A late-night house party with nearly 150 juveniles led to complaints to Kent Police about loud music, fireworks, underage drinking, vehicle racing, marijuana odor and littering.
Officers cited a woman who rents the home for investigation of public disturbance after about eight 911 calls in connection with the home in the 24300 block of 119th Avenue Southeast, according to the police report. The first complaint was called in about 1:46 a.m. on July 4.
Officers noted in the report that the same house had caused complaints on other nights because as many as 200 people attend parties at the home. Police arrived at the home to find about 150 juveniles on the streets and around the house. The residential street normally has few cars but vehicles were parked along the sides of the street and filled it up.
Police ordered the juveniles to disperse, which most did reluctantly, according to the report. Police later received more noise complaints about the home and returned to the address. The streets were littered with broken beer bottles, cigar wrappers and other garbage. About 40 juveniles scattered to their vehicles when officers arrived.
An officer knocked on the door of the home but nobody answered. Police called the landlord to contact the renter, but the woman wouldn’t answer her cellphone. Police received eight calls complaining about the house party during about a three-hour period. The landlord told police he would evict the woman.
Man on meth punches girlfriend
Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly punched his girlfriend during a dispute on July 4 at a house in the 26800 block of Avon Court South.
Officers found the woman on the front porch being attended to by witnesses. The woman had a black eye, cut knee and a cut on the back of her head, according to the police report.
The woman told police that she and her boyfriend of about one year had bought baby rabbits the previous day and went shopping to get food to feed the rabbits. When they returned home, the woman’s cat had killed the rabbits, which upset the boyfriend. He got verbally abusive toward his girlfriend and locked her out of the house. She said he had used meth and was high.
The boyfriend later let the woman back into the house, where she fell asleep. But the woman said she woke up when her boyfriend pushed her head into a floor vent and began to hit her with his fists and a chair.
The man told officers his girlfriend had attacked him with keys and a chair and he had to defend himself. The officers noted the man had no visible injuries.
Man caught with illegal fireworks
An officer cited a man for investigation of illegal fireworks possession after he reportedly had firecrackers and bottle rockets he planned to shoot off on the Fourth of July.
An officer on patrol saw a group of people in the 21500 block of 121st Place Southeast discharging fireworks at about 9:14 p.m. on July 4, according to the police report.
When the officer got out of his vehicle, he talked to a man and saw firecrackers, which are illegal to possess under state law, sitting on top of a vehicle in the driveway. The man admitted the firecrackers were his. The officer asked him if he had any other fireworks, so the man showed him what he had in the garage.
The man had more firecrackers and had bottle rockets, which are also illegal to possess. Police seized the illegal fireworks for later destruction.
Man drives stolen car
Police arrested a man for investigation of possession of a stolen vehicle after an officer pulled over a 2003 Chrysler Concorde at about 3:38 a.m. on July 4 near 120th Place Southeast and Southeast 208th Street.
The officer initially pulled over the vehicle because it didn’t have its headlights on, according to the police report. The car also was near a residential alarm that had gone off.
When police ran the plates of the car, it came back as stolen in Kent on July 3. When the officer started to approach the car, he saw the driver slam his hands against the steering wheel and begin to thrash around. The officer pulled out his gun and ordered the man to get out of the car and on the ground. The man complied.
The man told police a friend had left the car at his house. He said the friend told him he had taken it from a downtown Kent gas station when the owner went into the store but left his car running. The man said he planned to dump the car somewhere so it wouldn’t be sitting in front of his house.
No jail, please
A man pulled over by police for driving with a cracked taillight told an officer he gave him a false name because he had a warrant and didn’t want to go to jail on the Fourth of July.
An officer spotted the vehicle at about 2:48 a.m. on July 4 near West Meeker Street and Russell Road, according to the police report.
The officer activated his overhead lights, but the driver went through several parking lots before he pulled over. He then gave police an incorrect first name.
Police arrested the man for investigation of obstructing an officer for lying about his name. The man later admitted to lying in an effort to avoid going to jail. Police also cited the man for not having insurance and for expired vehicle tabs. The man had a warrant for no valid operator’s license.
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