All suspects in the police blotter are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

SHOPLIFTING: At 6:44 p.m. Jan. 25, an officer was dispatched to Walmart to respond to a shoplifter struggling with store security. Store loss prevention officers reported they had seen the suspect take a pair of shoes, a pack of socks, an energy drink and a pack of air fresheners before attempting to leave the store without paying. Security intercepted the suspect outside the store, and the confrontation became physical. It was determined he did not attempt to assault security, but he repeatedly attempted to flee as they handled him back toward the store. Security eventually pinned the suspect against an exterior wall of the store. In his statement to police, the suspect maintained he was not attempting to steal the items; he was looking for his friend. Two of the missing items were successfully returned, but two were damaged in the struggle. Security provided police with a DVD of the incident, banned the suspect from all Walmart stores, and police released him with a criminal citation.

ARGUMENT: At 1:58 p.m. Jan. 30, two officers were dispatched to a verbal domestic dispute at a Myers Road apartment. A husband and wife were arguing about finances. The husband told police his wife had become agitated, knocking down his keyboard and throwing his coffee mug across the room. The wife denied throwing the coffee and said it fell over with the keyboard. She said she was upset with her husband because he had spent his last three paychecks on marijuana, and because he was looking at pornography during their argument. The husband told the officers he had called the police in order to keep the fight from escalating. The officers advised the couple to separate for the remainder of the evening.

SUSPICIOUS: At 10:22 p.m. Jan. 30, police were dispatched to 177th Avenue Court East regarding a suspicious vehicle and an associated subject who may have been stealing items from a construction site. A neighbor reported a truck had driven onto the site with the headlights off. Officers entered the area and detained two male subjects with a grey pickup truck. The two suspects said they pulled in because their truck was overheating and they needed a space to add coolant. They acknowledged the construction site wasn’t the best place to fix the problem. During the conversation, an officer noticed a large number of aluminum gutters in the back of the truck. The officer believed, from his training, that the two men were planning to scrap the materials for cash. Both men said they had gotten the gutters elsewhere. The officer searched the area and could not find any obvious signs of theft or malicious intent; the two men’s shoes were also rather clean considering the muddy ground around the construction site. The officer photographed the gutters in case they were reported stolen later, and the two men were released.

PROWL: At 2:05 p.m. Jan. 31, an officer took a vehicle prowl report by phone. The victim reported the car parked in her driveway was prowled sometime between Jan. 13 and Jan. 26. The vehicle had been unlocked, and several electronic items had been stolen. The officer provided the victim with a case number and cleared the scene.

WARRANT: At 8:41 p.m. Jan. 31, an officer observed a pickup driving on Church Lake Road East without a front license plate. The officer initiated a traffic stop and made contact with the driver. A records check on his identification confirmed a warrant for escape from community custody. The man was placed under arrest and transported to Enumclaw Jail for booking.

ANIMAL CRUELTY: At 5:56 p.m. Feb. 1, an officer was dispatched to 193rd Avenue East to take a report of possible animal cruelty. The resident reported she noticed her dog acting strangely and wary of the fence. She checked the area and found four air gun pellets. Based on the location of the pellets, the officer determined they would have had to come from the neighbors on either side. The resident did not suspect any of the neighbors, nor did she suspect her son. Due to the fact the dog had no injuries, and the lack of suspects, the officer determined there was no direction or need for a follow-up and gave the resident a case number. The officer advised her to check with the neighbors and find out if they had visitors over who might have shot into her yard.

GRENADE: At 11:44 a.m. Feb. 3, two officers were dispatched to a hand grenade discovered at a 91st Street residence. A neighbor helping the homeowner with plumbing issues discovered a hand grenade in the back yard. Officers noticed the spoon and retention pin were missing and the bottom was intact, indicating this was not a training grenade. Pierce County Bomb Squad was called out. In the meantime, the homeowner advised she did not know where the grenade had come from; she did not object to the removal of the device. A detective with the county bomb squad arrived at 12:51 p.m. to take custody of the grenade.