MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Police on May 28 received a report from a resident in the 8400 block of 181st Avenue East who said an unknown suspect broke the windows in two cars parked in his driveway. Nothing was missing from the vehicles. The victim provided potential suspect information.
FRAUD: Police June 1 received a report from a resident in the Public Safety Building lobby that four unauthorized transactions totaling $70.62 were made on a credit card of a Bonney Lake resident. The purchases were made online. The resident canceled her credit card accounts.
STOLEN SCOOTER: Officers on May 30 were dispatched to the 7900 block of 192nd Avenue East for a report of a theft of a motor scooter from a resident’s garage. The resident awoke in the morning to find the garage door open and his scooter missing. The resident said it was likely the garage door had not been closed during the night.
IT’S RAINING METH: Police on routine patrol May 30 observed a vehicle traveling 10 mph over the posted speed limit on South Prairie Road. A check of the license plate revealed the motorist to be driving with a suspended license and pulled over the vehicle. As the driver searched for his proof of insurance, he lowered his driver’s side sun visor and a small plastic baggie containing what turned out to be methamphetermine fell into his lap. Police also saw a glass pipe in an open compartment on the driver’s side door. The driver stated, “I’ll be honest, I do drugs, but that’s not mine.” He also claimed to be “looking all over for that thing, I forgot it was even there.” The driver also indicated a second glass pipe was in the glove compartment. The driver was arrested and transported to Pierce County Jail where he was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license.
FOUND: A resident in the 8200 block of 191st Avenue East called to report finding two backpacks in his shed. The first backpack contained a yellow flashlight that was engraved “Emergency Bonney Lake School” and three other flashlights, a bag of batteries and a white Apple box containing a computer mouse. The second backpack contained two flashlights, four cans of food, four fruit cups and two packs of oatmeal. The resident said he had no idea how the backpacks got in his shed. A check with the school revealed the backpacks to be part of a loaner program for families in need. The school could not confirm to whom the backpacks had been issued, but said the flashlights, batteries and mouse should not have been included.
CROSS COUNTRY WARRANTS: Police ran a registration check May 30 on a vehicle on the Sumner-Buckley Highway that revealed the registered owner had a felony warrant issued for his arrest from Pennsylvania for sexual assault. The vehicle was stopped and the driver provided information identifying him as the registered owner and a Social Security number check matched the warrant and a suspended license in Pennsylvania. The driver was detained but a report from Pennsylvania said the warrant was for surrounding states only. The suspect was released from handcuffs and told that while the warrant was still valid, the agency did not want to extradite him at this time. With his release, the suspect became verbally aggressive toward the officers and claimed they were “being mean” to him. The driver was informed how to make a complaint and was then told he was free to go. After the suspect’s vehicle cleared the stop, one of the officers on the scene realized he still had the driver’s license. Thirty minutes later a representative from the agency in Pennsylvania called to report they would like the driver extradited. Ten minutes after that, Bonney Lake Police called the suspect to inform him that they had his license and he could come to the public safety building to pick it up. When he arrived he was taken into custody without incident and transported to Pierce County Jail where he was booked on his Pennsylvania warrant. He was also cited for driving with a suspended license.
STOLEN GOODS: On May 31, police stopped a vehicle for running a red light on state Route 410. When police contacted the driver, who provided all information asked, the driver seemed nervous and was visibly shaking. The officer noticed several items in the rear of the vehicle that seemed suspicious and were not in any store bags. When the officer asked about the items, the driver said he had just purchased them at Fred Meyer within the past 10 minutes and had a receipt. The driver searched his pockets and the vehicle but could not provide a receipt, stating that it might have been left at the store. Police contacted a store representative and were told all items leaving the store are required to be in a labeled bag. When the officer told the driver he would need to check the items at the store and told the driver that all items leaving must be in a labeled bag, the driver said “I pushed the cart out of the store without paying for them” and was arrested. The store provided video of the suspect leaving the store without paying. The driver was cited for theft and failure to stop at a traffic control device and was released.
