Bonney Lake Police Blotter, May 11 - 17

May 11

Intoxicated Student at Bonney Lake High School

10:30am: A 16 year-old student at arrived to school under the influence of alcohol and was in the nurses’ office. The student was throwing up in a trashcan and was being comforted by his mother. The student was discovered in the bathroom by a nurse, who said he could barely walk and was running into walls. The student said he was walking to school and found a half full bottle of vodka in some ivy bushes and admitted to consuming it before arriving at school. The student admitted that drinking from a bottle he found on the ground was probably not his best idea, and that he never wanted to drink again. His condition got gradually worse during the conversation and the student was transported ot the hospital for treatment.

The student was immediately expelled from Bonney Lake High School and the case was forwarded to the juevenile prosecutor at Remann Hall for charges of minor in possession/consumption of alcohol.

Road Rage with a Firearm

1:05pm: Officers were sent to the for a report of possible road rage and disturbance that involved a firearm.

Two subjects were driving eastbound on SR 410 in a Ford Explorer when they observed an Acura driving past at a high rate of speed. They said the vehicle was weaving in and out of traffic and cut them off, causing the driver to slam on her breaks to avoid a collision. The Ford Explorer followed the Acura to the Bonney Lake Tavern parking lot, where the driver asked the other driver if he were drunk. She then followed him to the parking lot of the JB Mart, where the two drivers continued to yell at each other from their vehicles. Her passenger got out of the car to confront the driver of the Acura, who pulled out a Glock pistol and pointed it at him.

In a statement to police, the driver of the Acura said he was cut off by the Ford Explorer and they were acting unusal when they followed him into the mini mart parking lot. When the passenger approached his car, the man pulled out his weapon because the man was “large” and “scared” him to the point he feared for his life. The Acura driver had a concealed weapons permit and just wanted to “teach him a really good lesson.”

All subjects were released and the case was forwarded to the prosecutor for review of charges.

May 12

Stolen FedEx package

4:34pm: An officer was sent to a residence on 205th Ave. E. for a theft. The reporting party stated that a camera was stolen from his porch shortly after it was delivered by FedEx. He was told it was stolen by a neighbor, who lives across the street. The person who stole it was thought to be a 20-year old female, who exited a vehicle parked on the street after the FedEx truck left, and removed the package from the front porch. The camera was estimated to be worth about $40,000, and the man said he works for a company that frequently delivers expensive items to his house. No suspects were found and the man was given a case number to follow up with Bonney Lake Police.

May 13

DUI

9:58pm: An officer was dispatched for a possible DUI traveling westbound on South Prairie Road, approaching . Another driver called it in because the driver of a truck nearly ran him off the road. He said he pulled over and confronted the driver in the parking lot, but that the driver was extremely hostile and appeared to be drunk.

When the driver of the truck returned to his vehicle from the store, officers ran his name in dispatch, which showed he had a suspended license and had a misdemeanor warrant. Police searched him and found a pouch in his jacket pocket that had three small baggies of what appeared to be methamphetamine. They also found marijuana and an Alprazolam pill. The man did not appear drunk to the police, but he was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and a legend drug without a prescription, for driving with a suspended license and his outstanding warrant.

 May 17

Juvenile shoplifters

11:15pm: Officers were dispatched to ampm on a report of a suspect shoplifter. The ampm employee told police she heard a scraping noise toward the door of the store, and she noticed a boy, approximately 14 year-old, sliding a box of king-sized Butterfingers out the door. She said the boy crawled into the store, on the floor under the alert sensor and stole the candy, then ran toward Fred Meyer. Officers checked at Fred Meyer, and an employee said she just saw a boy matching that description who stole six packs of cigarettes. She found him crawling on the floor near the cigarette shelf to conceal himself, then he stole the cigarettes and ran away.

Another officer contacted another juvenile in the parking lot, who was looking for her friends. She told police they went to ampm then Fred Meyer, and they had her backpack with her. She described her friend, who matched the description of the boy in question. After about an hour, officers saw two young males running north with a back pack and a mini keg of beer. They saw the officer and dropped the mini keg and ran into the woods on the south side of SR 410.

Eventually, officers caught up with the two subjects, who admitted to stealing the candy, cigarettes and a mini keg. The Albertsons didn’t realize there had been a “beer run” but once they reviewed surveillance, they saw footage of the two young men stealing from the store.

Both young men were detained then picked up by their parents, and the case was forwarded to the juvenile prosecutor at Remann Hall.