Sumner Police Blotter: Indecent Exposure, Stolen Baby Wipes

October 13

Stolen Vehicle

A woman called the Sumner Police Department to report that her car had been stolen and returned damaged. The 19 year-old said she was visiting friends in Sumner the night before and they had been drinking at home. She parked her car in the MVP Physical Therapy parking lot. When she tried to leave at 3 a.m. she discovered her vehicle was missing and ended up walking home to Puyallup. Police asked why she didn’t report the vehicle stolen right away and she said it’s because she wanted to go home and sleep before she had to go to work.

The woman said that around 10 a.m. that morning, she called her friend and he told her he had her keys. When she returned to Sumner and started her car, she heard rattling and clicking noises. She did not feel safe driving it so she left it in the parking lot.

Around 6:30 p.m. she returned to her car and discovered damage to the right bumper and right front signal lamp cover that wasn’t there earlier in the day. She did not give permission for anyone to drive her car, but admitted that while she was sleeping, someone could have taken it out for a drive. She insisted that she didn’t get so drunk the night before that she didn’t remember driving it.

October 15

Stolen Baby Wipes

9:15am: Sumner Police contacted a man at on the 3000 block of West Valley Highway for a suspected theft from semi trailer. The man told police that when he arrived to work that morning, he noticed the trailer had been entered and two cases of baby wipes were missing from a pallet inside. More trailers were entered but nothing was taken. The man was given a case number for follow-up.

October 17

Theft, False Information

6:18pm: Winco Foods loss prevention reported that they had a shoplifter in custody who did not have ID. The loss prevention officer told police he observed the man getting sandwiches, candy, apples and alcohol, then walk out of the store without trying to pay.

The man gave his surname as “Money” and when police ran the name through the database, multiple misdemeanor warrants totaling over $80,000 came back.  He told police, “it’s right there, Money… like I don’t got no money.”

While police were looking for a booking photo, the man admitted he gave a fake name. He gave police his true name and date of birth and police confirmed his identity thorugh a booking photo. He had one warrant out for his arrest. The man was arrested for third degree theft and for making false statements. He was also trespassed from Winco.  

DUI, Malicious Mischief

7:47pm: An officer responded to City Limits Deli for a report of a non-injury collision in the parking lot. One of the drivers seemed intoxicated and denied the accident happened at all.

The reporting party told police that he went into the store to get some items and saw an orange car pull up next to his and hit it with their passenger door. He immediately approached the driver, who said he didn’t do it and refused to show any insurance.

Police saw that the dent on his car that lined up perfectly with the other vehicle. It looked as if the man in the other vehicle opened the passenger side door into the other car and dented the side panel. There was also orange paint on the damaged vehicle.

The man was fumbling with his things and officers noticed a 16-ounce open can of beer in the center console and numerous other beers in the backseat. There was so much stuff in the car it was impossible for someone else to sit in it – officers asked why he opened the passenger door anyway and the man said he couldn't remember.

The man failed field sobriety tests and refused a breathalyzer. He was arrested for DUI and malicious mischief, third degree.

October 19

Indecent Exposure

2:08pm: Officers arrived at the 900 block of Valley Ave. for a report of indecent exposure at the Sumner Food Center.

The victim was shaken up and had obviously been crying. She said she was at Sumner Food Center and the man bumped into her. She walked away and began using the ATM machine when she noticed the man behind her again; he motioned that he wanted to go into the small hallway behind her, where there were magazines and videos. He went in the hallway, got a magazine, reached into his jeans and began to masturbate on it, staring at her the whole time and making weird faces. She was very alarmed and ran out of the store. The woman said the man followed her outside and that’s when she got in her car and called police.

Police were familiar with the man, who was dressed in camouflage and standing across the street from Jack in the Box when police found him. He was arrested for indecent exposure.

DUI, Single-Car Accident

5:01pm: A woman called to report a car traveling southbound on Sumner-Tapps Highway that swerved off the road and hit a little sign stuck in the ground.

Officers pulled over the vehicle in the Sumner High School swimming pool parking lot.

The man told police he didn’t know why they were pulling him over – he just got off work and was picking up his daughter from swimming practice. He had a difficult time getting his license out of his wallet and didn’t have any insurance papers. Officers smelled intoxicants and noticed he was very flushed. There was a scuffmark on the front passenger side consistent with light impact.

They asked if he had been drinking, and he admitted that he had one beer two hours prior, but told officers he had “glout” and had trouble standing. When officers asked if he meant “gout,” he said, “yeah, that.”

He performed poorly on the sobriety tests and registered a BAC of .225 but continued to insist to officers the reason he performed poorly on the tests was due to his “glout.” The man was concerned that his daughter would be leaving swimming practice soon and she needed a ride home. A friend from her team offered to take her. He was arrested for DUI.