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Police Report
3/30/2015 4:14:02 PM

The following items were reported by the Liberty Lake Police Department from Feb. 23 to March 9 and from March 16-23. No report was available for the week of March 9-16. The report is listed in chronological order.
 
Rice bowl theft - A 44-year-old Seattle man was arrested at 3:40 p.m. Feb. 23 at the 1200 block of North Liberty Lake Road after he was located walking down the road eating a rice bowl he had stolen from a local grocery store. He was cooperative with officers and was cited for third-degree theft.

DUI and endangerment - A 35-year-old Liberty Lake woman was arrested at 3:45 p.m. Feb. 24 at East Spotted Owl Lane for DUI and three counts of reckless endangerment as three children were in the vehicle she was driving. 

Stolen vehicle - At 5:55 a.m. March 1, LLPD assisted another agency at the 4600 block of North Harvard Road with a stolen vehicle call. A complainant reported seeing his vehicle driving away from his residence. A short time later, an officer passed the vehicle as it was pulled over to the side of the road. It appeared the occupant was going through the vehicle. As the officer pulled behind the car, the male driver exited the vehicle and ran west from the vehicle. A female passenger was arrested and later transported to the Spokane County Jail. The male was also found a short time later hiding in the bushes near a fence and was also arrested. 

Phone theft - At 4 p.m. March 4, LLPD received a report from the 23000 block of East Mission Avenue that a girl's cell phone had been stolen from school, but her family had tracked the phone and knew its location. An officer went to the suspected location with the complainant, who was able to identify the cell phone that had been stolen by a friend, who told the officer she took the phone because she wanted a phone of her own.

Stolen vehicle - At 10:55 p.m. March 5, LLPD responded to the 22000 block of East Country Vista Drive on the report of a stolen vehicle. A woman reported after spending time with family all day she came home to find her vehicle had been stolen from her residence.

Possession of stolen vehicle - A 20-year-old Medical Lake man was arrested at 6:04 a.m. March 6 at Holl Road and Nora Avenue for possession of stolen property. He was initially pulled over for a modified exhaust system infraction, but the officer noticed the vehicle had been started using a screwdriver and a butter knife. When asked about the two items, the man reported he had borrowed the vehicle from his aunt, who had started the vehicle for him using the two tools. Upon further investigation, it was found the vehicle had been reported stolen from the county. The man was arrested and booked into Spokane County Jail for possession of stolen property.

Stolen vehicle - At 7 a.m. March 7, LLPD responded to the 20000 block of East Nora Avenue for a vehicle theft. A man reported he had left his vehicle parked on the road in front of his home with the keys inside. 

Marijuana seized - At 12:32 p.m. March 16, LLPD responded to the 22000 block of East Country Vista Drive for a welfare check near an apartment known for drug activity. A citizen approached an officer to say a male was slumped over the wheel of his vehicle at the location. When an officer arrived and made contact with the driver, he reported having no medical conditions. When asked if there were drugs in the vehicle, the subject held up a cookie box with marijuana inside. When the officer asked the driver to step out of the vehicle and provide his identification, several hundred dollars were found to be inside. The subject told the responding officers the marijuana was not his. The marijuana was seized as it was well over the legal limit. Once weighed at the police department, it was found to be over 140 grams.

Desmet vehicle prowls - At 7:30 a.m. March 17, LLPD responded to a series of vehicle prowls at the 24000 block of East Desmet Road. A complainant reported that sometime during the night, both of his vehicles had been entered by an unknown person. Though there was no damage to the vehicle, and nothing appeared to be missing, a backpack was found in the bushes nearby. As the responding officer was clearing the scene, a neighbor approached and reported his vehicle was also prowled after being left unlocked overnight, and while nothing had been taken from the vehicle, a briefcase that did not belong to him was found in his pickup bed. This matched the report of another neighbor who had reported a briefcase with tax information stolen from a vehicle. This neighbor was able to retrieve the briefcase from the officer, and nothing had been taken from inside. However, this neighbor had noticed several USB cords and an iPad keyboard had been taken from the vehicle and had not been located.  

Hit and run - At 4:28 p.m. March 18, LLPD received a report of a hit and run at the 1300 block of North Liberty Lake Road. A man reported after returning to the parking lot from shopping, he noticed damage to his vehicle that was not there before he entered the store. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $1,500.

Hawkstone thefts - At 7:02 p.m. March 20, LLPD responded to the 25000 block of East Hawkstone Loop for what turned out to be a series of reported thefts. The first complainant reported that someone had broken into his storage unit and stolen an estimated $1,200 in items. Upon arrival, officers observed the lock was intact. The man reported he thought those responsible had pulled the gate open wide enough to get items out. A second complainant reported his storage unit had been broken into and a $220 baby jogger stolen. At 7:35 p.m., while investigating the other thefts, an LLPD officer received report from a third complainant that his storage unit lock was missing and an estimated $1,500 in items was stolen from inside.

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CALLS FOR SERVICE
Agency assist 1
Alarm 1
Burglary 2
Drug possession 1
DUI 1
Family fight 2
Fraud 2
Fugitive 1
Identity theft 1
Lost or found property 1
Not classified 2
Possession of stolen property 1
Property theft 7
Recovered stolen property 1
Suspicious person/circumstance 9
Threatening 1
Traffic accident 4
Traffic offense 6
Vehicle prowl 4
Vehicle theft 3
Violation of court order 2
Welfare check 4

CITATIONS
Defective muffler 2
Driving without license w/ ID 2
DUI 1
DWLS 7
Expired registration 2
Failure to yield right of way 1
Following too close 1
Liability insurance 5
Possession of drug paraphernalia 1
Reckless endangerment 1
Speeding 2
Theft 1
Use of cell phone 1

- Reported by the Liberty Lake Police Department, Feb. 23 to March 9 and March 16-23. 

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