Kent Police cited a man for investigation of second-degree animal cruelty after he allegedly punched a small dog he owns numerous times while at a bus stop on the West Hill.

Officers responded at about 8:23 p.m. on Sept. 21 to the bus stop at South 260th Street and Pacific Highway South after a 911 call, according to the police report.

An officer located the man sitting at the bus stop with the dog next to him trembling with its tail between its legs. The man told police he owned the dog so he could hit it if he wanted.

A witness told police the man used his fists to punch the dog 10 to 12 times. At one point, the man picked the dog up by its neck off the ground, put the dog on his lap and punched it some more.

Police cited and released the man. An officer took the dog to the Regional Animal Services of King County shelter in Kent for care and treatment.

Woman chases woman with stake

Officers arrested a woman for investigation of fourth-degree assault and carrying a weapon capable of bodily harm after she reportedly chased another woman with a wooden stake and swung it at her.

The incident started at about 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 when a woman got off a bus in the 1700 block of Central Avenue South, according to the police report.

Before she got off the bus, the driver told her that a woman standing outside the bus was known to be mentally unstable. The woman got off the bus and then watched as the other woman tried to board the bus. But the driver closed the door and pulled away.

That apparently upset the woman, who grabbed a wooden stake, about 18 to 24 inches long, left behind by construction workers. She initially tried to strike the bus but it already had pulled away. She then started to chase the nearby woman. She swung the stake at the woman and told her she was going to kill her.

A third woman in the area told the woman being chased to go into a nearby restaurant for safety. That worked as the woman with the stake stopped her pursuit, broke the stake over her leg and began to walk northbound along Central Avenue South.

Police found the woman walking in the 1200 block of Central Avenue South. An officer said the woman appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol as she talked about President Obama and other unrelated topics. She also slurred her words.

Man breaks house window; hides from police

Police arrested a man for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief and obstructing an officer after he allegedly broke a window at a home in the 12000 block of Southeast 212th Place and later hid under a vehicle in the home’s garage before officers found him.

A 911 call from a man at about 12:46 a.m. on Sept. 21 reported that his roommate was downstairs yelling at himself and making comments about killing someone, according to the police report.

The roommate reportedly got intoxicated while watching the Seahawks game on television and started to get belligerent with the man and his family who live upstairs at the house.

The man fled the house but returned an hour or so later when he broke out the window of a sliding glass door to enter. The family locked themselves upstairs.

When police arrived, they ordered the man out of the house. Officers used a police dog to find the man hiding under a vehicle in the garage. The man claimed he passed out under the vehicle. He denied breaking the window and said he didn’t hear police commands to come out from under the vehicle.

Three men and drugs

Officers cited three men for investigation of possession of drug paraphernalia after reportedly finding the three with needles and syringes near a Dumpster at about 1:02 a.m. on Sept. 20 at the Kangley Square Apartments, 10612 S.E. Kent Kangley Road.

Officers noted that the apartment complex had a surge in calls over the last few weeks because of transients using a Dumpster area as a bathroom and to ingest drugs, according to the police report.

Police took one of the men into custody because he had a warrant for failing to appear in court for a possession of drug paraphernalia charge.