Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of obstructing a law enforcement officer after six officers responded to a report of man threatening customers at about 11:23 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Pied Piper Tavern, 311 W. Meeker St.
A customer called 911 to report a man being verbally abusive toward patrons, according to the police report.
When two officers arrived at the bar, they told the man to leave the property. The man stood across the street from the bar with a couple of friends and yelled at the police.
The officers called for more police in fear that the incident might escalate.
Police called for a taxi to take the man and his friends home. When the taxi arrived, none of them entered it. They all walked away. Officers stayed at the scene because they feared the man would return to the bar.
The man later approached the bar and took photos of a patrol car in the parking lot. He also took a photo of the bar’s front door when officers decided to arrest him for investigation of obstructing because six officers had spent nearly 50 minutes on the call and were unable to respond to any other calls.
Officers noted that the man was highly intoxicated, belligerent and uncooperative. Police took him into custody without incident.
Weapons
Police drew their guns and arrested a man for warrants, investigation of unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm.
Officers spotted the man walking early in the morning Nov. 10 in the 33200 block of Pacific Highway South in Federal Way after watching him walk out of a room at the nearby Eastwind Motel, according to the police report.
Police had staked out the man’s motel room after a tip that the man was at the motel. Officers saw the man exit the room and start to walk down Pacific Highway.
Officers exited their patrol car with guns drawn and ordered the man to the ground. He complied with the order and officers handcuffed him. They searched the man and found a pistol in his waistband.
The man had a state Department of Corrections warrant for second-degree escape and an Auburn theft warrant. Officers also discovered the gun in his possession had been reported stolen during a 2004 Renton burglary.
Police responded to an ad on the website backpage.com to set up an undercover prostitution sting that eventually led officers to the man in the motel.
Assault
Officers arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he reportedly pushed and punched a roommate over a dispute about cups at about 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at a home in the 12000 block of Southeast 204th Street.
The two men allegedly started to fight after one man told the other man to move cups from the top of the refrigerator to the pantry, according to the police report.
The man who asked for the cups to be moved decided to take the cups himself to the pantry. The other man then grabbed the cups from the pantry and put them back on top of the fridge.
When the first man went to move the cups back to the pantry, the second man shoved him and the two started to fight on the ground. After they broke free, the first man went upstairs to get a shotgun because he thought the other man went into the kitchen to get a knife.
When police arrived, both men were initially placed in handcuffs. Several children also were home during the dispute.
Theft
Police cited and released two women for investigation of third-degree theft after an incident at about 4:27 p.m. Nov. 8 at a store in the 26300 block of 104th Avenue Southeast.
The two entered the store, grabbed a cart and started to place items in the cart and remove tags, according to the police report.
They left the store with no attempt to pay for any of the items. Store security stopped the two after they exited the store and escorted them back inside.
One woman told officers she did not mean to take any items. She said she went outside to get more money from her mother, who was waiting in a vehicle. She said she had about $40 on her. The items taken were worth $200.
After citing and releasing the women, the officer watched the pair get into a van. They were the only occupants of the vehicle. The officer noted it “appears they lied about their mother being in the van with extra money.”
Police banned the two women from the store for one year.
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