Kent man holds baby in one arm, fends off officers with other arm | Police Blotter

Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of obstructing justice after he reportedly tried to stop officers from entering an apartment as he held a 9-month-old baby in one arm and tried to hold off officers with his other arm.

An officer eventually used a chokehold to get the man to release the baby so they could enter the apartment to investigate a domestic dispute call, according to the police report.

Police were dispatched to a call about a man trying to take his daughter from her mother at about 12:43 a.m. March 16 at an apartment in the 20600 block of 108th Avenue Southeast.

Officers heard yelling as they arrived at the apartment. When the man answered the door, he refused to let officers come in. One officer tried holding a Taser to the man’s arm and later his leg and threatened to use it if he did not hand the baby to the woman in the unit.

But the man reportedly refused to give up the baby or move away from the door, so an officer used what he called a “lateral vascular neck restraint” that caused the man to lose consciousness for what officers described as three to five seconds. Police then were able to get the baby, enter the unit and handcuffed the man.

Theft

Officers ended up chasing a man across a field and over a fence before using a Taser on him after he allegedly took several items from a pharmacy at about 6 p.m. March 14 in the 20500 block of 108th Avenue Southeast.

Officers arrested the man for investigation of third-degree theft, obstructing an officer and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the police report.

A store security officer called police to report a shoplifter. When an officer arrived, he saw a man outside the store who fled on foot.

A second officer joined the pursuit after he spotted the man running through a nearby apartment complex. He yelled at the man to stop, but the man kept running and hopped over a fence. The officer also climbed over the fence, caught up to the man and used a foot in the man’s chest to push him to the ground.

The man tried to get up off the ground, so the officer kicked him in the ribs and told him to stay on the ground or he would use his Taser. When the man again tried to stand up, the officer fired his Taser and hit the man in the back with two darts. The man again tried to get up and was shot once more with a Taser before other officers showed up and helped to handcuff the man.

Store security reported that the man allegedly took three bottles of vitamin supplements worth about $200 and a box of white strips worth $61. The man also carried a box that had three metal spoons with drug residue, 15 syringes and a hollow ink pen.

Assault

Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly grabbed his wife by her arms and tightly squeezed her during a dispute at about 8:30 p.m. March 13 at a home in the 12500 block of Southeast 212th Place.

The wife told officers her husband became upset because she has a darts partner who is a man, according to the police report. She said he grabbed her arms and squeezed her so very hard that it hurt.

Officers noted that the woman had fingernail indentations on her arms and both arms were red.

The husband told police that his wife came home drunk and they argued about her male darts partner. The husband claimed she grabbed him by the neck and scratched him. The officer noted he didn’t see any scratches or marks on the man. The wife denied she grabbed her husband by the neck.

Drugs

Officers arrested a man for investigation of possession of drug paraphernalia and for a state Department of Corrections felony warrant after police spotted four males walking up and down a sidewalk at about 12:10 a.m. March 15 in the 13200 block of Kent-Kangley Road.

An officer saw the four males walking up and down the sidewalk with no apparent destination, according to the police report. A witness reported that they had been at the corner every night and appeared to be dealing drugs.

Officers talked to the four and discovered one of the men had a felony warrant. He also possessed a plastic baggie that reportedly had drug residue from a powdery substance.

The man told officers he was a member of a Seattle gang.