Here’s a sampling of law-enforcement incident reports from last week as documented by the Port Orchard Police:
Dec. 31:
Police were sent to the 2900 block of Sprague Street to check on a recent car prowl. The victims, who parked their car outside their residence, reported their two vehicles had been entered by someone sometime the previous day. They reported to officers that the car doors had not been locked. The following items were reported stolen: a Jujube baby bag valued at $350, a pink electric cigarette, valued at $150, a case of energy drinks, an electric razor and a bottle of men’s cologne. The victims valued the stolen items at $990.
The female victim said this incident was the fourth time their vehicles had been prowled and said it has become a problem in the neighborhood. An officer took a report from the victims and advised them to keep their cars locked in the future.
Jan. 1:
Police were called to a Bethel Road Chinese restaurant to investigate a broken window of a patron’s car. The front passenger window had been broken out, but the vehicle did not appear to have been entered or items taken. Police observed the restaurant’s grainy video footage of the parking lot but didn’t spot anyone near the vehicle while the owners were inside. The perpetrator is unknown. A similar case from another part of the city was investigated by police. It took place at the same time and, just as in this case, nothing was taken from the vehicle.
Jan. 2:
A resident of McCormick Woods called police to report that a parked car on McCormick Woods Drive near Gleneagle had its driver-side window busted in.
The officer called the registered owner of the vehicle, who wasn’t home at the time. The man’s son returned the officer’s phone call and told him he had parked his father’s car there on Dec. 31, near his friend’s home.
After the son drove the vehicle home, he noticed his bagpipes and its black case had been stolen. The case has a label on it that reads “Clan Gorda.” The instrument’s brand name manufacturer is possibly McGowan, the man reported. There’s no suspect at this time.
A woman was observed by a loss-prevention officer at a Bethel Road department store with a car full of merchandise that wasn’t paid for. The suspect had retreated to her car and refused to leave it to speak with the security officer. When police arrived, she was escorted from the car by police, who conducted an identification check. She was found to have several outstanding warrants for her arrest. The suspect had earlier been given a no-trespass warning that banned her from the all of the store’s properties for life.
Apparently, the woman had been busy that day. A loss-prevention officer told police she had been in another large department store, this one on Sedgwick, where she was reported to have loaded a cart with merchandise worth nearly $150. That store’s security chief said that when she had spotted him near the entrance, the woman retreated to the women’s restroom. Ten minutes later, she left the restroom and departed the store. The shopping cart with her haul had been abandoned.
She was arrested for the Bethel Road theft and taken to Kitsap County Jail.
Dec. 31:
Police were sent to the 2900 block of Sprague Street to check on a recent car prowl. The victims, who parked their car outside their residence, reported their two vehicles had been entered by someone sometime the previous day. They reported to officers that the car doors had not been locked. The following items were reported stolen: a Jujube baby bag valued at $350, a pink electric cigarette, valued at $150, a case of energy drinks, an electric razor and a bottle of men’s cologne. The victims valued the stolen items at $990.
The female victim said this incident was the fourth time their vehicles had been prowled and said it has become a problem in the neighborhood. An officer took a report from the victims and advised them to keep their cars locked in the future.
Jan. 1:
Police were called to a Bethel Road Chinese restaurant to investigate a broken window of a patron’s car. The front passenger window had been broken out, but the vehicle did not appear to have been entered or items taken. Police observed the restaurant’s grainy video footage of the parking lot but didn’t spot anyone near the vehicle while the owners were inside. The perpetrator is unknown. A similar case from another part of the city was investigated by police. It took place at the same time and, just as in this case, nothing was taken from the vehicle.
Jan. 2:
A resident of McCormick Woods called police to report that a parked car on McCormick Woods Drive near Gleneagle had its driver-side window busted in.
The officer called the registered owner of the vehicle, who wasn’t home at the time. The man’s son returned the officer’s phone call and told him he had parked his father’s car there on Dec. 31, near his friend’s home.
After the son drove the vehicle home, he noticed his bagpipes and its black case had been stolen. The case has a label on it that reads “Clan Gorda.” The instrument’s brand name manufacturer is possibly McGowan, the man reported. There’s no suspect at this time.
A woman was observed by a loss-prevention officer at a Bethel Road department store with a car full of merchandise that wasn’t paid for. The suspect had retreated to her car and refused to leave it to speak with the security officer. When police arrived, she was escorted from the car by police, who conducted an identification check. She was found to have several outstanding warrants for her arrest. The suspect had earlier been given a no-trespass warning that banned her from the all of the store’s properties for life. Apparently, the woman had been busy that day. A loss-prevention officer told police she had been in another large department store, this one on Sedgwick, where she was reported to have loaded a cart with merchandise worth nearly $150. That store’s security chief said that when she had spotted him near the entrance, the woman retreated to the women’s restroom. Ten minutes later, she left the restroom and departed the store. The shopping cart with her haul had been abandoned.
She was arrested for the Bethel Road theft and taken to Kitsap County Jail.
