A husband and wife escaped injury at a Kent hotel despite a bullet coming up through their room floor after a security guard misfired his pistol in an office one story below.
Kent Police arrested the guard for investigation of reckless endangerment after he allegedly fired the shot at about 10:27 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the Crossland Economy Studios, 25104 Pacific Highway S., according to the police report.
The husband told officers his wife could have been shot and killed. The husband was in the shower and his wife on the bed when the bullet entered their room through the floor between the television and the bed and landed in a wall.
The guard also had misfired another shot earlier in the night while in a manager’s office. That bullet went into an office wall. The man told police he had bought the gun a few months ago. He said he had no idea how the gun went off twice.
The guard reportedly had been drinking prior to his work shift. He told officers he had a Bloody Mary about 11 hours previous and later had a beer and a couple of shots of alcohol.
Police cited the guard for reckless endangerment because he manipulated a loaded firearm in a multi-dwelling structure with occupants so close.
Husband with knife chases wife
Officers arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he reportedly punched his wife in the face and chased her around the house with a small knife.
Officers responded to a domestic dispute on Dec. 7 at a house in the 11000 block of Southeast 224th Place, according to the police report.
The wife told police her husband got angry and started yelling at her for failing to wake him up on time. She said her husband had been using meth recently and not acting like himself.
Police noted the woman had cuts on her lip. The woman fled the house after being chased by her husband. She met officers in the front yard. The husband refused to talk to police about the incident.
Man steals cologne from store
Police cited a man for investigation of third-degree theft after he allegedly took several bottles of cologne on Dec. 7 from Target, 26301 104th Ave. S.E.
A store loss prevention officer watched the man put bottles in his pants and jacket pockets and then exit the premises without paying for the items, according to the police report.
Store security stopped the man in the parking lot and brought him to a store office to wait for police to arrive. The man returned the stolen items, worth about $356.
But as the man waited in the office, he told employees he had a gun. He then got up and ran out of the store. Employees said they didn’t see a weapon.
Officers searched the area near the store but didn’t find the man. They cited him at large.
Man asleep in car with knife on seat
Officers arrested a man for investigation of possession of an illegal weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia on Dec. 7 in the 1200 block of West James Street.
Officers responded to a call about a man passed out in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked near the Brown Bear Car Wash, according to the police report. The vehicle had been parked for about three hours.
Police approached the car and saw the driver sleeping. He had a switchblade knife on the front passenger seat.
Officers opened the unlocked driver’s door, pulled the man out of the vehicle and handcuffed him. Police saw a pipe and a small burnt tube in the car. The man told officers he had smoked heroin earlier in the morning.
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