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Eatonville Police
Report - August 2 - 24,
2002
August
2 – A 27-year-old Elbe man was arrested
for DWLS. The suspect was observed at a local
business acting suspiciously. Using an in-car
computer the license plate was run and the driver
identified. The computer also indicated the
suspect’s driver’s license was suspended for
unpaid child support. After waiting about 10 minutes
for the suspect to come out of the business the
officers departed the area. A short time later the
suspect was observed westbound on Center Street. The
suspect was stopped and arrested for DWLS. The
suspect was cited and released. His vehicle was
impounded.
August 3 – A 39-year-old Eatonville woman was arrested for
DUI. The woman was observed at the Arts Fest highly
intoxicated. When an officer asked her where she was
going she told him she was going home. The officer
told her that she was too drunk and for her not to
drive. The woman then walked towards the parking
lot. The officer called on duty officers and advised
them who the suspect was and what kind of vehicle
she drives. A short time later the suspect drove
past two officers on the wrong side of the roadway.
The suspect was stopped and when contacted by
officers she smelled strongly of intoxicants. When
asked if she had been drinking she replied, “Why
yes,” as if proud of it. She agreed to take a
field sobriety test and failed all the tests given.
She was arrested for DUI and taken to the police
department for a BAC. The results were .278 and
.261. She was later cited and released to the
custody of her adult son.
August 3 – A 27-year-old Sumner man was arrested after he
assaulted his 23-year-old girlfriend. The suspect
was booked into Pierce County (PC) Jail.
August 4 – Three adults were charged with possession of
stolen property after witness’s observed them with
a metal shelf that was stolen from a vendor at the
Arts Fest.
August
4 – A 32-year-old Eatonville man was
arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Officers were called to an apartment complex after
tenants complained about the smell of burning
marijuana and loud banging noises coming from an
apartment. Officers contacted the suspect and
advised him why they were there. When asked if he
had any marijuana he said yes and gave officers a
pot pipe. He also allowed officers to search his
apartment for additional drugs. They found another
pot pipe in his bedroom. The suspect was arrested,
cited and released.
August
4 – A 28-year-old transient was arrested
for two warrants for his arrest, one for Escape and
another one for DWLS. The suspect was inside an
apartment while officers were investigating a drug
complaint. A records check of the suspect showed he
had two warrants. He was transported and booked into
PC Jail.
August
4 – A 27-year-old Tacoma woman was
arrested for felony possession of methamphetamine
and for possession of drug paraphernalia. The
suspect was stopped for driving a vehicle in an
unsafe condition. A records check disclosed that her
license was suspended. The suspect was arrested and
her car searched incident to arrest. Inside a
backpack items of drug paraphernalia and
methamphetamine were found. The suspect was
transported and booked into PC jail. Her vehicle was
impounded.
August
6 – A 47-year-old Roy woman was charged
with assault after she reportedly stomped on an
8-year-old boy’s foot while leaving the District
Court #3 Courtroom.
August
7 – A 20-year-old Elbe woman was arrested
for DWLS and for possession of drug paraphernalia.
The suspect was stopped for erratic driving. A
records check disclosed that her driver’s license
was suspended. When the suspect was told her vehicle
was going to be searched and then impounded she told
the officer that he would find a pot pipe behind the
driver’s seat. The pot pipe was recovered and the
suspect was later cited and released. Her car was
impounded.
August
7 – An 18-year-old Eatonville woman
reported that someone had entered her unsecured car
and stolen the faceplate off her CD player and
stolen about 20 CD’s.
August
7 – a 43-year-old Eatonville man was
arrested for two Eatonville Municipal Court warrants
for his arrest for DUI and for DWLS. Officer’s
received information the suspect would be at a local
address. When they arrived they found him hiding
under the front porch with a dog. He was transported
and booked into PC Jail.
August
8 – A 45-year-old Eatonville businessman
reported that someone had stolen about 1000 feet of
copper electrical cable. A well know area transient
was observed in the area about the same time as the
theft. Investigation continues.
August
10 – Two Eatonville brothers were arrested
for MIP. A records check disclosed
the oldest brother had a warrant for MIP out
of Remann Hall. The older brother was transported
and booked into Remann Hall. The younger brother was
cited and released to a family member.
August
12 – A 51-year-old Eatonville woman
reported that someone had broken the glass cover to
her front porch light.
August
12 – A10-speed bike was found abandoned in
the 400 block of Center St E.
August
13 – A 34-year-old Eatonville man was
arrested for DWLS. The suspect was stopped and an
in-car computer check disclosed his license was
suspended and he had a warrant for DUI his arrest.
The suspect was transported and booked into PC Jail.
His vehicle was impounded.
August
13 – An 18-year-old Eatonville woman was
involved in a one-car traffic accident on Orville
Road.
August
14 – Death Investigation.
