‘Piggyback bandit’ strikes again | Bellevue Police blotter Sept. 21-27

Published 10:09 am Thursday, October 1, 2015

September 21

Piggyback bandit pounces: Officers responded to The Lodge at Bellevue Square after the suspect, nicknamed the “Piggyback Bandit,” refused to leave Red Robin. He was detained when it was learned he had a couple warrants. Reportedly, he has a habit of yelling “piggyback ride” and then jumping onto the backs of random strangers. None of the warrants were extraditable, so he was issued a notice of trespass and released.

Mall meth: Bellevue Square security watched and videotaped a male and female smoking what was believed to be heroin on foil inside their car. Officers arrived and contacted the suspects. A consent search located meth in the suspect’s purse.

September 24

Wedding woes: An unknown subject shot a couple of people with a BB gun at a wedding reception at Robinswood Park. One victim had a small skin break from being struck. The victims did not want police presence to impact the wedding so they didn’t make a big deal of the incident. No suspects were located.

Busted: An officer began speaking to a young man on a bicycle outside of the Extended Stay America hotel on Main Street. During the course of the conversation, the suspect told the officer that he was on probation for dope, takes a urine test, just traded an iPad for meth and that he had meth on his person. The suspect later told police that he is buying meth from someone who lives at the shelter in Bellevue located on 120th Avenue Northeast and stated he was trading stolen items for drugs as well. He was subsequently arrested.

September 25

Burnin’ down the house: Kirkland Police called to notify Bellevue Police of a violent offender/convicted felon at Overlake Hospital receiving treatment. The subject was involved in an incident early in the morning where he was found naked on top of a neighbor’s vehicle with a home burning down behind him. Kirkland Police are investigating the arson.

Whole Foods fight: Police were called to the Whole Foods on 116th Avenue Northeast about a woman who had caused problems over the last few weeks. Once contacted, she became belligerent while being searched, screaming rape. She then spat on a police officer and later urinated and defecated in the back of a patrol vehicle, causing it to go out of service.

September 26

Rock ‘em, sock ‘em: A female victim was assaulted in a bar fight in Seattle by unknown suspects and took a taxi home. When she got home, she realized how badly she was injured, called 911 and was taken to Overlake Hospital with a broken jaw.

September 27

Drug delirium: A man and his girlfriend took three hits of acid before the male went into a drug-induced hysteria and started spinning around while naked and throwing things around the apartment. His girlfriend, who also was naked, got locked out of the apartment. A passerby saw the girlfriend and heard the disturbance and called 911. Responding officers found the man inside the apartment and delusional, spinning around, sweating and mumbling incoherently. He was grabbed from the doorway, taken down to the ground, handcuffed and then sedated by Bellevue Fire.

Ungodly action: Two Bellevue police officers responded to a call from security at St. Louis Catholic Church on 156th Avenue Southeast. Church security had set up a camera in the safe room and observed a custodian covering up the lens. Upon arrival, police learned this janitor had been suspected of stealing from the church, and found that the suspect had the proceeds from the Sunday offerings in his pocket. He was arrested.