Language lessons Barricade meeting incites passion

12 • December 8, 2010 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
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“Can’t you just tase
me instead of taking
me to jail?”
A 19-year-old Issaquah man
reportedly had a strange request
for the Sammamish Police officers
who were writing him a ticket
for minor in possession of alcohol.
The officers were called to
the 300 block of 227th Lane
Northeast at around 9:30 p.m.
Nov. 20 after a report of a stuck
vehicle.
They arrived to find the
Issaquah man and his 18-year-old
friend trying to remove their
vehicle from a grassy area in
between two townhomes. The
two men argued with each other
over who had been driving the
vehicle at the time. The 19-yearold,
who is the registered owner
of the car, eventually admitted to
being behind the wheel and trying
to cut through the grass “so
he wouldn’t have to drive around
the complex,” according to the
police report.
The officers smelled alcohol
on the man’s breath and gave
him a portable breath test that
revealed an estimated blood alcohol
level of .011. The man told
police he had drank “about two
beers” two hours before. When
police informed him he’d be
receiving minor in possession
and negligent driving citations,
he became upset and began ranting.
According to the police report
the man told police, “you guys
can beat the (expletive) out of me
… can’t you just tase me instead
of taking me to jail?” Police
declined the invitation and
informed the man that he’d be
receiving a ticket and would not
be going to jail. According to the
arresting officer the man contin-
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ued to insist that he be beaten or
tased instead of getting a ticket.
Police stood by as the man
called his father to arrange payment
for a tow truck to dislodge
the car. The man’s friend, who
had not been drinking, was
allowed to drive the car from the
scene.
Smash and run
A Canadian man visiting
friends in Sammamish had the
back window of his car shattered
overnight Nov. 27. The man was
parked in front of the friends’
home on the 2900 block of 204th
Lane Northeast.
When he came outside the
next morning he found the window
shattered and several undisclosed
items missing from the
car. The car had an alarm system,
but no one at the house
recalled hearing it overnight.
Police have no suspects.
Spooky call
A 56-year-old Sammamish
woman called police after receiving
a threatening phone call in
the middle of the night Nov. 27.
Police responded to the woman’s
home at around 12:45 a.m. after
she got a call from a man who
appeared to be using some sort of
voice distortion device.
The man told the woman he
was going to “get” her, but did not
elaborate. The woman thought it
may have been a friend playing a
prank, but hung up when she
realized it was not her friend.
The phone’s caller ID listed
her own name and number as
the source of the call. She did not
receive any other calls that night.
Police advised her to contact her
phone company to try to determine
the source of the call. The
case remains under investigation.
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family drama
Sammamish Police were called
to sort out a dispute over who
should have custody over a
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divorced couples’ children on the
day before Thanksgiving. The
couple has a parenting plan that
stipulates that on even-numbered
years the mother is to have the
couple’s four children on the
Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Police got a copy of the agreement
and went to the father’s
home, where the children were
sitting down to dinner with their
father. The father told police he
had forgotten about the rule and
agreed to transport the kids to
their mother’s home after dinner.
But while looking through the
parenting plan, the officer
noticed a provision that states
that any children over the age of
13 are allowed to choose where
they want to be.
The kids, all of whom were
above the age of 13, told the officer
they preferred to be at their
father’s house but in the interest
of keeping the peace would be
driving to their mother’s home
that night instead of the next
morning.
Garage burglary
A resident on the 21000 block
of Northeast 42nd Street reported
that several bicycles and camping
gear had been stolen from their
garage in the week prior to Nov.
20.
Police saw no signs of forced
entry and are unsure how a burglar
could have gained entry to
the garage, which the resident
believed had been closed and
locked. One of the bikes was valued
at over $1,000. Police could
find no fingerprints and have no
suspects.
Domestic violence
Police cited a Sammamish
man for assault for allegedly
striking his wife during an argument
Nov. 19. According to
police, the man forced his wife
out of his vehicle, left her at a
neighbor’s home and refused to
give her her wallet or cell phone.
The couple then argued over
who should have possession of
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their three children. Police documented
bruises the woman
received during the altercation
and cited the man on suspicion
of assault. They advised the man
and woman to address custody of
the children in the court system.
Minor shindig
Police returned two intoxicated
16-year-old girls to one of the
girls’ mother on Nov. 27. Police
were called to a suspected underage
party on the 23000 block of
Northeast 25th Way at around
1:40 a.m. The officer arrived and
warned the renters of the home,
who broke up the party.
He then contacted the two
teens, who appeared to be hiding
in a vehicle that was not theirs.
Neither teen had drivers’ licenses
and told police they didn’t have a
way home. Both were given
portable breath tests and blew a
.09 and .08 respectively.
The officer contacted one of
the girls’ parents and dropped
them off for her at the QFC in
Klahanie. The officer warned the
girls that if they were caught with
alcohol anytime in the next year
they would be faced with minor
in possession charges.
Mental health
complaint
Police were called after a
Sammamish teenager with a history
of mental health issues
reportedly slapped her mother
during an argument Nov. 26. The
teen’s mother discovered that her
daughter had apparently been
“sexting,” sending provocative
pictures of herself to a friend,
and took away the iPod that she
had been using.
The teen became enraged,
slapped her mother, began ripping
her clothes and tried to rip
her door from its hinges. When
police arrived the teen had
locked herself in the bathroom
and refused to come out.
Police eventually talked her
out but she refused to discuss the
incident. Based on the teen’s his-
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tory of mental health issues and
the evidence of violence, police
determined that she was a threat
to herself and others and called
an ambulance to take her to
Overlake Hospital for a mental
health assessment.
The teen, who had recently
been released from an involuntary
mental health commitment,
became hysterical and begged
that her mother “not let them
take me away again.”
Mental health
complaint
A Sammamish man called
police after his girlfriend repeatedly
threatened to kill herself
Nov. 25. The boyfriend had been
at Thanksgiving with his family
and received text messages from
the girlfriend indicating that she
wanted to end her life.
The boyfriend arrived at the
girlfriend’s home to find that she
was drunk and had fresh cuts on
her wrists. Police arrived and
assisted as an ambulance transported
the woman to Overlake
Hospital.
Drug forgery
Sammamish Police were called
to the Rite Aid pharmacy on the
3000 block of Issaquah-Pine Lake
Road Nov. 23 after pharmacists
noticed that a Sammamish
woman had altered the number
of pills on a doctor’s prescription
for pain killers.
Police verified with the
woman’s doctor that the woman
had changed the numbers on the
prescription so that she could
receive triple the amount of
drugs. The case remains under
investigation.
No means no
Police cited a Sammamish
man for violation of a court order
Nov. 23 for allegedly sending his
estranged wife e-mails asking
that they get back together. The
couple are in divorce proceedings
and the wife has a court order
dictating that the husband not
contact her.
Items in the Police Blotter come
from Sammamish Police reports.
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