Kent Police arrested a National Guard sergeant for investigation of patronizing a prostitute after he allegedly picked up in his vehicle a woman walking the night of Nov. 30 in the 26200 block of Pacific Highway South.
Officers also arrested the woman in the vehicle for investigation of prostitution loitering, according to the police report.
The man, who had National Guard identification, told police he felt bad for the woman because she was a street girl. He added he was “just doing a good Christian deed,” as he planned to take the woman to McDonald’s to buy her some food.
The woman admitted to officers to being a hooker and said she planned to exchange sex for money with the man after they had talked for a few minutes inside his vehicle.
Police pulled over the vehicle after they saw the woman enter it and talk to the driver for several minutes. Officers had watched the woman for about 45 minutes walk up and down Pacific Highway South, a well-known area for street prostitution. The woman would walk with no apparent destination and look at oncoming vehicles. She also would sit at bus stops with no attempt to get on a bus.
Police impounded the man’s vehicle as part of a state law that allows police to immediately tow a vehicle of someone arrested for investigation of prostitution-related offenses in a signed area that states vehicles will be impounded. The driver also must pay a $500 fee to get the vehicle back.
Stolen vehicle
Officers arrested a woman and a man for investigation of possession of a stolen vehicle at about 7:28 p.m. Nov. 29 in the 26800 block of 108th Avenue Southeast after the woman reportedly took the vehicle from her uncle in Wapato without permission.
The uncle reported his Ford Explorer as stolen to the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office after his niece borrowed the vehicle to go visit her aunt in a nursing home near the uncle’s home and never returned.
A relative in Kent called 911 after the niece and two men had arrived at his house in the Ford Explorer and then left eastbound on Southeast 256th Street.
Officers pulled over the vehicle and discovered that one of the men was driving the Ford. That man also was arrested for investigation of third-degree driving while license suspended. Police released the second man.
The niece told police that her uncle had given her the vehicle as a reward for staying off drugs. She said she drove to Kent Nov. 26 from Wapato to visit friends and celebrate her birthday.
Police also arrested the woman and driver for investigation of violation of the controlled substance act.
Assault
Police cited and release a woman for investigation of fourth-degree assault after she allegedly punched a former boyfriend in the face and scratched his face during a dispute Nov. 30 at a home in the 11300 block of Southeast 226th Street.
The former boyfriend still lived with the woman and their two children, according to the police report.
The ex-boyfriend told police he became upset when he saw photos of the woman with another man. He threw the picture frames to the floor and started to pack his things to leave.
He said the woman then grabbed his neck, scratched him in the face and punched him in the face. Officers noted that the man had scratches on his face.
The woman told officers the man had yelled at her close to her face, so she pushed him away.
The officers determined that the woman was the primary aggressor because the man did not assault her. They cited and released the woman because the man had left the home to go stay with his mother.
Illegal brake lights
Police cited and released a man for a traffic violation of an illegal tinted lens over his vehicle’s brake and taillights at about 9:34 a.m. Nov. 30 along 132nd Avenue Southeast.
The officer saw the car drive by and noticed the brake lights were dimmer than normal, according to the police report.
Under state law, the addition of a lamp, reflective device or other motor vehicle equipment must not impair the effectiveness of lighting equipment as required by law.
When the officer walked up to the car, he noticed the smell of marijuana. The man agreed to take a field sobriety test and passed the test. The man also showed the officer a medical marijuana card from California. The officer did not cite the man for any type of drug violation.
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