Crime & Safety
Burglars Swipe $3,000 in Jewelry From Tree Farm Home Under Renovation — Sammamish Police Blotter
The following information from June 5-8 was supplied by the Sammamish Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Sammamish Police are investigating a residential burglary reported on June 5 involving $3,000 of jewelry missing from a home in the Tree Farm neighborhood on 239th Ave. NE.
The 45-year-old homeowner reported the valuables missing from her home on the 500 block of 239th Ave. NE, which has been undergoing significant remodeling work for the past several months.
She said she had last seen the jewelry on Dec. 15, 2012, before she placed them in a jewelry box, and noticed the box was missing on April 30. She delayed in filing the report because she wanted more time to check the property for her missing jewelry. The construction company owner working on the house said he had no idea who may have taken the items.
June 5
Controlled Substance for Distribution
Two Issaquah men parked in a Volkswagen Passat on a darkened section of SE 29th Street near 226th Ave. SE were preparing to smoke a joint of marijuana when they were confronted by a police officer at 11:12 p.m. One of the men admitted that he was preparing to smoke the marijuana when the police drove up to the car. They were later cited and released.
June 6
Theft
An unknown suspect stole two small gray lock boxes from the Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church preschool in the building's basement sometime over the past week. The room was left unguarded during outdoor recess, and the missing lock boxes contained emergency medical supplies, including two Epi-pens and Benadryl. Preschool staff discovered the missing lock boxes at 10:20 a.m. and called police.
Tresspassing
Police suspect an attempted burglary took place at a residence on the 900 block of 272nd Place SE after homeowners heard noises outside their house at 11 p.m. and found adult-sized footprints around the yard that led over a fence.
June 7
Burglary
Burglars struck a locked home on the 2700 block of 266th Ave. SE for the third time in recent years, making off with over $1,440 in valuables. The suspects forced their way into the house through a set of French doors at the rear of the house sometime between 11:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m., breaking the lock through the door. An Apple iPad, jewelry and prescription medication were stolen from the property, though homeowners doubted the diuretic medicine would be of much use to the burglars. "They can take them, but it's just going to make them pee a lot." One neighbor said they saw an unfamiliar white Chevy Tahoe near the residence the day before the burglary.
Suspicious Circumstances
An unknown suspect left an unusual arrangement of a 3/4-full gallon of milk encircled by rocks on a the doorstep of a home on the 3000 block of 241st Ave SE sometime between 4 - 5:03 p.m. The woman suspected it was the work of her estranged husband, against whom she has a restraining order, barring him from the property. She said she was baffled by the display and what it could mean, if anything.
June 8
Driving with Suspended License
Police stopped a black Chevrolet Suburban with expired tabs at the intersection of SE 32nd Street and 240th Ave. SE at 1:58 a.m. and discovered the 54-year-old driver had his Washington state license suspended last year. They confirmed his identity from his Arizona license, which he offered to police, and was arrested. Police contacted the man's son to drive the passenger — his wife — home.
(Ed. Note: The police blotter is intended to reflect police activity and is transcribed directly from police records. The blotter is not intended as a complete representation of the incident or of all criminal activity in city limits.)
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