POLICE LOG You can run, but can’t hide

Published 1:00 am Saturday, October 25, 2008

A sheriff’s deputy was patrolling the area of National Avenue South and McCall Boulevard in Navy Yard City at about 4:20 a.m. Oct. 21 when he was flagged down by a newspaper delivery man.

He told the deputy he saw a man on a bicycle steal a small aluminum step ladder out of the back of a pickup truck parked down the street. He said the suspect put the ladder in a plastic garbage can and began riding down the street. The man said he saw the suspect stash the garbage can and ladder behind Crazy Eric’s burger stand.

The ladder was returned to its owner and the deputy could not find the suspect.

About 45 minutes later, the deputy found a man standing along the 800 block of National Avenue South just north of G Street. The deputy approached the 20-year-old transient man who acted suspiciously. The deputy put the man’s hands behind his back to handcuff him and the man pulled free, slamming his elbow into the deputy’s shoulder and head.

The deputy chased the man about 75 yards across the street and around some parked cars. A Bremerton Police officer and his K-9 partner arrived and found the man hiding underneath a car.

The man grabbed a hold of the K-9’s snout and would not let go. The deputy and officer eventually got the man to release the dog and come out from under the vehicle.

The man was arrested and booked into jail for third-degree assault (of a law enforcement officer) and resisting arrest. He was later released.

Knock, knock, knockin’ on a felon’s door

Sheriff’s deputies went to a felony warrant subject’s house in the 600 block of NE State Route 308 in Poulsbo around 7:45 a.m. Oct. 16.

One deputy knocked on the door while the other deputy watched the 25-year-old man get up from in front of the television and not answer the door.

The deputy knocked several more times and identified himself. Deputies forced entry into the residence. Once inside, they found the man hiding in a closet in the living room.

The man told the deputy he didn’t know he had a warrant and didn’t hear the knocking at the door, but shortly after he was taken into custody. The man said he knew the police were looking for him.

He was arrested and booked into jail for obstructing a law enforcement officer and an outstanding warrant. His bail is set at $5,000.

High speed pursuit

An 18-year-old man called police at 8:15 a.m. Oct. 13 to report that his car had been stolen during the night. His car was parked in the driveway of his grandparents’ house in the 2000 block of Viking Street West in South Kitsap.

The man told a sheriff’s deputy someone stole the keys out of his car the day before and he last saw his vehicle parked in the driveway around 1 a.m. that morning. He later received a text message from a friend telling him how nice the new wheels on his car looked. The man then went outside and discovered his car was missing.

The man’s friend said he saw the car traveling southbound on Sidney Road past Sidney Glen Elementary School and assumed it was his friend driving the car.

A couple hours later, the deputy saw the car in question traveling westbound on Tremont Street from South Kitsap Boulevard. The deputy and two Port Orchard Police officers began pursuing the car and lost sight of it.

A Washington State Patrol trooper then reported that he found the unoccupied car at the dead end of Daniels Street in Bremerton.

A Bremerton Sewer Treatment Plant employee said he saw a man hiding in the bushes in the employee parking lot. Local law enforcement units arrived and contained the area. A short time later, police heard the man running in the woods and the 23-year-old South Kitsap man was taken into custody.

The 18-year-old victim came to the scene and recognized the suspect as one of the men who tried stealing the pickup truck.

The suspect was arrested and booked into jail for second-degree possession of stolen property. His bail is set at $2,500.