A Kent man believed he had a way to make some quick cash when he reportedly stole a woman’s purse from a vehicle and the next day tried to get her to pay him to return the purse.
Kent officers arrested the man for investigation of possession of stolen property after the woman’s boyfriend met the man at about 6:11 p.m. April 4 at Wilson Playfields, 13028 SE 251st St., saw him with the purse and then tackled the man and handcuffed him, according to the police report.
The police received multiple 911 calls about a man trying to steal a purse. When officers showed up at the park, they found someone had handcuffed the man and people were on top of the man to hold him down.
The man who reportedly tried to get cash for the return of the purse declined to talk to police.
The purse had apparently been stolen from the boyfriend’s vehicle the prior night at the park. The woman didn’t realize until the next day that her purse was missing. She then started to receive phone calls and text messages from a man who said he had her purse and would return it to her for a price.
Eventually, the man agreed to meet the woman’s boyfriend after he said he would pay the man for the purse.
Man punches wife in face
Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and interfering with a report of domestic violence after he allegedly punched his wife in the face after she became upset about his affair with another woman.
Officers responded to a domestic dispute at about 10:15 a.m. on April 1 at a house in the 27100 block of 104th Avenue Southeast, according to the police report.
The wife told police her husband was having an affair with another woman for several years and she had caught them together multiple times. She said she told her husband to stop the affair.
On the night of March 30, the wife saw her husband come into their home with the woman. The wife yelled at her husband, who became angry she screamed at him and reportedly punched her in the face several times. When the wife tried to call 911, the husband took her phone.
Two days later, the wife called 911 after her husband left for work in Renton. Renton Police took the man into custody until Kent officers arrived to pick him up. The man told officers he did not want to talk to them.
Two caught in stolen vehicle
The driver fled on foot but police arrested two other people after an officer spotted a stolen vehicle with three people inside of it at about 10:13 a.m. on April 2 near Central Avenue South and South 259th Street.
An officer ran the license plate on a bronze Honda Accord and the report indicated the car had been stolen in Seattle at a Motel 6, according to the police report.
The officer followed the car for a short distance and found it parked at the Bend of the River Apartments, 8711 S. 259th St. The driver fled on foot but a woman and man remained in the vehicle.
Police arrested the male passenger for investigation of possession of drug paraphernalia after finding a marijuana pipe in his possession as well as baggies of marijuana and meth. The man told officers he didn’t know the woman or the driver and had just caught a ride with them trying to get to Auburn.
Officers arrested the woman for investigation of vehicle trespass. She initially told the officers it was her car before she declined to say anything else.
Police used a K-9 unit to try to track the driver along the nearby Green River Trail but did not find the man.
Man gives false name
Officers arrested a man for investigation of making a false statement after he reportedly gave police a fake name at a crime scene at about 10:34 p.m. on April 1 in the 10700 block of Southeast 240th Street.
The man had witnessed people fleeing a stolen vehicle near the McDonald’s restaurant. When an officer interviewed the man about the incident, he gave them a false name. The man had a Seattle warrant for resisting arrest and a Mount Vernon warrant for failure to appear for a fourth-degree assault charge.
Police ran record checks on the man for the initial name he gave to them and couldn’t find any records. The man later gave officers his true name.
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