Sumner Police Blotter: Assault with Cue Stick, Hit and Run

MAY 6, 2012

ASSAULT

An officer was dispatched to the lobby of the Sumner Police Department to contact an individual who reported he had been hit in the head with a pool cue by his buddy at the bar.

Immediately upon arrival, the officer noticed that the subject was covered in what appeared to be dry blood and the top of his head was dressed with bandages. The victim stated he was playing pool with his friend and an argument they were having became heated. He said that he splashed his beer in his friend’s face and the suspect responded by hitting him in the head with the pool cue and that his head was split open as a result.

Nobody called the police at the time but somebody did call the adult victim’s mother to come and pick him up. Days later, the suspect came in to the police station to give a statement. The suspect gave the same story as the victim and said that he felt badly about what happened. The suspect was advised that he would not be booked into jail but that the Pierce County Prosecutor’s office may be sending him a summons in the mail.

MAY 8, 2012

THEFT, HIT AND RUN

Officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of Valley Ave. for a report of a male who refused to pay a taxi fare, exited the taxi and entered another vehicle which collided with the taxi before fleeing the scene.

As the officer approached the scene, a vehicle cut him off, running a red light and nearly colliding into the front end of the patrol car. That vehicle turned out to be the same vehicle that rear ended the taxi and left the scene. The officer then performed a traffic stop and the vehicle pulled to the side of the road.

The driver immediately told the officer that he had not been driving even though he was the only person in the car. The officer asked the subject to exit the vehicle to which he replied several more times that he was not driving the vehicle but did exit the vehicle stumbling slightly as he walked. His eyes were watery and bloodshot and he slurred his words as he spoke. The arrestee refused to do any field sobriety tests and was arrested for DUI.

The victim arrived at the scene and advised that the man in custody was the one who refused to pay his taxi fare and committed the hit and run. The arrestee used a racial term referring to the driver of the taxi on many occasions during the contact with the officer. The arrestee was booked into Puyallup Jail for DUI , Hit and Run, and Theft.

MAY 21, 2012

INVOLUNTARY COMMITAL

A woman called police to report that her 21-year-old son was “out of control.” Police had several contacts with the boy in the last few days and they believe that he is out of touch with reality and having strange delusions.

He said that his parents are “shapeshifters” and “shamans” who attack him with magic.

His mother said he is bipolar and schizophrenic but is currently not taking his medication and he has not eaten for three days. He put his father in a “chokehold” and his arm got cut in the struggle. They didn’t want their son to be punished for a crime, but wanted to get him help. The man was involuntarily committed to a mental institution.

MAY 22, 2012

CAR BREAK-IN

A man said he went to his vehicle to go to work in the morning and saw a man rummaging through his glove box after breaking the rear window of the car. When the car owner confronted the suspect, the man looked like he wanted to fight and then left the area.

HIT AND RUN

A man called police to report a hit and run outside of the McDonald’s parking lot. He said that a man struck his vehicle and fled the scene.

The man said he was turning left from westbound Main St. into the driveway of McDonalds and that a white Ford Explorer was exiting, apparently in a hurry and hit the front drivers side of the man’s car. The vehicle did not stop to exchange info and immediately took off.

Based on surveillance footage and his clothing, police believed him to be a warehouse worker. So, police checked the industrial district and located the truck in a warehouse parking lot off West Valley Highway. The front drivers’ side had fresh damage to it and there were still pieces of his car hanging from the front bumper.

The man admitted to driving the vehicle and going to McDonalds, but claims the other man hit him. He said he waited around for 10 minutes but the driver left the scene.

A license check showed that the man had a suspended license for a previous hit and run. He was arrested for hit and run and for driving on a suspended license.

MAY 23, 2012

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

A woman called to report that her neighbor on 54th St. Ct. E. had been banging on the walls and causing loud noise for over an hour.

She said that she left her front door a couple times and saw her neighbor, who called her derogatory names and said it was her fault.

Police talked to other neighbors, who also complained of the noise. They then went up to the man’s house, and his mother answered the door. The man told officers to come up to his room to talk. He said he was mad at his neighbor because she is the reason his girlfriend doesn’t come over anymore. He said he was jumping on the floor and “just rocking out.” The officers warned him about yelling and pounding on his apartment walls. He was arrested for disorderly conduct, since they had been to his apartment three times in the week.