Kent Police arrested two women for investigation of third-degree theft after they allegedly put on new high heels, earrings and belts at Kmart and then left the store without paying for the items.
They even reportedly stole a lollipop that they gave to the 18-month-old child of one of the women, according to the police report.
The women carried $5,135 in cash on them after store security stopped the two at about 8:02 p.m. Feb. 23 outside the store at 24800 W. Valley Highway.
When officers asked the women the reason they took the items despite carrying so much cash, neither one answered. The women paid for several other items at the checkout stand before walking out of the store but made no attempt to pay for the items they had just put on.
Store security observed one of the women reportedly put on new high heels and left her old shoes behind. She also allegedly took earrings out of a box and put them on her ears. Both women were spotted putting new belts around their jeans.
The women were booked Feb. 23 into the city jail and released the next day. Bail was set at $500 each.
Malicious mischief
Officers cited a woman for third-degree malicious mischief and had her transported to Valley Medical Center for observation after she reportedly broke a flower vase and threw a magazine rack against a wall at a business.
The incident occurred at about 11:40 a.m. Feb. 24 at a counseling office in the 300 block of West Meeker Street, according to the police report.
Office employees called police after the woman left a restroom and reportedly used her arm to sweep a vase off a desk. She then allegedly picked up a magazine rack and threw it against a wall, which chipped and dented the wall.
The woman had showed up at the office to attend a group counseling session. Counselors told police the woman often is depressed and hurts herself. She had just been released the prior day from Valley Medical Center after taking rat poison.
The woman told officers she wanted to be arrested so she could go to jail, stop caring, just sit inside and rot away.
Assault
Police cited a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly punched his former girlfriend in the nose at about 11:23 p.m. Feb. 21 in the 20200 block of 127th Place Southeast.
Officers responded to a domestic dispute call after neighbors reported a man and woman yelling in the driveway of a home, according to the police report.
The woman told police her former boyfriend punched her in the nose as she sat in the driver’s side of her car in the driveway at a home where the man lived.
She said she had started to date the man five or six months ago but never lived with him. The woman said she ended the relationship more than a month ago but the former boyfriend refused to accept that the relationship was over.
The woman drove to the man’s house to drop off clothes he had stored in her garage. The man came out to the car and the two started to get in an argument. When she told him she was leaving, he reportedly punched her in the nose. The man then fled on foot. Police were unable to find him and cited him at large.
Drugs
Officers arrested a 15-year-old boy for investigation of possession of drug paraphernalia Feb. 23 in the 25000 block of 98th Place South.
Officers received a report of two males smoking in a vehicle parked at an apartment complex, according to the police report.
When police arrived, they walked up to the car. The driver rolled down his window and the officer noted he could smell the odor of marijuana.
The teen could not give police any valid reason for being at the apartment complex. Officers noted the boy has an arrest record for burglary, trespass, liquor violation and thefts.
Police used a drug-sniffing dog around the exterior of the car. The dog stopped twice by sitting down after sniffing the driver’s side door seam and a passenger side door seam, indicating drugs were inside the car.
Officers petitioned a judge for a search warrant and sealed off the car with evidence tape before having it towed to an East Hill police training center.
A search of the car reportedly turned up two hallowed-out pens that officers noted are often used to smoke prescription drugs.
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