Sumner Police Blotter: School Bus Collision, Girl Supposedly Attacked Behind Sumner High

Nov. 16, 2011

Assault

A 14 year-old girl was brought into the Sumner police station to report she had been assaulted by four unknown men somewhere behind the high school.

The girl said she was walking with a friend when they parted ways somewhere behind the high school and then she was jumped. She said that it was dark and couldn’t tell who they were, but the men hit her on the face and she fell to the ground, striking her head. She said she blacked out and thought they kicked her in the side, too.

Medical aide arrived and tended to her injuries. The girl was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital to be treated. Police did not notice any severe bruising or injuries on her face or arms, but her friend’s mom, who took her to the hospital, said there was some bruising on her back. Police reviewed surveillance footage from the area but could not identify anyone matching that description. This case is being investigated.

Nov. 20, 2011

Commercial Burglary

An officer responded to Exodus Housing for a report of a commercial burglary. Someone broke through one of the office windows facing Washington St. and stole a laptop through the window sometime in the afternoon. There are no suspects at this time.

Nov. 21, 2011

School Bus Collision

A man was driving westbound on the 15300 block of Forest Canyon Road at 8 a.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and hit the drivers side of a Dieringer School District school bus that had 18 elementary school children in it on their way to school. Two children were transported to an area hospital for head and neck pain, and two others were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The man who hit the bus totaled his car and was cited for speeding too fast for weather conditions. He was also charged with driving with a suspended license.

No-Contact Order Violation

An officer was working radar enforcement on the 15300 block of Main Street when he observed a speeding vehicle driving westbound. The officer began following the vehicle and watched it turn onto a nearby construction site. The vehicle stopped and a man entered the passenger side.

The officer pulled the car over and spoke with the 19 year-old female driver. She did not have any personal information on her, including a drivers license or insurance. The driver told police she had just been in an argument with her grandmother and left in a hurry, which is why she had been speeding.

Police pulled up the woman’s name in their database and found two no-contact orders against a 20 year-old man who was similar to her passenger. She claimed the man in her car was her brother. While police questioned the woman, the man hopped out of the car and started walking toward Fred Meyer. Police followed him and he ran away; he was eventually stopped from trying to climb a fence at the Garden Center to escape.

The woman admitted he wasn’t violating the no-contact order, she was. She started to cry and told police the man is her ex and she just wanted him to be around during the holidays for their child.

The man was arrested for violating both no-contact orders.