Bonney Lake Police Blotter: 90 Year-Old Man Found on Side of Road, Prescription Fraud

FEB. 21, 2012

TEENAGE SHOPLIFTER

Officers were dispatched to the Bonney Lake Walmart for a report of a teenager who stole an electric toothbrush. They arrived and found the juvenile in the office, sitting with his head down.

He took the toothbrush from the shelf and went into the bathroom. He went to the register and paid for a few other items but tried to leave the store with it in his pocket.

When police asked him why he tried to steal the toothbrush, he replied, “I want better teeth.” He said he was sorry and was released into his mother’s custody. He was charged with theft.

FEB. 24, 2012

MARIJUANA POSSESSION AT MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL

A counselor at Mountain View Middle School called police to report that a group of students told her they witnessed another student purchase a small amount of marijuana and bring it to school. The 13 year-old girl was brought in for questioning and she named the student who sold it to her, but said she gave it back to him.

Police questioned the boy, who said that she gave him $20 for the marijuana. He kept $10 for himself and purchased $10 worth of marijuana from another student and gave it to her.

The boy was upset the girl brought the marijuana to school and he took it back from her and hid it in the bushes nearby. He later retrieved a pill container with marijuana inside from the bushes and presented it to police.

The third student was interviewed, who said that he smokes marijuana regularly and gets it from a local person. He said he sold the other boy the drugs, but not on school property.

The male student who sold the marijuana to the girl was charged with possession with intent to distribute. The parents of the third student were contacted, but they disputed any suspension because the transaction did not happen on school property.

FEB. 27, 2012

VANDALISM

A resident visited the Bonney Lake Police Department to report that the windows of his 1966 motor home were shot out with a BB gun. The motor home was parked in the driveway of his home on 68th St. E. and someone shot at it seven times.

The man was given a case number for follow-up. There are no suspects at this time.

SUICIDE ATTEMPT

Police responded to an apartment on S. Vista for an attempted suicide attempt. A man called because he found his ex-wife unconscious in her vehicle.

He said that he grew concerned earlier in the day after they talked and she sounded distant. He entered her home with his key and found her in her car in the garage. The engine wasn’t running but she was unconscious. The man told police his ex-wife is addicted to prescription drugs. Police found notes and photos taped to the windows of her car, with a pipe next to her.

The woman was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital for observation and detox.

PRESCRIPTION FRAUD

Officers were contacted by a pharmacist at Rite Aide who said that a woman had just dropped off a prescription that was confirmed to be fraudulent. Police ran her name and found that she had a suspended license due to an unpaid parking ticket.

Police pulled over the woman when she came back to pick up her prescription in the drive-thru window. She told police that she had worked for the doctor in the past and he prescribed her Oxycodone, without an expiration date. The doctor said that he had calls from other pharmacies in the past regarding prescriptions for her and he had never prescribed her any medication.

The woman was arrested for prescription forgery.

FEB. 29, 2012

WELFARE CHECK

Police were dispatched to a welfare check in the area of 208th Ave. E. and SR 410 for a man in the middle of the road and several neighbors were concerned. The officer recognized the 90 year-old man, who had dementia, from previous encounters and found him at his home, after he was walked there by a neighbor.

The woman who walked him home handed police a card for Adult Protective Services that she found on his doorstep. Police called to report the man to APS and also contacted his daughter.

Police had dealt with the man two times earlier in the day, when they found him sitting in a nearby ditch that morning and had hurt himself. Later, he was found at Fred Meyer after a concerned employee called.

The man’s daughter said she couldn’t come collect her father and that her family was currently weighing housing options for him. The man was involuntarily committed to a nearby hospital.