KPD Blotter: Thief Dashes from Liquor Store With Hennessy and Absolut

The following are selected reports from the Kirkland Police Department for the period from March 22-28. The reports do not indicate a conviction.

March 22

• An unknown male suspect made off with two bottles of booze -- Absolut Vodka Mandarin and Hennessy Cognac -- from the state liquor store on NE 124th in the Totem Lake area at about 9:20 p.m., the manager told police the next morning. There were no leads, but police did take as evidence surveillance images of the thief.

March 23

• A desktop computer, laptop, printer and a wireless router were stolen from a unit at a storage complex on NE 124th in the Totem Lake area, rented by a 36-year-old Burien woman. The unit was broken into sometime on March 14 or 15, she told police. The case, one of several thefts recently at Totem Lake storage complexes, was referred to a Kirkland Police investigations team.
• A balding man in his 30s ran up a $33.50 bill at a restaurant on Central Way in downtown Kirkland at about 3:15 p.m., then left without paying. Police could not find the suspect.
• A burglar came in through the bathroom window of a house on NE 140th Place on Finn Hill sometime between 6 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., but the 54-year-old male resident said the thief left with only a Timex watch and two pairs of sweatpants. There were no leads.

March 24

• About 21 gallons of gasoline were siphoned during the night from a car belonging to a 52-year-old apartment resident on NE 145th Place in the Kingsgate area, the man told police. A Kirkland Fire Department crew cleaned it up five to seven gallons of gas that were spilled in the apartment driveway. There were no suspects.

March 26

• About $1,000 of scrap metal was stolen from the yard of an auto glass company on 120th Avenue in the Par-Mac area sometime during the weekend of March 24-26, an employee reported to police. There were no leads, no suspects.
• A 51-year-old truck driver from Washburn, Illinois, was accused by a 50-year-old Woodinville man of “menacing,” or threatening him, after the two got into a heated argument over a traffic dispute on busy NE 85th near the top of Rose Hill at about 11:30 a.m. The truck driver, who was in a 2010 Kenworth, also apparently caused minor damage to the other man’s car, an Infiniti G35. But police mediated the dispute and neither side wanted to pursue charges.
• Police cited a 20-year-old Kirkland man for misdemeanor drug possession after pulling him over for equipment violations on NE 124th street in Juanita at 2:34 a.m. and smelling marijuana inside the car. The man let police search the vehicle and 1.1 gram of pot was found in the glove box, along with a pipe carved in the shape of an Indian head. He was issued a ticket and sent on his way.

March 27

• A 25-year-old man called police at about 11 a.m. from a residence on 119th Way in Juanita Village to report an apparent assault on a 71-year-old woman. The woman had a lump on her head and appeared to be suffering from a concussion, but could not recall any incident or what might have happened. There were no witnesses and no evidence was found.
• A catalytic converter was cut off a 2002 Toyota Tacoma when it was parked on NE 38th Place in the Lakeview/Houghton area, sometime between 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. The victim was a 63-year-old man from Maple Valley. Thieves often steal converters for the precious metals used inside as catalyst. There were no leads.

March 28

• Somebody broke into a home on 61st Place in the Bridle Trails area between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., but nothing appeared to be missing, the 48-year-old female resident told police. There are no leads.
• An unknown thief broke the lock to a storage locker at a condominium complex in the Totem Lake/Kingsgate area on NE 131st Court and stole a backpack power blower and a pressure washer, the maintenance manager told police. It happened sometime between March 26 and 28.
• All four Sport Max rims and tires were stolen overnight from a VW Rabbit that had been left in a vistor parking area of an apartment complex on 123rd street in the Totem Lake area, the 23-year-old owner told police. There were no suspects.

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