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Two dumpster fires reported on Education Hill | Redmond Police Blotter, Feb. 3-5

February 6th, 2012 at Mon, 6th, 2012 at 4:02 pm by billchristianson

The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.

Sunday, Feb. 5
Recovered stolen vehicle: At 11:51 p.m., Redmond police recovered an unoccupied stolen vehicle in the 15000 block of Northeast 24th Street.
DUI: Redmond police arrested a 51-year-old woman for suspicion of driving under the influence during an investigation of a traffic collision at 7:45 p.m. near the corner of Avondale Road and Northeast 104th Street.
Theft: A Fall City woman called police at 6:11 p.m. to report that someone stole her wallet while she was getting a massage at Redmond business in the 16400 block of Northeast 74th Street.
Theft: A man called police at 10:13 a.m. to report that his large black suitcase, containing financial real estate documents was stolen from his locked vehicle in the 15800 block of Bear Creek Parkway. There was no sign of forced entry, according to the police report.
Dumpster fires: There were two reports of dumpster fires in the Education Hill neighborhood. The first one was reported at 5:23 p.m. in the 8300 block of 165th Avenue Northeast. The second was reported 10 minutes later in the 16100 block of Northeast 87th Street. “Unfortunately, I don’t have much more information than that other than they were reported and they were put out pretty quickly,” said Redmond police spokesman Jim Bove.
DUI: Redmond police arrested a 30-year-old man for suspicion of driving under the influence near the corner of Redmond Way and 140th Avenue Northeast at 1:27 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 4
Disorderly conduct: Redmond police arrested a 36-year-old Redmond man for disorderly conduct and obstruction at 9:04 p.m. in the 17200 block of Redmond Way.
Shoplifting: Redmond police arrested and released a suspect at 4:47 p.m. for a reported shoplift in the 2200 block of 148th Avenue Northeast.
DUI: Redmond police arrested a 25-year-old Kirkland woman for suspicion of driving under the influence at 2:05 a.m. on Northeast 24th Street.

Friday, Feb. 3
Shoplifting: Redmond police responded to two shoplifting reports — one in downtown and another in Overlake. In both incidents, the suspect was arrested and released.
Assault: A junior high student struck a fellow classmate who he said had teased him at school in the 13500 block of Northeast 75th Street at 11:24 a.m.
Bicycle theft: At 9:13 a.m., a man reported that his bicycle was stolen in the 8200 block of 161st Avenue Northeast.

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