ATTEMPTED SHOPLIFT: On July 29, officers were alerted to an attempted shoplift at a Bonney Lake business. The reporting party told officers they observed the subject enter the store with a backpack and enter a restroom. A similar sexed employee followed and observed the subject attempting to tamper with merchandise. The subject quickly left the business, leaving the merchandise behind. A photo was taken of the license plate of the car that drove off with the subject.

ASSAULT: Officers were dispatched to a residential address because of a report of a recent assault on July 31. The reporting party/husband told officers a strange man was walking across their lawn. When the wife of the reporting party asked the man to not walk across the lawn, he yelled and swore at her, which became a continuing pattern. On the day of the assault the husband attempted to talk to the man but was ignored. The husband followed the man but when he got out of the truck, claims the man raised his hand so the husband pushed him. The man was wrestled to the ground and then both people left the scene. Officers eventually contacted the man, who turned out to be a juvenile, who said he walks across the lawn because there is little shoulder room on the road. The juvenile claimed he was pushed first by the husband and was tackled to the ground, and any fighting on the juvenile’s end was self defense. Neither party was willing to pursue an assault charge.