Drugs
A security guard stopped a man Feb. 27 at Kent Municipal Court on South Central Avenue after he noticed a strong odor of marijuana emanating from the man as he walked through a metal detector before entering the court.
The guard searched the man and found a plastic bag of marijuana in his front pants pocket, according to the Kent Police report.
Police arrested him for investigation of marijuana possession.
The man came to court with a friend who had a court appearance. He told officers he put the weed in his pants pocket earlier in the morning and forgot it was there when he entered the courthouse.
“It was a stupid mistake,” the man told police. “Everybody makes stupid mistakes.”
Officers reported that the material in the bag tested positive for 3.9 grams of marijuana.
Theft
Police responded to the report of a theft at about 2 p.m. Feb. 28 at an apartment in the 24000 block of 62nd Way South and wound up finding a man and a woman wanted for other crimes.
Officers arrested the man on a first-degree robbery escape warrant from the state Department of Corrections and a third-degree warrant for driving with a suspended license. They arrested the woman on a third-degree theft warrant.
A roommate of the man and woman called police to report someone had taken her purse as she moved her things out of her apartment. She told police she had a disagreement with the roommates, but didn’t know who had taken the purse.
Police interviewed the man and first woman and discovered the warrants after running their names through a state-computer check.
The man and woman each denied they had stolen the purse. The purse was not found.
Malicious mischief
Police arrested a man for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief after he reportedly threw a large clay planter through a window shortly after 2 a.m. Feb. 28 at a home in the 3000 block of South 252nd Street.
The man tried to get into his brother’s house, but the door was locked and he could not wake his brother, according to the police report. The brothers were involved in some type of argument, but officers were unable to determine the reason for the argument.
Kent firefighters treated the man for a cut hand. He said he cut the hand trying to reach through the broken window to open the front door to the house.
Officers found a trail of blood from the driveway to the front door. They also found blood on the carpet inside the home.
Police responded to the home after a 911 call about a man throwing items.
Assault
An argument over a reading light turned into a dispute shortly after 11 p.m. Feb. 27 at an apartment in the 24900 block of 111th Avenue Southeast.
Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly dragged his girlfriend across a bedroom floor and punched her in the head and stomach, according to the report. The man reportedly also broke a door frame when he slammed a door shut at the apartment.
The woman told police she was writing in her journal in the bedroom when her boyfriend said he didn’t want the light on and started to unscrew the bulb. The man then grabbed the journal and threw it before he dragged his girlfriend across the room, got on top of her and punched her.
Officers reported that the woman had a bump on her forehead, a sore nose and pain at the back of her head.
The boyfriend told police he had argued about the light being on and threw the journal before he “wrestled” with his girlfriend. He told officers he had been attending anger-management classes.
The girlfriend told officers that the man also became upset because they owed $300 on rent and the man was unsuccessful when he tried to get management to resolve the issue.
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