled strongly of alcohol and he was unsteady. The officer asked if he had been drinking, and he said he had been drinking at Battle Point Park. He said he had consumed seven beers before driving. He did not recall stopping in the middle of the road. He agreed to perform voluntary field sobriety tests. He also agreed to take a portable breath test. His test registered .185.
The officer arrested the man and transported him to the police station for the breath test. The machine failed so the officer transported the man to the Kitsap County Jail for the test. His tests registered .157 and .152. He was booked into the jail, charged with Physical Control, on $5000 bail. The man said he had one previous charge from Spokane from several years earlier.
June 10
Driving with a Suspended License. At approximately 8:55 p.m., an officer saw a vehicle drive past northbound on 305 from Morgan Road. The officer determined that the owner had a suspended license. He stopped the car on 305 at Day Road. The driver identified herself as the registered owner. The officer told her that the owner had a suspended license for unpaid tickets. She said that she was the owner. She showed the officer a ticket she had that she had not yet resolved. She had no insurance card. The officer issued her a criminal citation for driving with a suspended license. He told her she couldn’t drive.
Revenge Mailbox Bashing. At approximately 4:55 in the afternoon, an officer contacted a North Madison resident about malicious mischief to his mailboxes. He told the officer that the metal mailbox posts had been bent inward away from the road, as if someone had backed into them or had purposefully pushed them backwards to damage them. There are mailboxes on either side of his so he knows that the damage was done specifically to his. He said that the latest damage had occurred between noon and 4:30. The officer estimated the cost of repairing the post at $100.
The mailboxes are for two residences. One is for his residence and one is for a rental unit on the same property. The man gave the officer the name of a suspect. He said that the suspect’s grandparents had lived in the rental unit but they were asked to leave in January after several incidents of theft involving the suspect. He said that the suspect is an IV drug user. He did not see the suspect do the damage to the posts, but prior to calling 911 he had seen a gray/blue SUV come down the driveway and then leave after seeing someone was there. He said there is no reason for anyone to drive that far down the driveway as there is room to turn around before that. He had been instructed by detectives to call the police if he ever saw anything suspicious.
Locker Room Theft? At around noon, Cencom advised of a caller that was following a young man north from the Pavilion. He believed the man had stolen his wallet and cell phone from a locker in the Pavilion. He provided a description of the young man. When an officer arrived, he initially saw no one. After a few minutes, he entered the Safeway and found the man sitting at a counter. Another officer came to assist. The first officer introduced himself, and the young man immediately said that a man had been following him and accusing him of theft. The officer asked him to tell him what had happened.
He said he had recently returned to Bainbridge and was homeless. He had been staying with friends but most recently had been camping in the woods. He said that he had found that the gym locker room in the Pavilion was accessible, so he had been taking showers there and leaving a few of his belongings in a locker. The officer told him that he had just admitted to trespassing, and the man said that he had thought it was a “public gym.” He said that today he had returned to the locker and was there for less than a minute. As he was leaving the Pavilion, a man had started yelling at him, accusing him of taking his wallet and cell phone from his locker. The young man said that he had no idea what he was talking about and even allowed the other man to search his laptop bag that he was carrying. He said he left, but the angry man was still following him and yelling at him.
The young man allowed the officer to search his bag and volunteered to return to the Pavilion. They returned to the Pavilion and met with the victim. The victim said he had been working out at the gym and had just returned to the locker, which he said he had locked after stowing his red jacket, cell phone, and wallet in it. He found the locker door open, with the jacket partially hanging out, and he discovered that his wallet and cell phone were missing. He had seen the young man leaving the locker area just as he entered and believed he might have been responsible. He said he had confronted the man while he was still in the building. The young man had denied it and allowed him to search his bag, but the victim had not asked to search his pockets.
The officers accompanied the young man to the locker room where they searched the locker he had been using. They found a backpack with some clothing in it. The officers looked in all the lockers without finding the missing items. They noted that none of the lockers was locked and none had any damage from being forced open. The young man adamantly denied stealing anything but admitted he shouldn’t have been in the locker room. He said he would not return. He was allowed to leave.
The victim said he hoped the young man didn’t do it but he still suspects him. He was going to dial his number and listen for a ring from the bushes along the sidewalk where he had followed the young man. The officers told him to cancel his credit cards.
June 9
Lost Money. At about 5 p.m. a parking enforcement officer found a number of folded U.S. currency bills laying on the pavement near the intersection of Bjune and Brien. The officer placed the currency into safekeeping.
