COVINGTON
Dec. 4
- SLIPPED AWAY: 16700 block of Southeast 272nd Street. A man cut a hole in the chain link exterior fence at Fred Meyer then pushed a cart load of items through it without paying for them.
Dec. 3
- UNWELCOME WAKE UP: 19400 block of Southeast 266th Street. Around 8:45 a.m. the homeowner awoke to find a drunk man sleeping in his driveway.
Dec. 1
- SHOPLIFTER: 17400 block of Southeast 270th Place. A woman was arrested for shoplifting buck knives at Walmart.
Nov. 29
- SCARY CONFRONTATION: 18000 block of Southeast 264th Place. When a woman confronted someone who was going into a shed at her home, the man grabbed her before he fled.
- FAKE CREDIT CARDS: 17400 block of Southeast 270th Place. The suspect attempted to pick up items at Walmart purchased online with stolen credit cards.
MAPLE VALLEY
Dec. 2
- A LITTLE WEED: 23700 block of Witte Road Southeast. A police officer encountered a suspicious person at Wilderness Village. A search turned up a small bag of marijuana and a pipe in the man’s pocket which the officer submitted for disposal.
Dec. 1
- FRAUD: 25400 block of 213th Pace Southeast. An elderly man was tricked into wiring money to Mexico. There was no information on the suspect, according to the police report.
Nov. 30
- STOLEN: 27000 block of Maple Valley Highway. While shopping at Goodwill, a woman’s makeup bag, which was filled with prescription medications was stolen from her car. It was not clear how entry was made into the unlocked vehicle. The woman called to report the theft to police when she got back to her home in Tacoma.
Nov. 29
- CAUGHT WITH THEIR HANDS IN THE MAILBOX: 21600 Southeast 271st Place. Two suspects were caught stealing from unlocked mailboxes in attempt to find money, checks, credit cards or identify that could be used for criminal purposes. Charges and investigation by the United States Postal Inspector are pending.
- FUEL LINE CUT: 22000 block of Southeast Wax Road. Someone cut the fuel line on the bottom of a Kindercare bus.
