Kent officers bust driver for going 79 mph on 104th Avenue SE

Kent officers bust driver for going 79 mph on 104th Avenue SE

35 mph zone but man says he was late for work

A man told Kent Police he drove 79 mph in a 35 mph zone along 104th Avenue Southeast on a recent Friday morning because he was late for work.

Police arrested the man for investigation of reckless driving and resisting arrest after he reportedly tried to get away from officers after finally pulling over in the Fred Meyer parking lot.

The incident began at about 9:42 a.m. Oct. 12 in the 24500 block of 104th Avenue Southeast when an officer in an unmarked silver Ford Explorer on speed enforcement patrol saw a black VW GTI going northbound on 104th at a high rate of speed, according to the police report. The officer clocked the car at 79 mph.

The officer turned on his emergency lights and siren and pulled behind the VW in a left turn lane along 104th Avenue SE at SE 240th. The VW headed westbound on SE 240th Street and turned into the Fred Meyer parking lot, 10201 SE 24oth St. The officer used his outdoor speaker to tell the driver to pull over, but the driver kept going until finally pulling into a parking spot.

Because of the driver’s decision to keep on driving, the officer called for a second unit. Two officers approached the car. The driver started to put his keys back in the ignition, but one of the officers grabbed his arm. The man refused orders to get out of the car. Two officers managed to pull him out and handcuffed him while he was on the ground.

The man told police he was driving so fast because he was three hours late for work.

Landlord bites tenant

Officers arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly punched and bit a male tenant in the chest during a dispute at about 1:18 p.m. Oct. 13 in the 22000 block of 100th Avenue Southeast.

The landlord apparently became upset because the tenant had put two bags of trash on the ground rather than in a trailer headed to the dump, according to the police report.

When the tenant returned home, the landlord reportedly got in his face and punched him and head-butted him. The tenant got the man in a headlock and reportedly was bitten in the chest. An officer noted in the report that the man had teeth marks on his chest near the armpit.

Man stabs man

Police arrested two men for investigation of assault during a dispute among co-workers during a drinking party at about 3:20 a.m. Oct. 13 at an apartment in the 6100 block of South 239th Street.

Officers arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he reportedly punched his brother, according to the police report. Officers arrested a second man for investigation of second-degree assault after he used a broken beer bottle to stab one of the brothers in his face and back. The man claimed he was just trying to break up the fight.

Nobody was seriously injured.

Man prowls vehicle

Officers arrested a man for investigation of vehicle prowl after he was spotted jumping inside a Jeep and going through the console after a man had gone inside the Safeway store, 210 Washington Ave. S., at about 7:27 p.m. Oct. 15.

The vehicle’s owner returned to his unlocked Jeep and saw a man inside on the passenger seat looking through the console, according to the police report. The man fled the vehicle when the owner confronted him and ran inside the store.

Store security tracked down the man and detained him until police arrived. The vehicle’s owner said he had nothing of value inside the Jeep and nothing was taken.

Officers searched the man and found four strips of Suboxone in his possession, a prescription drug used in the treatment of opioid addiction. But the man didn’t have the strips in a prescription container so police arrested him for investigation of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.


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