Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he reportedly tried to choke his ex-wife because she changed locks at the apartment they still shared.
Officers responded to a call about a physical domestic dispute at about 3:40 a.m. on May 25 at the Island Park Apartments in the 23500 block of 60th Ave. S., according to the police report.
The ex-husband told police he arrived home from work in the evening to find locks changed at the apartment. An officer asked him if he lived at the apartment.
“I don’t stay here as much because we fight,” he said, and added that he sometimes stays elsewhere to avoid conflict.
The ex-wife told police she had allowed her former husband to stay at the apartment off and on since their divorce in June 2014 after nearly 10 years of marriage. The former wife said she just changed the locks because when she was gone he had been bringing a woman to the apartment.
The former wife told officers she had returned home from a Seattle nightclub with friends when her ex-husband showed up at the apartment and knocked on the door. After he entered the apartment, the couple argued and the ex-husband allegedly grabbed her around the neck, according to witnesses.
Heroin, stolen checks and false names
Officers arrested two men and a woman parked in a van on a variety of charges after the report of a suspicious vehicle parked at about 6:34 a.m. on May 22 in the 12000 block of Southeast 277th Place.
An officer talked to the driver and noticed a burnt silver spoon with black residue near the man, according to the police report. The man admitted he had used black tar heroin.
After getting a search warrant for the van, police also found a stolen checkbook, a couple of stolen credit cards and two smoking bongs or pipes. Nobody in the van initially gave police their correct name.
Officers arrested one man for investigation of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of stolen property and making a false statement. Police arrested a second man for investigation of possession of stolen property and making a false statement. Officers gave the woman a warning about making a false statement.
Driver, passenger switch seats
Police arrested a man and a woman for investigation of obstructing an officer after the two reportedly tried to switch seats after an officer had pulled over their vehicle at about 10:59 p.m. on May 23 in the 800 block of East Seattle Street.
The officer responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle and pulled over the car when a license plate check showed the registered owner had a driving while license suspended conviction, according to the police report.
When the officer started to approach the vehicle, he noticed the driver getting out of the driver’s seat and a passenger moving into the driver’s seat. The driver admitted he got out of the seat because he had a suspended license.
Man breaks window, throws punch
Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly broke a house window and punched a man in the face.
The incident occurred on May 23 at a house in the 22200 block of 122nd Avenue Southeast, according to the police report. The two men knew each other from living in the same neighborhood.
The man reportedly used a bench to break a bedroom window and then reached in and punched a man inside the home. The report didn’t indicate what might have caused the man to get angry.
Driver fails nose-touch test
Officers arrested a woman for investigation of driving under the influence of marijuana after she reportedly drove 53 mph in a 35 mph zone at about 2:13 p.m. on May 25 in the 2000 block of South 272nd Street.
When the officer talked to the driver, he noticed a strong odor of marijuana, according to the police report. The officer gave the woman a field sobriety test and she allegedly failed the tests as she couldn’t keep her balance and missed touching the tip of her nose with her finger on three of six attempts.
Police also discovered the woman had a felony warrant out of King County for possession of a stolen vehicle. An officer found two buds of marijuana on the woman’s slippers that she wore.
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