Kent Police cited a man for investigation of using two counterfeit $100 bills while playing Spanish blackjack at the Great American Casino in Panther Lake.
Officers returned to the casino at about 4:42 p.m. April 1 after a casino manager called to report a second counterfeit $100 bill being played at a card table in the past 24 hours, according to the police report.
Four officers responded to the casino, 20500 108th Ave. S.E., because the manager noted that the man, a regular customer, had been previously involved in a high speed police chase and talked about being armed with a gun.
Police found the man at one of the tables and asked him to step away. An officer then pulled the man’s arms back to detain him because he could be a possible flight risk based on the manager’s report.
“Why would I pass bad money,” the man said as officers detained him. An officer noted they had not even said anything to the man about counterfeit money.
The man initially told police he got the money from a friend but later said he didn’t know where the bills came from. He said if he knew they were fake he wouldn’t have used them.
When officers searched the man, they discovered a prescription pill bottle from the Rite Aid drug store near the casino. An officer checked with the pharmacy and discovered it was a fake prescription.
The casino turned over video surveillance to police that reportedly showed the man using the fake bills to place bets.
The casino had noticed the first fake $100 bill when going through collections from earlier in the day. That caused the manager to notify police and send out a notice to dealers to be alert to potentially more counterfeit bills. A dealer later noticed a man trying to pay with a fake $100 bill.
Assault
Officers arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly sprayed a woman with mace during a dispute at about 12:19 a.m. March 31 at an apartment in the 200 block of East Gowe Street.
The woman told officers an argument turned into a fight because she agreed to perform oral sex on the man if he paid her in meth but he never gave her the meth, according to the police report. The man denied any agreement to pay for sex with a supply of meth.
The two began to struggle when the man reportedly sprayed her with mace about five times in the face and down the back. A witness called 911 to report the fight.
Officers noted that the woman had red and watery eyes consistent with being hit with mace.
The woman said she used to live with the man but they had been broken up for sometime. The man denied a romantic relationship with the woman. He told officers he simply provided her a place to stay because she was homeless.
The man said he had to defend himself with mace when the woman tried to break down his apartment door.
Reports indicated the woman had been trespassed from the property because of previous incidents. Officers told the woman they didn’t arrest her for trespassing because of the alleged assault.
Theft
Police cited a man for third-degree theft after he reportedly hid razors under his child’s car seat in a grocery cart April 2 at WinCo Foods, 21100 91st Ave. S.
Store loss prevention personnel watched the man hide the razors and then exit the store with paying for the items, according to the police report.
The man told police he and his wife recently received their tax refund and he didn’t want his wife to know he was spending so much on the razors. She was shopping in the store with him so he said he hid the razors from her and then forgot to pay for them when they bought the other items in the cart.
The man offered to pay for the razors but store personnel wanted to press charges because it looked to them on the security cameras that he tried to steal the razors.
Police also arrested the man for warrants out of Kent for malicious mischief, theft and possession of stolen property.
Assault
Officers arrested a 23-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly grabbed his mother by her hair and pulled her down a stairway at about 8:10 p.m. March 31 at a home in the 24200 block of 101st Place Southeast.
The man said he was upset about his sister’s laziness as she slept on the couch and confronted his mother about it, according to the police report. He told officers he was home from college to pick up a few personal belongings and became angry about his family’s laziness while he was away at college.
The man denied that he touched or pushed his mother.
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