Bonney Lake Police Blotter, Feb. 4 - 15

Fri, feb. 4

Theft of hunting bows

2:40pm: Officers responded to a residence on Meyers Rd. E. for a residential burglary call. A woman called and said her house had been entered by an unknown suspect within the last few days. She said that when she entered the she realized the front door was left unlocked. There were no signs of forced entry but she found a muddy footprint where the suspect had entered the house. She found that she was missing five hunting bows from the outside shed, worth about $5,000. She believed the people who entered her house knew what they were looking for because other things of value weren’t taken. There were no suspects or leads found at the scene.

Domestic Dispute Erupts over TV

11:40pm: Officers were dispatched to Ampm for an assault call. Dispatch advised that a 48 year-old male had been assaulted by his 23 year-old roommate. The man had declined medical attention but wanted to make a report at the store. The man said he was sitting around watching TV and he got into an argument with his roommate about how far away someone should sit from the TV. The 23 year old became agitated ‘as he usually does’ and slapped the other man across the left side of his heard and said, ‘I’ll kill you, I’ll hit you harder!’ the man stated that the third time he was hit, it caused his left ear to bleed. The younger man was already planning on moving out of the apartment at the end of the month but the older man said he was becoming afraid of him and that he might carry out his threats. The man was planning on sleeping in a tent.

Police were familiar with the 23 year-old man and knew him to be armed and as someone who gets into fights so they requested backup. When police knocked on the shared residence, they got no response but received permission from the other man to enter. They found the 23 year-old in his bedroom, lying face up with a BB gun in his hands. When police identified themselves the man didn’t move, and then police placed the man under arrest. They located a small multi-colored pipe used to smoke marijuana in his pants pocket.  The man denied ever assaulting his roommate and that he hadn’t seen him all day. There were no witnesses present, and police placed the man under arrest for domestic violence harassment, domestic assault and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

Driving With Suspended License, Warrants, Drug Possession

12:56am: Officers noticed a blue Chevrolet van traveling in the 9900 block of 211th Ave. E. A records check showed the vehicle as sold as of Jan. 16. Dispatch also noted that the purchaser had a suspended drivers license and three outstanding misdemeanor warrants from Auburn. The driver was stopped outside New Peking and detained by police; the man stated he did not have a driver’s license. When officers looked around his vehicle, they noticed a clear plastic baggie with an unknown white substance inside it. The substance was booked into evidence and the man was cited with driving with a suspended license, third degree and drug possession, in addition to his warrants.