Angry mom cited by Kent Police after reportedly hitting teacher with door — Police Blotter

Assault

Police cited the mother of a Kent grade-school student Dec. 9, after she allegedly yelled at her son’s teacher and hit the teacher with a door during the incident at the school, located in the 6300 block of South 236th Street.

The woman was cited for investigation of fourth-degree assault and public disturbance, according to the police report.

The mother reportedly became upset at the 37-year-old female teacher during a meeting at the school’s principal office about the son’s behavior in class. The mother started to yell at the teacher and then hit the teacher in the hip with an office door as the two were leaving the office.

Police noted in the report that the teacher had a red mark on her hip. Witnesses told police that they heard the mother yell at the teacher and later saw the teacher wince in pain after the door opened.

The mother told police she became upset after the teacher called her son a behavior problem. The mother said her son had behavioral issues but is not a problem. The woman was cited and released.

Theft

Police cited a 31-year-old woman for investigation of third-degree theft after she reportedly tried to take several items at about 4:16 p.m. Dec. 8 from a store in the 26300 block of 104th Avenue Southeast.

Store security watched the woman place several items in bag and then exit the store with no attempt to try to pay for the items, according to the police report.

Officers noted that the woman took personal grooming items as well as paper products. The items were valued at about $90.

The woman told officers she took the items because she was desperate. She also said she had been arrested before for stealing from an employer.

Store employees turned over a videotape of the reported theft to police.

Officers cited and released the woman.

Assault

Police arrested a 19-year-old man Dec. 9 after he reportedly became upset with his former girlfriend after she and another woman refused to have sex with him and a friend. The incident took place at about 12:55 a.m. at a home in the 3500 block of South 239th Street.

Police arrested the man for investigation of fourth-degree assault because he reportedly punched his former girlfriend in the face and dragged her across the floor of the home, according to the police report.

The former girlfriend, 18, told police that she argued with her former boyfriend about sex. She said he then punched her in the face and dragged her outside the home.

Officers reported that the woman had a cut inside her mouth and a scraped knee.

The former boyfriend told police that his ex-girlfriend and a friend had agreed to have sex with him and his friend but then changed their minds after the men arrived at the home. He said he started to argue with his ex-girfriend and he slapped her in the face. He said she later threw a pot at him.

The ex-girlfriend told officers she threw a pot of rice at the man because he returned inside the home after she had chased him outside.

Drugs

Police went to investigate a complaint of loud music and soon discovered something else at about 2 p.m. Dec. 9 at an apartment in the 2700 block of South 256th Street.

The officers noticed the smell of marijuana as they walked up to the apartment, according to the police report.

Police arrested a 25-year-old man for investigation of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, after finding a number of containers of the substance in his possession.

The man told officers he was watching the apartment for his girlfriend because she was out of town. He said the bags and boxes of marijuana as well as the pipes belonged to him.

The man told the police he had smoked marijuana about five minutes before they arrived at the apartment.

Police collected two pipes, two scales, a box with marijuana and two plastic baggies of marijuana from the apartment. The total amount of marijuana was about 27 grams.