COVINGTON
Nov. 7
- TODDLER TAKES OFF: Southeast 262nd Place and 184th Avenue Southeast. A woman saw a 3-year-old running down the street in the Timberlane neighborhood in pajamas without shoes on.
Nov. 5
- TIME TO UPGRADE: 27000 block of 172nd Avenue Southeast. Two men cut the security cords on a pair of cell phones in the T-Mobile store then ran off with the gadgets. The phones were reportedly valued at $500 each.
Nov. 2
- SHOPLIFTERS: 17400 block of Southeast 270th Place. Two men stole a pair of shoes and several BluRay discs from Walmart. The total loss, according to the police report, was $28.24.
- RETURN SCAM: 17000 block of Southeast 270th Place. A woman tried to return a toy to Kohl’s she hadn’t paid for using a receipt from an earlier date for a similar item.
Oct. 30
- INDECENT EXPOSURE: 17800 block of Southeast 259th Place. A woman observed a male neighbor apparently masturbating in front of his window.
MAPLE VALLEY
Nov. 5
- ARRESTED: 24300 block of 228th Avenue Southeast. A man was arrested at his apartment for burglary and possession. Police seized two grams of methamphetamine and $356 in cash.
Nov. 4
- OOPS: 27700 block of 217th Avenue Southeast. A man accidentally shot himself in the left hand with a .357 revolver.
- UNFRIENDLY PATRON: 26800 block of state Route 169. A customer at a Washington state liquor store threatened to return and assault a store employee.
Nov. 1
- DRUNK IN THE DARK: 27300 block of state Route 169. A driver who was stopped for having an improper tint on his car’s windows was found to be driving under the influence at 2:09 a.m.
- LOST: 26600 block of 233rd Avenue Southeast. During a party, a woman set her phone down, and when she went to retrieve it later she couldn’t find it. The victim told police there were a number of people at the party she didn’t know. She and her friends spent about two hours searching the home for the phone to no avail.
- CAST THE FIRST STONE: Southeast 268th Street and 227th Avenue Southeast. After getting off the bus at the intersection, a boy threw a rock at a girl, hitting her in the head hard enough the injury required three stitches.
Oct. 31
- CARD FRAUD: 24500 block of 250th Avenue Southeast. While checking over her checking account online, a woman noticed 19 separate unauthorized charges for USPS.com from Washington, D.C., for a total of $466.75.
