The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.

Tuesday, Jan. 7

Agency Assistance: Redmond police responded to an agency assistance report at 12:54 a.m. from the 2100 block of 152nd Avenue Northeast in Overlake.

K-9 assistance: At 12:19 a.m., Bothell police requested K-9 assistance with a suspect who almost struck an officer with their vehicle while attempting to flee from the officer. The suspect then engaged Bothell police in a pursuit and then dumped his vehicle and took off running. Vader tracked and located the suspect hiding in a thick wooded area. The suspect was arrested for multiple offenses.

Monday, Jan. 6

Vehicle prowls: Officers responded to two vehicle prowl reports. The first came from Overlake at 4:45 p.m. The second came at 10:12 p.m. from downtown, where a man attempted to use the stolen debit cards at Target.

Grand theft auto: At 3:05 p.m., Redmond police investigated a report of a stolen vehicle at a rental company in the 14700 block of Northeast 91st Street in Grass Lawn.

Shoplifting: Redmond police arrested two male suspects for shoplifting at a retail business in the 2200 block of 148th Avenue Northeast in Overlake at 2:14 p.m. The subjects will be cited through investigation.

Suspicious circumstance: At 8:18 a.m., two articles of mail were found on an elementary school’s property in the 11100 block of 162nd Avenue Northeast on Education Hill. The letters were turned over to the police.