Kent Police cited a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and harassment after he reportedly punched his mother and chased her through town in his vehicle.
The incident began at about 4:25 p.m. on Aug. 22 when the woman dropped off a male roommate of her son at her son’s work in the 1600 block of South Central Avenue, according to the police report.
The son reportedly became upset at his mother for dropping off the roommate and yelled at her for letting the roommate spend money on alcohol rather than for paying rent. The son threatened his mother and punched her in the hand to knock away her cellphone when she said she would call 911.
The mother then sped out of the parking lot to get away from her son. He tried to hold on to the car door and threw a tub of chalking paste at the vehicle as it left the lot.
The mother, who had a couple of young grandchildren in the car with her, drove southbound on the East Valley Highway. She noticed her son following her in his vehicle. They drove at a high rate of speed before the mother stopped for a red light at South 277th Street. The son then stopped his car in front of his mother’s vehicle, got out and started to walk toward her.
That caused the mother to drive around him and through the red light. She said she pulled over and hid the vehicle to lose her son in Auburn before returning to the Chevron station at South 277th Street and the East Valley Highway to call 911.
Auburn Police escorted the mother to the Auburn home she shared with her son to get her personal belongings. The son wasn’t at home. Police cited the son but were unable to locate him.
Woman hits boyfriend with guitar
Officers arrested a woman for investigation of fourth-degree assault after she allegedly smashed a guitar against her boyfriend’s face during a dispute at about 1:25 a.m. on Aug. 24 at a home in the 21400 block of 100th Avenue Southeast.
The two were watching the movie “Hot Tub Time Machine 2” when a dispute started. The woman told officers they had been drinking vodka and smoking meth when her boyfriend accused her of having an affair with another man, according to the police report.
The man told his girlfriend to leave the home. She became upset and picked up a guitar and hit her boyfriend in the face, causing a bloody nose. The two then pushed and shoved each other, which caused the woman to suffer a bruise on her forehead and cuts on her arm and leg.
Officers determined that the woman had been the primary aggressor because she picked up a guitar and hit her boyfriend. Police found a guitar in the house with a chunk of it missing.
Pregnant woman swipes clothes from store
Police arrested a pregnant woman for investigation of third-degree theft after she reportedly took several clothing items from Target, 26301 104th Ave. S.E., at about 6:17 p.m. on Aug. 23.
Store security called 911 after observing the woman placing clothing items in a bag and exiting the store without paying for the items, according to the police report. The items were worth $130.
The woman told police she was nine months pregnant and that she waited in line for her husband to pay for the clothes but she couldn’t find him so she left the store. Officers found the tags for the clothes had been removed and were in the bottom of the bag.
Officers transported the woman to the city jail where she was cited and released.
Man swings and misses with baseball bat
Officers arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly swung a metal baseball bat at a man at about 12:28 p.m. on Aug. 24 at a home in the 25800 block of 122nd Avenue Southeast.
The man who had the bat told officers he went to the home to try to find his girlfriend and thought she was inside the home with a few of her friends, according to the police report.
A man on the porch told the man his girlfriend wasn’t at the home and told him to leave. The man then went to his vehicle and came back with a baseball bat. He reportedly swung the bat at a man but missed him. The man’s friends called 911. The man with the bat claimed he acted in self defense.
Police found a baseball bat in the man’s car.
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