August
18 – A 48-year-old Kingston Washington man
was charged with threats after he called his
estranged wife and threatened her. The threats
started over the fact that the wife cut the lock on
a shared storage unit to retrieve her cloths and
personal belongings. This made the suspect mad. The
case has been forwarded to the prosecutor for review
and possible criminal charging.
August
18 – An 18-year-old Eatonville man was
arrested for armed robbery and car jacking. A Pierce
County Detective delivered wanted posters of the
suspect to the department and requested we be on the
look-out for him. An officer while on patrol in the
100 block of Alder Street saw the suspect sitting on
the porch of a duplex. The suspect matched the
description in the wanted poster. The suspect gave a
false name but the officers weren’t buying his
story. A detective arrived and after questioning the
suspect he admitted he was a wanted man. He was
taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies and
booked into PC Jail.
August
18 – A 44-year-old Eatonville man was
arrested on three warrants for his arrest. The
suspect was stopped for a seatbelt violation. A
records check using an in-car computer disclosed
that the suspect had three warrants out of District
Court #1 for DUI, DWLS 2 and one for DWLS 3. The
suspect was arrested transported and booked into PC
Jail.
August
19 – A 36-year-old and a 42-year-old
Eatonville woman were arrested for possession of
methamphetamine with intent to deliver and for
possession of drug paraphernalia. The suspects were
stopped for having missing license plates on their
vehicle and for an equipment violation. An in-car
computer check of the driver, the 36-year-old,
disclosed she had a felony warrant for her arrest
for unlawful possession of drugs, drug paraphernalia
and for DWLS 3. The suspect was arrested on the
warrants and for driving while her license was
suspended. A search of the car disclosed a larger
quantity of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
The passenger in the car was also the registered
owner car, she too was arrested on felony drug
charges. The suspect’s vehicle was impounded and
both women were transported and booked into PC Jail.
August
21 – Someone cut the locks on 14 storage
units at the Ohop Valley Storage Units. Owners have
been contacted and are in the process of
inventorying the units.
August
21 – A 41-year-old Eatonville woman
contacted police and reported a bike had been left
at her residence and she wanted it removed. The bike
was taken as found property. It was later learned
the bike was stolen by a 23-year-old man that is
well known to law enforcement officers. Sheriff’s
deputies contacted the owner of the bike and it was
later released back to the owner.
August
21 – A 42-year-old Eatonville woman
reported someone had punched the lock on the driver
door to her car while it was parked at a local
repair shop.
August
22 – A 39-year-old Eatonville woman
reported her 41-year-old estranged husband had been
missing since August 11th.
August
22 – A 22-year-old Eatonville woman
reported someone had entered her boyfriend’s jeep
and stolen a sub woofer and the faceplate off the CD
player.
August
22 – A 43-year-old Eatonville woman
reported someone had stolen her son’s car while it
was parked in the 100 block of Mashell Ave S. An
Eatonville officer later found the vehicle parked in
Smallwood Park. The door locks were punched, as was
the ignition. The owner was contacted and the
vehicle was released back to her.
August
23 – A 32-year-old Eatonville man reported
someone had removed the screen and attempted to open
the window to his infant daughter’s bedroom. The
man reported he and his wife heard the window being
moved over their baby monitor in her room. He ran to
the room and noticed someone had moved the window
the wrong direction closing and latching it. He said
he went outside but did not see anyone.
August 23
– A 55-year-old Eatonville man reported that
an 18-year-old Spanaway man who is his
granddaughter’s boyfriend has been cashing stolen
checks at the Plaza Market. The victim said he is
missing a full book of checks and so far 16 checks
have been returned. The total theft so far has been
about $2,000. The victim produced copies of all the
checks and his signature has been forged. Store
personnel have positively identified the suspect.
The suspect was arrested early this morning by PC
sheriff’s deputies on an unrelated offense and is
currently in PC Jail. The suspect is well known by
local police. He will be interviewed at the jail at
a later date.
August
24 – A 22-year-old Graham was charged with
theft of a motor vehicle, attempted kidnapping,
vehicle assault and DWLS 3. The suspect left a local
bar and took his boss’s van without her
permission. The suspect made a few comments to a
19-year-old woman who took offense to the remarks.
According to witnesses the suspect grabbed the woman
and tried to pull her into the van. The woman pulled
away and as she was walking across the street to get
away from him the suspect backed up and pulling
forward into the opposite lane of travel hit the
woman knocking her into the parking lot of the Ford
Dealership. The woman got up and went to a
friend’s house until police arrived. The suspect
fled the area at a high rate of speed. Sheriff’s
deputies later arrested the suspect after he wrecked
the truck at Barney’s Corner. The victim was
transported to the hospital and treated for bruises
and scrapes. She was later released. The suspect was
transported to a local hospital where a mandatory
blood draw was taken. While at the hospital the
victim positively identified the suspect. The
suspect was later transported and booked into PC
Jail.
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