Battle Over Yard Debris. At approximately 6:33 in the evening, Cencom advised that a man was on the phone reporting that a woman was standing in front of his truck, blocking entry to his home on Endicott, photographing him and cursing at him. The man said that this was a violation of an antiharassment order. The officer drove toward the scene. On the way he was advised that the man was back on the phone and that the situation was escalating.
When the officer arrived, he was contacted by the reporting party, the man’s wife, and another couple. All four are petitioners in an order against the woman who was yelling and her husband. The woman’s husband was trying to calm her down, but she appeared furious and unable or unwilling to take any direction from the two officers on scene. The woman said that she had caught the driver of the truck stealing greenery that she felt was hers and that she had placed in, what appeared to the officer, as a right of way. The driver said that he was taking his second truckload of debris that he had removed from the roadway back to his property when the neighbor man dropped off his wife who then began blocking the truck and preventing him from accessing his property.
The officers then spoke with the woman who said she and her husband had returned from Point White to find the man stealing yard debris that they had placed in the easement. She also accused him of taking yard material that had been stacked near a point of entrance to their property. She mentioned a lawsuit she had against the neighbors. She said she did not believe she was violating the No Contact Order as she was 50 feet from their residences. She said that photographing was a way of documenting a crime of theft and malicious mischief. She added that standing in front of the truck was a way of preventing a perceived thief from getting away.
Officers explained that he didn’t believe that a crime of malicious mischief or theft had been committed against her. Officers told her that she did not have a right to block a city street or to stop vehicles and that she was placing herself at risk. They told her she would be charged if she did it again. She appeared unfazed and continued to talk about her right to “civility.” She did make a valid point that the vehicles had driven over her water meter. The water meter grate was close to the road and hard to see. The officer gave her a case number and said she was welcome to add a statement of her own.
She called and left a voice message later wanting to know if she could get the twigs and greenery back. The officer called back and left a message saying that probably not since those materials had been placed in the right of way, which was not legal for her to do. At 7:58 the truck driver called police to say that the woman was again placing material on the right of way, in violation of the order. At 11:15 the woman called police to leave a message that she had been in the right of way, fixing what had been done by the neighbors. The officer called back and left a message saying she was clearly violating the order, and if she continued the officer would strongly consider arresting her.
Another Driver with a Suspended License. At approximately 2 p.m., an officer ran the plate of a vehicle southbound on 305 from the bridge. The vehicle returned as having tabs that expired in May. The owner’s license had been suspended for unpaid tickets. The officer stopped the car near Seabold. The driver acknowledged he was the owner and handed over his driver’s license. He said he was aware that his tabs were expired but was waiting on his first paycheck from a new job. He said he knew he had a ticket out of Spokane but was unaware that his license had been suspended. The officer issued a ticket and told the man he couldn’t drive.
June 8
Stolen Bike. A woman reported that she had left her bike in the Bike Barn next to the ferry terminal at about 5:15 a.m. on Wednesday. She returned from working in Seattle in the morning and found the bike gone but her saddle bag and lock still there. The bike was valued at $1800. She was going to check Internet selling sites.
And Yet Another Driver with a Suspended License. At approximately 8:35, an officer saw a man known to have a suspended license driving his vehicle eastbound on High School from the roundabout. The officer had recently driven the man from jail to court and back. The man had had his license suspended for a year for refusing breath or blood tests. The officer pulled in behind the man as he parked at Safeway. The officer told the man that he believed his license was revoked, and the man admitted that it was. The officer issued him a criminal citation and told him he couldn’t drive.
Lost Wallet. A man called police to report the loss of his wallet on Point White Drive. He was concerned that if anyone turned in the wallet, it would go to his old address which was on his driver’s license. The officer provided the man with a case number.
Phone Scam. At approximately 2:29 in the afternoon, an officer spoke with a man at the office. The man had received a call from First Alert Group on May 9. Initially, the female caller had been trying to solicit money to help fund an investigation into phone scammers and to block such calls. The man finally gave the woman his checking account number. On May 23, the man received a letter from First Alert Group indicating he had been billed for $392 and saying that he was now able to save on medications at pharmacies. The man did not need that service and that was not the reason given for soliciting his money. He made two attempts to get his money refunded and eventually closed his account at the bank. The officer gave him a case number and an ID theft packet. The officer said he would try to contact the company but it was likely that they were not legitimate and that the money was gone.
This Time the Suspended License Was from California. An officer stopped a vehicle on Cave Avenue for improper lane usage. He contacted the driver who told the officer that he had a suspended license out of California. The officer confirmed that with Cencom and then issued a citation for driving with a suspended license. The officer told him that he could not drive.
