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.

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.

September 28

Meet ‘Porno Rick’: An officer contacted “Porno Rick” in his van along with some friends/customers. Rick is rumored to sell drugs to addicts near the methadone clinic in Evergreen Plaza, and allegedly has a history of watching such movies in the back of his van. They were issued trespass notices after they were seen acting suspiciously.

October 4

TMI confession: An emotional female subject entered St. Louise Church and screamed and yelled various comments including sexual comments during mass. Police were called when she wouldn’t calm down or leave, and attempted to escort her out of the church. The woman was arrested.

October 11

Punished by a prostitute: The victim went onto an online site to find a female to have sex with. He said he called her to come to his apartment and he met her at his car that was parked in front of Goldsmith Neighborhood Park. After the victim told her that he only had $15, she got upset and then got on the phone and started calling someone. Almost immediately, the victim saw two white males approach him and started yelling at him. He said that he got scared and ran off in the park and when he came back a few minutes later, he noticed that his car and the suspects were gone.

November 2

Not-so-shortcut: The subject and his wife left their home at 1:30 p.m. for a doctor’s appointment. They never made it to the appointment and their son called because he was concerned. At 8:30 p.m., the wife called 911 stating she was lost and needed help getting home. They were found in Kirkland after being missing for missing for seven hours.

December 12

Bizarre ‘burglar’: The subject reported a burglary in progress at his apartment and told dispatchers that he had just returned home and found a naked man in his shower. The subject then went on to say that he, too, was naked and was standing in his bedroom observing the “suspect”. Officers arrived and found no evidence of a suspect. The caller insisted that the suspect must have fled out the back just before the police’s arrival, despite the fact that the back balcony was two stories off the ground. He told officers that he initially spotted the man in his apartment at 3 a.m. when he awoke to find him in his room. He told the man to leave and then fell back asleep, but said he woke up hours later to find him naked in his bathroom. The resident has a previous history of reporting suspicious burglaries.