KPD Blotter: DUI Suspect Strikes Car, Leaves Bumper, Passes Out

The following are selected case reports from the Kirkland Police Department for the period of Sept. 2-6.

Sept. 2

• A 24-year-old Snohomish man was arrested for driving under the influence just after 2 a.m. for allegedly striking four parked cars on 5th Avenue in the Moss Bay neighborhood and then rolling his own vehicle and getting trapped inside. Patch posted an earlier story about the crash here. Police also took as evidence and for safekeeping a silver flask of alcohol, a Smith and Wesson pistol, 27 live rounds and 17 shell casings.

Sept. 4

• Found passed out in a car in the parking lot of his Totem Lake area apartment at 11:15 p.m., a 46-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for driving while under the influence and hit and run. He had allegedly struck a parked car on NE 123rd on the way home from a nearby bar, leaving his front bumper and license plate behind. He didn’t remember that, however, and refused a blood alcohol test.

• An Apple laptop was stolen from a 31-year-old Tukwila woman’s backpack while she had her back turned as she spent part of the day at downtown and the nearby Transit Center on Third Street. Police reported that there were no suspects, but that the victim apparently had been hanging out with various teens at the park.

• Someone overnight prowled the SUV of a woman who lives in the 5000 block of 113th Place in the Lakevew neigbhorhood, she told police, taking apart the steering console in an attempt to steal the rig. But nothing of value was taken.

Sept. 6

• After allegedy entering on 118th in the Totem Lake area carrying brass knuckles, a 22-year-old Seattle man was arrested on a charge of possession of a dangerous weapon. It happened at about 9 a.m.