Domestic Violence at Waterfront Park. At approximately 6:49 in the evening, Cencom dispatched Bainbridge units to an assault in progress involving two males fighting at the Eagle Harbor Marina. Moments later Cencom reported that the two males were walking toward T&C. Two officers were near T&C and checked out the scene.
One officer observed two males matching the descriptions given walking south on Brien. Following behind them were a male on foot and a female on a bicycle. The officer pulled over and contacted one of the men. He asked if he had been in a fight in the park. Initially he denied it, but then finally admitted he had been defending himself. The other male told him to be quiet. That man then started to walk away, but the officer directed him to stop, and the other officer stood with him out of earshot.
The man said the other man was his partner and that they had been together off and on for about three years. He said he lives in Seattle and had come to Bainbridge to have his ex give him a haircut. The man said he had met his partner at the bus stop on Lovgren. His ex had accompanied him while he had his haircut. Then the two of them had gone to the Casino to have lunch. Then he said he was going to return to Seattle, but his partner had pressured him to stay. He said they had taken the bus to the ferry where the conversation continued. The ferry had left so they had walked over to the Waterfront Park where the man hoped his partner would calm down.
The partner did not calm down and became increasingly agitated. The man called his partner’s mother on the phone hoping she would calm him down. The partner became very angry and started slapping him. He said he had been slapped at least three times. The officer could see that the left side of his face was red. The officer then spoke with the partner who denied hitting him. The other officer had run a name check on him and determined that he was the respondent in a No Contact Order with the partner.
The male and female behind the pair had witnessed the incident. The first witness verified that the partner had assaulted the first man. They also said that the partner had been shouting at the man about methamphetamines. Based on the evidence, the officer placed the partner under arrest for domestic violence assault and violation of a No Contact Order. The other witness confirmed those details and added that the partner had kicked the man in the stomach.
June 7
Corkscrew and Voices at Battle Point. An officer patrolling at Battle Point Park at around 1 in the morning saw a suspicious vehicle parked along the fence of the westernmost baseball fields. The vehicle was parked oddly, parallel to the fence and not in a designated spot. The park was closed and no one was around. The officer checked around the park and could hear the faint sound of voices but could not find anyone. She peered into the front seat of the vehicle and saw a corkscrew. She obtained the address of the owners of the vehicle. The patrol is for the purpose of watching out for malicious mischief involving the girdling of trees and the blowing apart of restrooms with IEDs.
Stolen Phone. At approximately 5:55 in the evening an officer contacted a woman who had reported that she had been at her doctor’s office. She believed she had left her cell phone on the counter there. When she realized that it was missing, she called the doctor’s office to see if they had found it, but they hadn’t. The officer gave her a case number. The phone was a company phone issued by her employer. The officer tried to call it but had no success.
Found Backpack. An officer on patrol at Bainbridge High School at about 4 in the morning, found a black backpack lying on the ground in front of the school to the east of the main entrance. Inside the officer found a remote control and a card and letter from grandparents to a grandson. Both items were placed into evidence.
June 6
Stolen Laptop. A woman was locked out of her car in the parking lot east of the Bainbridge Learning Center. Coincidentally, a Suquamish officer was just leaving his residence for work when he saw the woman trying to get into her car. He offered assistance and opened the car. She had left her laptop and her purse on the sidewalk in front of her car. After getting her keys out of the car, she found her purse but not her laptop. It was valued at $1200. The woman said that when she was trying to get into her car, several kids were in the parking lot of the Madison Eagle’s Nest Apartments, watching her. The woman went door to door in the complex to ask residents if they had seen the laptop. The officer spoke with an employee at the library and went to Safeway to ask around as well.
Dish Fraud. A woman on Arrow Point called to report that someone had opened a Dish network account in her name. She said the balance owed was $1136. She said the account had been opened in February in Pennsylvania. She said she had never lived in Pennsylvania. Dish Network had told her to file a police report.
Copper Theft Attempt. A man called to report that, while he was overseeing a construction project on Stetson Place, someone had tried within the last week to remove the 2-inch x 12-inch x 25-inch copper hand rail cap from the back deck. He said that it was glued down and difficult to remove. The cap was now damaged and would have to be replaced. The value of the cap was estimated at between $3500 and $5000.
Sign Placement Problems Begin. Candidate James Olsen went to the police station to report the theft of some of his political campaign signs. The front desk clerk told him that she had removed the signs and taken them to Meghan McKnight, the City’s code enforcement officer. Olsen told her that he had already retrieved the signs from McKnight. He challenged the city’s right to remove signs from the rights of way. The clerk pointed out the applicable city ordinance to him.