Attempted burglary, suspicious sellers | Enumclaw police reports Nov. 9-14

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY: Police responded to an attempted burglary the afternoon of Nov. 14 at a Wallace Avenue residence. An unknown subject entered the caller's backyard and tried to enter the home by pulling a screen from a window. The suspect fled then the homeowner responded to the noise. Police searched the area with assistance from a Kent Police Department K-9 unit and Guardian One. A suspect was not located.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY: Police responded to an attempted burglary the afternoon of Nov. 14 at a Wallace Avenue residence. An unknown subject entered the caller’s backyard and tried to enter the home by pulling a screen from a window. The suspect fled then the homeowner responded to the noise. Police searched the area with assistance from a Kent Police Department K-9 unit and Guardian One. A suspect was not located.

SUSPICIOUS: Police received two calls Nov. 14 regarding unlicensed solicitors going door-to-door, attempting to sell roof inspections. There were three men involved and none could produce documentation for the company they claimed to represent. The subjects left the area on foot and could not be located.

MINOR IN POSSESSION: Officers responded shortly after 8 p.m. Nov. 14 to a Division Street residence and a possible domestic dispute. They contacted a subject who had left the scene and, as a result of that contact, made an arrest for minor in possession. The dispute was found to be verbal only.

SCAM ALERT: A city man told police Nov. 12 his mother was a victim of an Internet scam and had already wired a large sum of money to a suspect. A report was taken.

VEHICLE FIRE: Police provided traffic control at 5:15 p.m. Nov. 12 at the scene of a vehicle fire of state Route 164.

HARASSMENT: A resident of a Warner Avenue apartment complex reported verbal harassment by another tenant on Nov. 12. Police noted there was an ongoing issue between the two parties. All were contacted and the suspect was advised to put an end to the harassment.

CAN’T SLEEP: A Cole Street caller alerted police at 6 a.m. Nov. 12 to a man sleeping in the building’s rear entryway. Officers made contact and the man agreed to gather his possessions and head for a bus that would take him to Kent.

TOO FAST: Police responded at 2:11 a.m. Nov. 11 to a report of a recklessly-driven vehicle on Roosevelt Avenue. After locating the suspect vehicle, officers arrested and booked the motorist for driving under the influence. Passengers were released at the scene and the vehicle was impounded.

AUBURN ASSIST: City police helped Auburn authorities the afternoon of Nov. 11 as they searched a Lowell Place home for a suspect with outstanding arrest warrants. It was believed the suspect was hiding in the home, but a search turned up nothing.

NOT INTOXICATED: Police responded at 12:49 m. Nov. 10 to a call of two trucks occupied by intoxicated drivers in a Roosevelt Avenue parking lot. Police checked and found one of the drivers was not impaired. The other truck remained in the lot.

WALKED AWAY: Officers were called shortly before 7 a.m. Nov. 9 to help located an individual who walked away from a Jensen Street facility. The person was found, headed toward the senior center. The subject was left with the director of the Jensen Street facility.